Tree 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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- Betula grossa, Japanese cherry birch
- Betula jacqemontii, Whitebarked Himalayan birch
- Betula lenta, Sweet birch
- Betula maximowicziona, Monarch birch
- Betula nigra, River birch
- Betula papyrifera, Paper birch; Canoe birch
- Betula pendula, European white birch
- Betula platyphlla var. japonica ‘Whitespire’, Whitespire Japanese white birch
- Betula platyphylla var. japonica, Asian white birch; Japanese white birch
- Betula platyphylla, Asian white birch
- Bumelia lycioides, Buckthorn bumelia