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  • Hundreds of racist plant names will change after historic vote by botanists

    Craft a seo-optimized meta-description in german language for the following article: """ For the first time, researchers have voted to eliminate scientific names of organisms because they are offensive. Botanists decided that more than 200 plants, fungi and algae species names should no longer contain a racial slur related to the word caffra, which is used against Black people and others mostly in southern Africa. The changes voted on today at the International Botanical Congress in Madrid mean that plants such as the coast coral tree will, from 2026, be formally called Erythrina affra, instead of Erythrina caffra.“We throughout had…

  • Many plant names are offensive: botanists will vote on whether to change them

    Plant scientists are considering renaming offensive names in the field at the International Botanical Congress. Learn more about the proposed changes and the implications for the scientific community.

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