Scientific Name

Welcome to our scientific name website. Scientificname.net is here to help you learn more about scientific names and how they are used. Every recognized species on earth is given a two-part scientific name and you can use this site to understand more about the scientific names of animals, plants and humans. The scientific name for every organism is comprised of a combination of two terms, the genus name and the species or epithet. Both of these terms are italicized and the genus name is also capitalized.

Scientific names

As an example of a scientific name in action, the scientific name for humans is Homo sapiens. In this example of a scientific name, the genus name is Homo and the species is sapiens. These terms are unique and no other species can have this same name. Scientific names are designed to tell you something about an animal's relationships with other animals.

N

  • Nagasa bamboo, Sasa veitchii
  • Nailwort, Paronychia kapela
  • Naked lady, Amaryllis belladonna
  • Nandina, Fire Power, Nandina domestica ‘Fire Power’
  • Nandina, Gulf Stream, Nandina domestica ‘Gulf Stream’
  • Nandina, Harbour Dwarf, Nandina domestica ‘Harbour Dwarf’
  • Nandina, Nandina domestica
  • Nandina, Plum Purple, Nandina domestica ‘Plum Purple’
  • Nandina, San Gabriel, Nandina domestica ‘San Gabriel’
  • Nandina, Umpqua Chief, Nandina domestica ‘Umpqua Chief’
  • Nandina, White berry, Nandina domestica ‘Alba’
  • Nandina, Wood’s Dwarf, Nandina domestica ‘Wood’s Dwarf’
  • Narcissus, Paperwhite, Narcissus (Paperwhites) - Tender III
  • Narrow leaf spleenwort; Glade fern, Athyrium pycnocarpon; Diplazium pycnocarpon
  • Narrow swamp fern; Crested wood fern, Dryopteris cristata
  • Nastarana rose, Rosa ‘Nastarana’
  • Nasturtium, Climbing, Tropaeolum majus
  • Nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus
  • Navada rose, Rosa ‘Navada’
  • Navelwort, Omphalodes linifolia
  • Nearly Wild rose, Rosa ‘Nearly Wild’
  • Necklace weed; Doll’s Eyes; Baneberry; White cohosh, Actaea pachypoda
  • Nectarine, ‘White Glory’ weeping, Prunus persica var. nucipersica ‘White Glory’
  • Needle grass; Esparto grass; Mexican feather grass, Stipa tenacissima
  • Neillia, Chinese, Neillia sinensis
  • Nemophila, Nemophila menziesii
  • Neon Lights rose, Rosa ‘JACout’
  • Netted chain fern, Woodwardia areolata = W. angustifolia
  • Nettle, Dead; Lamium; Spotted dead nettle, Lamium maculatum
  • Nettle, Golden dead; Yellow archangel, Lamium galeobdolon
  • New Beginning rose, Rosa ‘SAVabeg’
  • New Dawn rose, Rosa ‘New Dawn’
  • New Day rose, Rosa ‘New Day’
  • New Era rose, Rosa ‘WEKwinwin’
  • New Jersey tea; Mountain snowbell, Ceanothus americanus
  • New York fern; Tapering fern, Thelpteris novaboracensis
  • New Zealand rose, Rosa ‘MACgenev’
  • New Zeland flax, Phormium texax
  • Newton water lily, Nymphaea ‘Newton’
  • Nicotiana, Nicotiana alata
  • Nierembergia, Nierembergia hippomanica
  • Nigella; Love-in-a-mist, Nigella damascena
  • Night ‘n’ Day rose, Rosa ‘Night’n'Day’
  • Ninebark, Eastern, Physocarpus opulifolius
  • Ninebark, Physocarpus opulifolius
  • Ninebark, Physocarpus opulifolius
  • Ninety Niner rose, Rosa ‘WEKwinwin’
  • Nomocharis
  • Northern maidenhair fern; Common maidenhair, Adiantum pedatum
  • Nympenberg rose, Rosa ‘Nympenberg’