Download The Classification of Plant and Floral Materials

The Classification of Plants
and Floral Materials
The Father of Taxonomy
Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778)
Swedish botanist
System of binomial nomenclature
(two names)
Taxonomic Hierarchy Chart
Kingdom
Plantae (plants)
Division (Phylum)
Spermatophyta (seed bearing plants)
Subdivision
Angiospermae (flowering plants with covered seeds)
Class
Liliopsida (monocots)
Order
Zingiberales (ginger family)
Family
Musaceae (bananas)
Genus
Strelitzia
Species
reginae
Common name
Bird of Paradise
Scientific Names
Latin
Genus species
Genus--capitalized
Species--not capitalized
Written in italics or underlined
X denotes a cross
‘ ’ denote a cultivar--man made cross
Variety—naturally occurring cross
Examples of Scientific Names
Strelitzia reginae
Hedra helix
Homo sapiens
Ficus benjamina ‘Golden Princess’
Nephrolepis exalta cv.
Pelargonium x domesticum cv.