Plants Names

Because of the big variety in plants world, we have to know what plant we have to be able to find information about it and give it a proper care.

Common name: Common names often seem easier to remember than scientific names, but they are not as precise. Not only can a common name refer to very different plants, conversely a single species can have more than one common name. This can lead to confusion, and potentially to serious problems if people confuse weedy or poisonous species with harmless species.

Scientific name: The genus name is first (capital letter) and is followed by the species name. Some abbreviations that may appear are ‘sp.’ for species, to indicate the plant is not yet fully identified; ‘var.’ for variety, indicating to which naturally occurring variety the plant belongs; ‘cv.’ for cultivar which is a plant selected and grown for its variation from the normal population.

Family name: this is the botanical family to which the genus belongs.

Usually, only the Family, Genus and species are of concern to the gardener, but sometimes include subspecies, variety or cultivar to identify a particular plant.

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