ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>EcoZone Factsheet: Scientific names - 5 of each group of common or garden things. </TITLE> <META NAME="Description" CONTENT="Scientific names of common garden things"> <META NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="ecozone, christopher, betts, environmental, biology, child, children, kids, nature, science, ecology, fact, information, garden, gardening, eco, friendly, ecologically, ecology, latin, scientific. name, factsheet, resources, teaching, school, teacher, classroom "> <STYLE> <!-- A:active { color:#0000FF; text-decoration; } A:hover { color:#FF0000; text-decoration: none; } //--> </STYLE> <STYLE type="text/css"> BODY { SCROLLBAR-FACE-COLOR: #FFFFFF; SCROLLBAR-HIGHLIGHT-COLOR: #FFFFFF; SCROLLBAR-SHADOW-COLOR: #660099; SCROLLBAR-3DLIGHT-COLOR: #660099; SCROLLBAR-ARROW-COLOR: #660099; SCROLLBAR-TRACK-COLOR: #660099; SCROLLBAR-DARKSHADOW-COLOR: #660099 } </STYLE> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- hiding function varitext(text){ text=document print(text) } // End --> </script> <style type="text/css"> <!-- .newsTxt1 { font-size: .8em; font-family: verdana,; } .newsTxt2 { font-size: 1em; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; } --> </style> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="FFFFFF" link="#FFFFFF" alink="#FFFFFF" vlink="#CCCCFF"> <TABLE BORDER="0" ALIGN="CENTER" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="5" BGCOLOR="#660099"><TD> <CENTER> <form> <input type=button value="Close Window" onClick="javascript:window.close();"> </form> </CENTER> <FONT FACE="verdana" COLOR="#FFFFFF"> <CENTER><h3>Scientific Names: garden life</h3></CENTER> <TABLE BORDER="0" ALIGN="CENTER" WIDTH="90%" CELLPADDING="12" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR><TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN="left" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT FACE="verdana" COLOR="#660099"> <IMG SRC="images/ladybird.jpg" WIDTH="220" HEIGHT="170"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="70%" ALIGN="left" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"><FONT FACE="verdana" COLOR="darkgreen"> <B>Why do we use scientific (Latin) names for species?</B> <BR><BR> <FONT FACE="verdana" COLOR="#660099"> Well, firstly, it is a universal system that allows everyone from all parts of the world to be sure they are all talking about the same lifeform. English and other languages have many different names for the same organism - common names are not good enough for accurate communication. Secondly, scientific classification and naming ( taxonomy ) allow us to place organisms into ordered groups (classes, orders, families, species, etc.) that reflect their relatedness - their biological, evolutionary and genetic similarity. </TD></TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="65%" ALIGN="left" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" COLSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="verdana" COLOR="#660099"> Thus a daisy in your lawn is species <i>perennis</i> or the genus <i>Bellis</i> of the family <B>Asteraceae</B> of the order <i><B>A</B>STERALES</i> of the class <B>M</B>AGNOLIOPSIDA of the phylum <B>M</B>AGNOLIOPHYTA of the kingdom <i><B>P</B>LANTAE.</i><BR><BR> Scientific names are descriptive and often tell us much about the species in question - it is really useful to have studies classics and to know some Latin and Greek. For example, there is a genus of ground and rock squirrels called <i>Spermophilus</i>. This comes from the Greek (<i>sperma</i> = seed, <i>philus</i> = loving). One species of <i>Spermophilus</i> that is found in the USA is the Idaho ground squirrel, <i>Spermophilus brunneus</i>. <i>Brunneus</i> is Latin for brown, so we have a neat descriptive name that tells us that these little animals are brown in colour and love seeds. <BR><BR> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="65%" ALIGN="left" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" COLSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="verdana" COLOR="darkgreen"> <B>Fungi</B><BR><BR> baker s yeast <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i><BR><BR> fairy ring <i>Marasmius oreades</i><BR><BR> white truffle <i>Tuber magnatum</i><BR><BR> field mushroom <i>Agaricus campestris</i><BR><BR> giant puffball <i>Camarophyllopsis atropuncta</i><BR><BR> </TR></TD> <TR> <TD WIDTH="65%" ALIGN="left" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" COLSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="verdana" COLOR="darkgreen"> <B>Plants</B><BR><BR> ash tree <i>Fraxinus excelsior</i><BR><BR> creeping buttercup <i>Ranunculus repens</i><BR><BR> mistletoe <i>Viscum album</i><BR><BR> broad bean <i>Vicia faba</i><BR><BR> snowdrop <i>Galanthus nivalis</i><BR><BR> </TR></TD> <TR> <TD WIDTH="65%" ALIGN="left" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" COLSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="verdana" COLOR="darkgreen"> <B>Invertebrates</B><BR><BR> peacock butterfly <i>Inachis io</i><BR><BR> honey bee <i>Apis mellifera</i><BR><BR> yellow meadow ant <i>Lasius flavus</i><BR><BR> great diving beetle <i>Dytiscus marginalis</i><BR><BR> dust mite <i>Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus</i><BR><BR> </TR></TD> <TR> <TD WIDTH="65%" ALIGN="left" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" COLSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="verdana" COLOR="darkgreen"> <B>Fish</B><BR><BR> Atlantic salmon <i>Salmo salar</i><BR><BR> brown trout <i>Trutta trutta</i><BR><BR> chub Leuciscus <i>cephalus</i><BR><BR> minnow <i>Phoxinus phoxinus</i><BR><BR> Atlantic cod <i>Gadus morhua</i><BR><BR> </TR></TD> <TR> <TD WIDTH="65%" ALIGN="left" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" COLSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="verdana" COLOR="darkgreen"> <B>Amphibians</B><BR><BR> common toad <i>Bufo bufo</i><BR><BR> common frog <i>Rana temporaria</i><BR><BR> great crested newt <i>Triturus cristatus</i><BR><BR> smooth newt <i>Triturus vulgaris</i><BR><BR> European tree frog <i>Hyla arborea</i><BR><BR> </TR></TD> <TR> <TD WIDTH="65%" ALIGN="left" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" COLSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="verdana" COLOR="darkgreen"> <B>Reptiles</B> grass snake <i>Natrix natrix</i><BR><BR> slow-worm <i>Anguis fragilis</i><BR><BR> viviparous lizard <i>Lacerta vivipara</i><BR><BR> adder <i>Vipera berus</i><BR><BR> smooth snake <i>Coronella austriaca</i><BR><BR> </TR></TD> <TR> <TD WIDTH="65%" ALIGN="left" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" COLSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="verdana" COLOR="darkgreen"> <B>Birds</B> blackbird <i>Turdus merula</i><BR><BR> budgerigar <i>Melopsittacus undulatus</i><BR><BR> chaffinch <i>Fringilla coelebs</i><BR><BR> cuckoo <i>Cuculus canorus</i><BR><BR> Canada goose <i>Branta canadensis</i><BR><BR> </TR></TD> <TR> <TD WIDTH="65%" ALIGN="left" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" COLSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="verdana" COLOR="darkgreen"> <B>Mammals</B><BR><BR> horse <i>Equus caballus</i><BR><BR> badger <i>Meles meles</i><BR><BR> fox <i>Vulpes vulpes</i><BR><BR> mole <i>Talpa europaea</i><BR><BR> pipistrelle <i>Pipistrellus pipistrellus</i><BR><BR> </TR></TD> </TABLE> <TABLE WIDTH="100%" background="#FFFFFF" align="CENTER"> <tr> <td width="150%" align="left"><FONT COLOR="#660099" FONT FACE="verdana" SIZE="-1">Copyright <b>Christopher Betts Environmental Biology</b> 2006</FONT> </td></TR></TABLE> <BR> </TD> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>