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The defining part of a name that denominates a cultivar. Cultivars are designated by fancy (q.v.) epithets appended either to the scientific name or to the common name of the taxon to which they belong; they are not italicized but placed in single quotation marks, e.g. Rubus nitidoides 'Merton Early'. 'Merton Early' is the cultivar epithet.
This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa , such ...
The scientific name Photinia is also widely used as the common name. Another name sometimes used is "Christmas berry", but this name is a source of confusion, since it is commonly applied to plants in several genera including Heteromeles, Lycium, Schinus, and Ruscus.
Shiny may refer to gloss (optics), the ability of a surface to reflect light in a specular way. Film and television "Shiny", an episode of the TV series The Pinky ...
· Former name alabamine (Ab) was an earlier proposed name for astatine Radon (Rn) 86 radium: Latin via German and English [57] Contraction of radium emanation, since the element appears in the radioactive decay of radium. · Former name niton (Nt), from Latin nitens "shining", because of the radioluminescence of radon. Francium (Fr) 87 France ...
nomen manuscriptum - a name that appears in a manuscript; nomen monstrositatum (nom. monstr.) – a name based on a monstrosity (fasciation, phyllody or similar deformities) nomen novum (nom. nov.; plural: nomina nova) – a replacement name; nomen nudum (nom. nud.; plural: nomina nuda) – a name published without an accompanying description
The common raven was one of the many species originally described, with its type locality given as Europe, by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae, and it still bears its original name of Corvus corax. [3] It is the type species of the genus Corvus, derived from the Latin word for 'raven'. [4]
Peperomia pellucida (also known by common names pepper elder, shining bush plant, crab claw herb, and man to man) is an annual, shallow-rooted herb, usually growing to a height of about 15 to 45 cm (6 to 18 inches), it is characterized by succulent stems, shiny, heart-shaped, fleshy leaves and tiny, dot-like seeds attached to several fruiting spikes.