1. Classification
Scientific Names

2. Binomial Nomenclature
Two name system for naming plants
Used to simplify names
Linnaeus- Swedish Botanist who came up with this system
Taxonomist-a person who identifies and classifies plants

3. Binomial Nomenclature
Scientific names are used to avoid confusion concerning the names of plants
Example:
Most plants have more than one common name: TIGER LILY is also known as trout lily, adder’s tongue, dog’s tooth violet, and yellow snowdrop
Two completely different plants may have the same common name: In New York, COWSLIP is a marsh loving buttercup like plant, but in England it is a primrose like plant found on dry, grassy slopes

4. Binomial Nomenclature
Scientific names are expressed in LATIN because it is an international language and was used by early scholars to express plant names

5. Advantages of Using Scientific Names
Used worldwide
Taxonomist name and classify plants and animals
Plants purchased with accuracy
Helpful in identifying plants
Standard terminology

6. Taxonomy Chart Hierarchy of Specification
KINGDOM –plant-animal
DIVISION – PHYLUM (used for animals)
CLASS
ORDER
FAMILY
GENUS
SPECIES
VARIETY (cultivar)
FORM
INDIVIDUAL

7. Scientific Names Binomial Nomenclature uses the Genus and Species
The first term is known as the generic name.
All plants having the same generic name are said to belong to the same GENUS
GENUS is the First Term (NOUN)
GENUS is always capitalized

8. Species The second name is the specific name or special name.
All plants with the same specific name belong to the same SPECIES
SPECIES is the second term (adjective)
SPECIES is always lower case
Latin names of plants are italicized because it is conventional to italicize words and phrases that are expressed in a different language

9. EXAMPLES Betula ultea “Yellow Birch” Quercus rubra “Red Oak”
Acer rubrum “Red Maple”

10. Varieties or Cultivars
There are many forms of the species red maple.
Variety and/or cultivar names allow you to specify which one.
Acer rubrum cv. Autumn Flame
Acer rubrum ‘Autumn Flame’
Acer rubrum ‘Red Sunset’

11. Acer rubrum cv. Red Sunset
Your Turn
Acer rubrum cv. Red Sunset
Red Sunset is the _____________________
Acer is the __________________________
rubrum is the________________________