Horticultural Botanists
Professional horticultural botanists are employed by botanical gardens, large plant nurseries, university departments, and government agencies. The activities vary according to the mission goals and priorities of the institutions.
- Duties can include:
- searching for new plants suitable for cultivation (plant hunting),
- communicating with and advising the general public on matters concerning the classification and botanical nomenclature of cultivated plants,
- carrying out original research on these topics:
- describing the cultivated plants and their history of particular regions in horticultural floras,
- recording new plant introductions;
- maintaining databases of cultivated plants;
- curating horticultural herbaria, including collections of dried specimens and images;
- contributing to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants.
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