1. Scientific Classification
Objective 3.03 Discuss floriculture and landscape plants.

2. Scientific Classification of Plants
Taxonomy- the science of classifying and identifying organisms such as plants

3. Scientific Classification
Scientific names are necessary because the same common name is used for different plants in different areas of the world
Latin is the language used for scientific classification

4. Scientific Classification
Carlos Linnaeus
Swedish botanist
Developed the binomial system of naming plants using two Latin words to indicate the genus and the species

5. Scientific Classification
Scientific Name
First word=genus
First letter is capitalized
Second word=species
If there are additional words after the species, they indicate the variety or cultivar
Variety is var.
Cultivated variety is cv

6. Scientific Classification
Plants in the same genus have similar characteristics
Plants in the same species consistently produce plants of the same types

7. Scientific Classification
Family
Phylum
Kingdom
Species
Genus
Order
Class

8. 4 Most Important Divisions of the Plant Kingdom
Thallophytes: algae, fungi, and lichens
Bryophytes: true mosses and liverworts
Pteriophytes: ferns, horsetails, and club mosses
Spermatophytes: seed-bearing or flowering plants
Gymnosperms: seeds are not in an ovary (cone)
Angiosperm: seeds enclosed in an ovary (flowering plants)

9. Activity Choose 2 plants we have covered so far during Plant ID
Find out their Scientific Classification
Find the Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species
Do the plants you chose have anything in common?
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