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Chestnut – Castanea spp. Chigger flower – Asclepias tuberosa. Chrysanthemum – Dendranthema grandiflora [ vi], Chrysanthemum morifolium. (True) cinnamon – Cinnamomum verum. Clove – Syzygium aromaticum. Clover – Trifolium spp. Coakum – Phytolacca americana. Coconut – Cocos nucifera. Coffee plant – Coffea spp.
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 ...
Common name Scientific name Image Year Alabama: Camellia (state flower) Camellia japonica: 1959 (clarified 1999) Oak-leaf hydrangea (state wildflower) Hydrangea quercifolia: 1999: Alaska: Forget-me-not: Myosotis alpestris: 1917: American Samoa: Paogo (Ulafala) Pandanus tectorius: 1973: Arizona: Saguaro cactus blossom: Carnegiea gigantea: 1931 ...
Iris (plant) Iris. (plant) Iris is a flowering plant genus of 310 accepted species [1] with showy flowers. As well as being the scientific name, iris is also widely used as a common name for all Iris species, as well as some belonging to other closely related genera. A common name for some species is flags, while the plants of the subgenus ...
Aster is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Its circumscription has been narrowed, and it now encompasses around 170 species, all but one of which are restricted to Eurasia; many species formerly in Aster are now in other genera of the tribe Astereae. Aster amellus is the type species of the genus and the family ...
Samoan name Scientific name Plant family English name A'atasi: Rorippa sarmentosa: Brassicaceae (Mustard family) Polynesian cress, longrunner Ago, lega when cooked: Curcuma longa: Zingiberaceae (Ginger family) Turmeric Aloalo, also Aloalo fanua, Aloalo sami: Premna serratifolia: Verbenaceae (Verbena family) Aloalo tai: Volkameria inermis ...
A flower, also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae).Flowers consist of a combination of vegetative organs – sepals that enclose and protect the developing flower, petals that attract pollinators, and reproductive organs that produce gametophytes, which in flowering plants produce gametes.
The policy uses the word "common" in the context of "what name is most frequently used", and not in the context of "what name do common folk use". It is typical for a plant's scientific name to be the COMMONNAME (i.e., the most frequently used in reliable sources).