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.
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- Wakerobin, Blue Ridge; Propellor trillium, Trillium stamineum
- Wakerobin, Dwarf; Dwarf white flowering trillium, Trillium pusillum
- Wakerobin, White; White erect trillium, Trillium erectum forma albiflorum
- Wakerobin; Trillium; Red trillium, Trillium erectum
- Walking fern, Asplenium rhizophyllum; Camptosorus rhyzophyllus
- Wallflower, Cheiranthus cheiri
- Wallich’s wood fern, Dryopteris wallichiana
- Walnut, Black, Juglans nigra
- Wand flower, Sparaxis
- Wandering Jew; Purple heart, Setcreasea pallida ‘Purple Heart’
- Warm Wishes rose, Rosa ‘FRYxotic’
- Water clover, Variegated, Marsilea mutica ‘Variegata’
- Water forget-me-not, Myosotis scorpioides
- Water hyacinth, Eichornia crassipes
- Water lettuce, Pistia stratiotes
- Water meal, Wolffia spp.
- Water pennywort, Hydrocotyle americana
- Water plantain, Alisma plantgoaquatica; A. subcordatum
- Water poppy, Hydrocleys nymphoides
- Water shield; Water target, Brasenia schreberi
- Water spinach, Ipomea batatas
- Water tupelo, Nyssa aquatica
- Water-pepper; Smartweed, Polygonum hydropiper
- Waxmyrtle, Southern, Myrica cerifera
- Waxmyrtle, Southern, Myrica cerifera
- Weigela, Red Prince, Weigela florida ‘Red Prince’
- Weigela, Weigela florida
- Wekjuvoo Chris Evert rose, Rosa ‘WEKjuvoo’
- Westerland rose, Rosa ‘KORwest’
- Wheel tree, Trochodendron aralioides
- Whisper rose, Rosa ‘DICwisp’
- White American Beauty rose, Rosa ‘F.K. Druschki’
- White Baby Rambler rose, Rosa ‘White Baby’
- White Flower Carpet rose, Rosa ‘NOAschee’
- White Meidiland rose, Rosa ‘MELcoublan’
- White Rose of York, Rosa x alba
- White shooting stars, Nicotiana sylvestris
- White Simplicity rose, Rosa ‘JACsnow’
- Wicky, Kalmia angustifolia var. caroliniana
- Widespread maiden fern; Southern shield fern; River fern; Southern maiden fern, Thelpteris kunthii; Thelypteris normalis
- Wild oats, Uvularia sessilifolia
- Wild oats; Northern sea oats, Chasmanthium latifolium
- Wild olive; Devilwood, Osmanthus americanus
- William Falconer water lily, Nymphaea ‘William Falconer’
- William Lobb rose, Rosa ‘William Lobb’
- Willow, Basket; Purpleosier, Salix purpurea
- Willow, Black, Salix nigra
- Willow, Corkscrew, Salix matsudana var. tortuosa
- Willow, Hankow, Salix matsudana ‘Scarlet Curles’
- Willow, Japanese fantail, Salix sachhalinensis ‘Sekka’ = Salix udensis ‘Skekka’
- Willow, Nishiki; Japanese dappled willow, Salix integra ‘Hakuro-nishiki’
- Willow, Swamp, Salix caroliniana
- Willow, Virginia, Itea virginica
- Willow, Weeping, Salix babylonica
- Willow, White, Salix alba var. sericea
- Willowherb, Great; Fireweed, Epilobium angustifolium
- Win-Win rose, Rosa ‘WEKwinwin’
- Winchester Cathedral rose, Rosa ‘AUScat’
- Winchester rose, Rosa ‘AUScat’
- Wind flower; Pasque flower; Meadow anemone, Anemone pulsatilla
- Windflower, Anemone coronaria
- Windflower; Wood anemone, Anemone quinquefolia; Thalictrum thalictrodes
- Windflowers, Anemone coronaria
- Windrush rose, Rosa ‘AUSrush’
- Winged everlasting, Ammobium alatum
- Wingnut, Chinese, Pterocarya stenoptera
- Wingstem, Actinomeris alternifolia
- Winter hazel, Spike, Corylopsis spicata
- Winter hazel, Willmott, Corylopsis willmottiae
- Winter savory, Satureja montana
- Winterberry, Ilex verticillata
- Winterberry, Ilex verticillata x I. serrata hybrids
- Winterberry; Black alder, Ilex verticillata
- Wintercreeper, Common, Euonymus fortunei var. radicans
- Wintercreeper, Common, Euonymus fortunei var. radicans
- Wintercreeper, Euonymus, Euonymus fortunei var. radicans
- Wintercreeper, Purpleleaf, Euonymus fortunei ‘Colorata’ = E. fortunei var. colorata
- Wintergreen, Spotted; Striped wintergreen, Chimaphila maculata
- Wintergreen, Spreading; Teaberry; Common wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens
- Winterhazel, Fragrant, Corylorsis glabrescens
- Wintersweet, Fragrant, Chimonanthus praecox
- Wishbone flower, Torenia fournieri
- Wisteria, American, Wisteria fruitescens
- Wisteria, Chinese, Wisteria sinensis
- Wisteria, Japanese, Wisteria floribunda
- Wisteria, Kentucky, Wisteria macrostachya
- Wisteria, Silky, Wisteria venusta
- Witch hazel, Chinese, Corylopsis sinensis
- Witchhazel, Chinese, Hamamelis mollis
- Witchhazel, Chinese, Hamamelis mollis
- Witchhazel, Common, Hamamelis virginiana
- Witchhazel, Hamamelis virginiana
- Witchhazel, Hybrid, Hamamelis x intermedia
- Witchhazel, Hybrid, Hamamelis x intermedia H. x media
- Witchhazel, Ozark; Vernal witchhazel, Hamamelis vernalis
- Witchhazel, Ozark; Vernal witchhazel, Hamamelis vernalis
- Witchhazel, Southern, Hamamelis macrophylla
- Witchhazel, Southern, Hamamelis macrophylla
- Witchhazel, Vernal, Hamamelis vernalis
- Witchhobble, Viburnum alnifolium
- Witherod, Smooth, Viburnum nudum
- Woadwaxen, Common; Dyer’s greenwood, Genista tinctoria
- Woadwaxen, Common; Dyer’s greenwood, Genista tinctoria
- Woadwaxen, Silkyleaf, Genista pilosa
- Wood betony, Pedicularis canadensis
- Wood sorrel; Wood shamrock, Oxalis spp.
- Wood-sorrel, Oxalis (Tender species)
- Wormwood, Artemisia absinthium