Each plant has got a name!

Like any one of us, plants also have unique names written in Latin. This is known as the botanical name or botanical nomenclature.

The botanical nomenclature is unique for each plant. That means, no two plants will have the same botanical name! For eg., the botanical name of coconut tree is Cocos nucifera, while Mango is Mangifera indica. All the plants discovered so far has been named.

You might have noticed that the botanical name has two words. Yes, the first part indicate the genus of the plant while the second part indicate the species part.

This type of naming is called binomial nomenclature, which was first put forth by the famed Swedish naturalist, Carl Linnaeus way back in 1753