1. Taxonomy-Plant Naming Unit 2 Horticulture

2. Plant names Common Names Scientific Names

3. Common Names cause confusion!!!!!! example

6. Scientific Names Binomial system- Linneaus Latin terms 2 Name system –Genus –Species –Variety or cultivar

7. Genus Noun- plants of very similar characteristics Always capitalized Written in italics Often a Botanists name May become the common name eg. Pothos, Rhododendrun, Forsythia, Philedendron

8. Species Adjective- describes characteristics of the plant Always in lower case letters Written in italics May describe a color, leaf size, leaf shape,growth habit, location, flower type

9. Species-Color lutea alba ruba nigra

10. Color-Lutea

11. Color- rubra

12. Color-nigra

13. Species- location

14. Species- Growth habit erectus repens compacta horizontalis

15. Growth Habit

16. Growth Habit- horizontalis

17. Growth Habit

18. Species-Leaves Phyllus

19. Species- flower types Cantha Flora

20. What is this?

23. Cultivar or variety Cultivated variety different in small characteristics written in single quotation marks Capitalized