Botanic Nomenclature



Based on NZQA 829 - International Code of Botanical Nomenclature is available at http://www.bgbm.org.

This unit standard is for people working, or intending to work, in horticulture. People credited with this unit standard are able to: state how plant names are given or changed; use correct nomenclature for naming plants; and identify four unfamiliar plants.


 * Learning Activities
 * Library of Resources

The unit is used in the following courses

 * Horticulture

State how plant names are given or changed

 * Two codes for naming plants are given.
 * Reasons for re-naming a plant are listed.

Use correct nomenclature for naming plants
Range common name, generic name, specific or species name, subspecies, Māori name, cultivar, synonym, varieties, hybrid (interspecific or intergeneric).
 * Thirty plants are named correctly.
 * Plant nomenclature is written according to International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.

Identify four unfamiliar plants

 * Plant identification keys are used to identify four unfamiliar plants.

Useful Reference Books for Plant names
100 Flowers and How they got their Names

Plant Names a Guide to Botanical Nomenclature

A - Z of Plant Names

Online explanation of Plant Nomenclature