Tag: common name

Plants & People Taxonomy & Evolution

Can’t Botanists agree on common names..?

One of the bilingual English and Latin signs at Wallsend Tyne and Wear Metro station. It reads "Platform 2 / Suggestus II / No Smoking / Noli Fumare".

Latin name or scientific name, where do you stand?

Image: Robert Ricker, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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