Posts Tagged: taxonomy

Whats in a name?

Scientific names go further than just allowing us to easily talk about trees on the same level they can also go as far as to describe more about the tree or plant like where it originates from, what habitat it lives in or a particular feature about the plant and some are even named to… Read more »

Binomial nomenclature

Binomial nomenclature is the formal naming system for living things that all scientists use from plants to animals, fungi and bacteria. The scientific name of living thingsĀ uses latin and therefore ensures that plants or trees for example are easily identifiable worldwide with the use of one common language.