Plant scientific names

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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Plant Scientific Names

Here you can find the scientific names for some of the most common plants. You can find both the common and scientific name for almost every plant listed here in our plant name database. We hope you enjoy using this site to find the scientific name of the plant you are looking for. Learning the scientific name for a plant can be very useful. In our index, the common name comes first followed by the scientific name.