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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.
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.
specific epithet. The generic name in combination with the specific epithet constitutes the species name. Thus each species has a two part name or binomial. The custom of using latinized names and spelling originated from medieval scholarship and the use of Latin in most botanical publications until the middle of the nineteenth century.
A species name consists of two words: the genus name followed by a second name (called the specific epithet) unique to that species; e.g. Hedera helix. Once the name has been mentioned in text, the genus name may be abbreviated in any immediately subsequent listings of the same species, or other species of the same genus, e.g.
1 Ιαν 2007 · Plant Names is a plain English guide to the use of plant names and the conventions for writing them as governed by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and the International Code of...
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.
1 Ιαν 2023 · Plants as well as all other natural objects or biological entities are known by a geographically and linguistically restricted common name and by a scientific name, the latter internationally recognized by the academic (scientific) community.
