Common name vs. scientific name
Polynomials
Herbal
ICBN -- rules (and recommendations) for naming plants
Species Plantarum (1753)
Names of taxa above level of genus:
Category "Family"… taxon example: Asteraceae
Category "Order"… taxon example: Asterales
Category "Subclass"… taxon example: Asteridae
Generic names: from any source, including commemorative names ( e.g. Kalmia) Always treated as a Latin noun.
Specific epithets: from any source. Must be treated as Latin words, either an adjective or a noun in genitive case.
Specific epithets: if adjectives, must agree in gender with the genus name; there ARE exceptions. Example: Callicarpa americana, Pteridium aquilinum…but…Quercus alba
Authority/authors
Synonyms: nomenclatural vs. taxonomic.
Types: holotype, isotype
Infraspecifc taxa:
Variety ("var.")
Subspecies ("ssp.")