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Plant Names
- a guide for Horticulturists, Nurserymen, Gardeners and Students |
Written by the Horticultural Taxonomy Group, this 31-page guide to plant names was published in March 2007 and can be downloaded here as an Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) file: Plant Names (562KB)
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The guide includes chapters on:
- Common or Vernacular names
- Names of Wild Plants:- scientific names (binomials), the taxonomic hierarchy, families, genera, species, subspecies, variety, form, hybrids, authors (authorities)
- Names of Cultivated Plants:- cultivar, group, grex
- Commercial Names and Trademarks:- trade designations, cultivated plant series, formula mixes
- How to Name a New Cultivar
- How to Describe, Publish and Register a New Cultivar Name:- nomenclatural standards and standard portfolios
- Problems with Plant Names:- synonyms, homonyms and priority, why names are changed
- International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN or Botanical Code):- naming new species and other taxa, the type concept
- International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP or Cultivated Plant Code)
Lists of references, relevant Web sites and a glossary are provided. There are also appendices on the correct formation and styling of cultivar epithets and on statutory testing for distinctness, uniformity and stability.
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