SCIENTIFIC NAMES REVIEW

THE SWEDISH NATURALIST THAT STARTED THE SCIENTIFIC NAMING OF PLANTS.

• LINNAEUS

• LINNAUES

• LINUES

• LINNIAS

THE NAME THAT MOST PLANTS GO BY EVERYDAY.

• BOTANICAL NAME

• COMMON NAME

• SCIENTIFIC NAME

What should always be done with the first letter of a genus?

• LEFT ALONE

• ITALICIZED

• CAPITALIZED

• WRITTEN IN LOWER CASE

A river birch has the scientific name of Betula nigra. What is the genus in that scientific name?

• BETULA

• NIGRA

A red maple has the scientific name of Acer rubrum. What is the genus in that scientific name?

• ACER

• RUBRUM

A TULIP TREE has the scientific name of Liriodendron tulipifera. What is the genus in that scientific name?

• LIRIODENDRON

• TULIPIFERA

A river birch has the scientific name of Betula nigra. What is the SPECIFIC EPITHET in that scientific name?

• BETULA

• NIGRA

A red maple has the scientific name of Acer rubrum. What is the specific epithet in that scientific name?

• ACER

• RUBRUM

A TULIP TREE has the scientific name of Liridendron tulipifera. What is the specific epithet in that scientific name?

• LIRIODENDRON

• TULIPIFERA

THE RED SUNSET CULTIVAR OF THE RED MAPLE WOULD BE WRITTEN THIS WAY.

• ACER RUBRUM 'RED SUNSET'

• ACER RUBRUM "RED SUNSET"