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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.
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.
A reference containing an alphabetical list of 20,977 botanical words, with information given for each word, usually including the etymology (i.e., history and/or origin) and pronunciation. Almost 250 years ago, the Swedish botanist Carl von Linn� published Species Plantarum and binomial nomenclature was born.
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 starting point for modern botanical nomenclature is Linnaeus ' Species Plantarum of 1753.
IPNI provides nomenclatural data (spelling, author, types and first place/date of publication) for the scientific names of vascular plants from family to infraspecific ranks. For any taxonomic data go to Plants of the World Online. IPNI is produced by a collaboration between.
Names, synonyms, distribution, images and descriptions of all the plants in the world. Nomenclatural data for the scientific names of vascular plants. A comprehensive evolutionary tree of life for flowering plants. A global database of names used for herbal drugs, products and medicinal plants.
A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) and, if it concerns a plant cultigen, the additional cultivar or Group epithets must conform to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP).
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 1,598,011 references).
Botanical names in Latin form are a legacy from the 18th century, derived from much earlier usage. The Latin used by botanists today is very different from that of the Romans because it deals with many plants and plant structures unknown in classical times.
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