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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- Laburnum anagyroides, Golden chain tree
- Lagerstroemia fauriei, Japanese crape myrtle
- Lagerstroemia indica, Crape myrtle
- Larix kaempferi, Japanese larch
- Lauris noblis, Sweet bay
- Lindera benzoin, Spice bush
- Lindera obtusiloba, Japanese spicebush
- Liquidambar formosana, Formosan sweetgum
- Liquidambar styraciflua, Sweetgum
- Liriodendron chinense, Chinese tulip tree
- Liriodendron tulipifer, Tulip tree, Tulip poplar, Yellow poplar
- Lithocarpus henryi, Henry tanbark oak
- Lyonia ligustrina,Maleberry; Lyonia