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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- Maackia amurensis, Amur maackia
- Maclura pomifera, Osage orange; Hedgeapple
- Magnolia acuminata, Cucumbertree magnolia
- Magnolia cylindrica, Cylindrical magnolia
- Magnolia denudata = Magnolia heptapeta, Yulan magnolia
- Magnolia fraseri, Fraser magnolia
- Magnolia grandiflora ‘Little Gem’, Little Gem magnolia
- Magnolia grandiflora, Southern magnolia
- Magnolia hybrids, Hybrid magnolias
- Magnolia kobus, Kobus magnolia
- Magnolia liliflora, Lily magnolia
- Magnolia macrophylla, Bigleaf magnolia
- Magnolia sieboldii, Oyama magnolia
- Magnolia stella, Star magnolia
- Magnolia tripetala, Umbrella magnolia
- Magnolia virginiana, Sweetbay magnolia; Swamp magnolia
- Magnolia x ‘Freeman’, Freeman magnolia
- Magnolia x loebneri, Loebner magnolia
- Magnolia x soulangiana, Saucer magnolia
- Magnolia zenii, Zen magnolia
- Malus angustifolia, Southern crabapple
- Malus halliana var. parkmanii, Parkman crabapple
- Malus hupehensis, Tea crabapple
- Malus hybrids, Crabapples
- Malus sieboldii, Siebold crabapple
- Malus yunnanensis, Yunnan crabapple
- Melia azadarach, Chinaberry
- Metasequoia glyptostroboides, Dawn redwood
- Morus australis ‘Unryo’, Contorted mulberry