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  2. List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names

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    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 ...

  3. Botanical nomenclature - Wikipedia

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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 starting point for modern botanical nomenclature is Linnaeus ' Species Plantarum of 1753.

  4. List of unusual biological names - Wikipedia

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    Drosophila gene. Lunatic Fringe, Manic Fringe, and Radical Fringe. MAP kinase kinase kinase and MAP kinase kinase kinase kinase. MinosPhrime [5] Named after Minos Prime from the video game ULTRAKILL. Found in flower beds outside of college dormitory building, dug 2 inches deep into the soil. Soil was woodchip-heavy.

  5. List of plant genus names with etymologies (A–C) - Wikipedia

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    List of plant genus names with etymologies (A–C) Canistrum (from the Greek for "basket") Since the first printing of Carl Linnaeus 's Species Plantarum in 1753, plants have been assigned one epithet or name for their species and one name for their genus, a grouping of related species. [1] Many of these plants are listed in Stearn's Dictionary ...

  6. List of plants by common name - Wikipedia

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    Black-eyed Susan – Rudbeckia hirta, Rudbeckia fulgida. Blackhaw – Viburnum prunifolium. Black-weed – Ambrosia artemisiifolia. Blueberry – Vaccinium (Cyanococcus) spp. Bluebell – Hyacinthoides non-scripta. Blue-of-the-heavens – Allium caeruleum. Bola verde – Anisocapparis speciosa. Bow-wood – Maclura pomifera.

  7. List of plant genus names with etymologies (L–P) - Wikipedia

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    List of plant genus names with etymologies (L–P) Margyricarpus, derived from the Greek for "pearl fruit". Since the first printing of Carl Linnaeus 's Species Plantarum in 1753, plants have been assigned one epithet or name for their species and one name for their genus, a grouping of related species. [1] Many of these plants are listed in ...

  8. Hybrid name - Wikipedia

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    Hybrid name. In botanical nomenclature, a hybrid may be given a hybrid name, which is a special kind of botanical name, but there is no requirement that a hybrid name should be created for plants that are believed to be of hybrid origin. [1] The International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICNafp) provides the following ...

  9. International Plant Names Index - Wikipedia

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    Launched. 1999. The International Plant Names Index (IPNI) describes itself as "a database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of seed plants, ferns and lycophytes." Coverage of plant names is best at the rank of species and genus. [1] It includes basic bibliographical details associated with the names.