Scientific Classification Objective 3.03 Discuss floriculture and landscape plants.

Scientific Classification of Plants Taxonomy- the science of classifying and

identifying organisms such as plants

Scientific Classification Scientific names are necessary because

the same common name is used for different plants in different areas of the world

Latin is the language used for scientific classification

Scientific Classification Carlos Linnaeus

Swedish botanist Developed the binomial system of naming

plants using two Latin words to indicate the genus and the species

Scientific Classification Scientific Name

First word=genus First letter is capitalized

Second word=species If there are additional words after the

species, they indicate the variety or cultivar Variety is var. Cultivated variety is cv

Scientific Classification Plants in the same genus have similar

characteristics Plants in the same species consistently

produce plants of the same types

Scientific Classification KingdomPhylumClassOrder

Family Genus

Species

4 Most Important Divisions of the Plant Kingdom Thallophytes: algae, fungi, and lichens Bryophytes: true mosses and liverworts Pteriophytes: ferns, horsetails, and club

mosses Spermatophytes: seed-bearing or

flowering plants Gymnosperms: seeds are not in an ovary

(cone) Angiosperm: seeds enclosed in an ovary

(flowering plants)

Activity Choose 2 plants we have covered so far

during Plant ID Find out their Scientific Classification

Find the Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species

Do the plants you chose have anything in common?

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