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Nomenclature

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

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Correct Common Names Of Herbage Plants, B J. Quinlivan Jan 1971

Correct Common Names Of Herbage Plants, B J. Quinlivan

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

NEARLY all plants have both a scientific name and a common name. Some, unfortunately, have two, three, four or more common names, and this causes a great deal of confusion, particularly in the buying and selling of pasture seeds.


Why Botanical Names Are Necessary, Robert Dunlop Royce Jan 1967

Why Botanical Names Are Necessary, Robert Dunlop Royce

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

BOTANISTS engaged in naming plants are ofen asked "Why can't you speak English?"

The answer becomes quite clear as the inquirers learn more and more about plants and find people calling the same plant by quite different names.