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Welcome to our comprehensive guide to 50 botanical and scientific names of plants, from A to Z! In this fascinating journey through the world of flora, we will explore the diverse and intriguing names that classify and identify various plant species.
An Online Flora of All Known Plants. Supporting the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. 1,613,577 names, 377,701 accepted species, 1,600,198 names with associated content (56,356 images, 164,423 descriptions, 410,183 distributions and 1,598,018 references).
The first element of the scientific name is the genus (or generic name), as in Triticum, the genus of wheat. The plural of genus is genera, not genuses. The second element is the specific epithet, as in aestivum, the particular kind of wheat called breadwheat.
This is a list of plants organized by their common names. However, the common names of plants often vary from region to region, which is why most plant encyclopedias refer to plants using their scientific names, in other words using binomials or "Latin" names.
Scientific Plant Names (Binomial Nomenclature) The ancient Greek or Roman authors, particularly Theophrastus (370-286 BC), Dioscorides (40-90 AD), and Pliny the Elder (23-78 AD), recorded hundreds of names of plants, mostly those of medical importance, that where in contemporary use at the time. They did not invent new names.
30 Αυγ 2024 · The scientific names of plants are typically assigned based on a combination of genus and species. This binomial system, known as Linnaean nomenclature, was introduced by Carl Linnaeus in his groundbreaking work, "Species Plantarum". The genus name comes first, followed by the species name.
Botanical nomenclature is the formal, scientific naming of plants. It is related to, but distinct from taxonomy. Plant taxonomy is concerned with grouping and classifying plants; botanical nomenclature then provides names for the results of this process.
