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Just wondering, does anyone know where I could find a list of fruit species and genus names?

This is for a book I am writing. As I understand, the name of a plant consits of two latin words combined. These words are made from the species and genus names.

hey dave! thanx for the link! do you know anything about tying shoes?

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Hint: often the genus is a "latinisation" of the discoverer's name. For example, if I found a new butterfly, I'd name it "Lepidoptera Mobiusii"

Hint: often the genus is a "latinisation" of the discoverer's name. For example, if I found a new butterfly, I'd name it "Lepidoptera Mobiusii"

Actually, I was hoping for some specific website names.

I can dig up a lot on the history of taxonemy but that is not what I wish to know.


I just need a straight forward list of plant family and genus names. I also need a simple discription of what the family and genus name stands for and means. What the traits of the various genus and family names.

bipostus mobiusii

Hmmmmm interesting, so I would need to come up with a name for the person who discovered it too :
Yeesh, all this for a single fruit that gets a couple of mentions in the book

Have you searched thru The Tree of Life?

I'm not sure if you can find what you are looking for there, but you will find more information than you could ever possibly need.

Have you searched thru The Tree of Life?

I'm not sure if you can find what you are looking for there, but you will find more information than you could ever possibly need.

Hmm; it's double post night on the DBB.

What, are they giving away green stamps or something??

try natureserv.org They created a National Vegetation Classification System that we use in mapping for the national park service projects we work on.

The first result from that search is exactly what you were looking for.

http://plants.usda.gov/classification.html

Type "rose" in the textbox. Hit Enter.

Viola:

Kingdom Plantae -- Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta -- Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta -- Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta -- Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida -- Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Rosales
Family Rosaceae -- Rose family
Genus Rosa L. -- rose P


Contains 56 species and 90 accepted taxa overall
Down one level
Species Rosa acicularis Lindl. -- prickly rose P
Subspecies Rosa acicularis Lindl. ssp. acicularis -- prickly rose P
Subspecies Rosa acicularis Lindl. ssp. sayi (Schwein.) W.H. Lewis -- prickly rose P
Species Rosa Ã?alba L. (pro sp.) -- white rose of York P
Species Rosa arkansana Porter -- prairie rose P
Variety Rosa arkansana Porter var. arkansana -- prairie rose P
Variety Rosa arkansana Porter var. suffulta (Greene) Cockerell -- prairie rose P
Species Rosa blanda Ait. -- smooth rose P
Variety Rosa blanda Ait. var. blanda -- smooth rose P
Variety Rosa blanda Ait. var. glabra Crépin -- smooth rose P
Variety Rosa blanda Ait. var. glandulosa Schuette -- smooth rose P
Variety Rosa blanda Ait. var. hispida Farw. -- hispid rose P
Species Rosa Ã?borboniana Desportes (pro sp.) -- Bourbon rose P
Species Rosa bracteata J.C. Wendl. -- Macartney rose P
Species Rosa bridgesii Crépin -- pygmy rose P
Species Rosa californica Cham. & Schlecht. -- California wildrose P
Species Rosa canina L. -- dog rose P
Species Rosa carolina L. -- Carolina rose P
Variety Rosa carolina L. var. carolina -- Carolina rose P
Variety Rosa carolina L. var. deamii (Erlanson) Deam -- Deam's rose P
Variety Rosa carolina L. var. sabulosa Erlanson -- Carolina rose P
Variety Rosa carolina L. var. setigera Crépin -- Carolina rose P
Variety Rosa carolina L. var. villosa (Best) Rehd. -- Carolina rose P
Species Rosa centifolia L. -- cabbage rose P
Species Rosa chinensis Jacq. -- Chinese rose P
Species Rosa cinnamomea L. -- cinnamon rose P
Species Rosa Ã?damascena P. Mill. (pro sp.) -- damask rose P
Species Rosa Ã?dulcissima Lunell (pro sp.) -- P
Species Rosa dumetorum Thuill. -- corymb rose P
Species Rosa eglanteria L. -- sweetbriar rose P
Species Rosa foliolosa Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray -- white prairie rose P
Species Rosa gallica L. -- French rose P
Variety Rosa gallica L. var. gallica -- French rose P
Variety Rosa gallica L. var. officinalis Thory -- French rose P
Species Rosa gymnocarpa Nutt. -- dwarf rose P
Species Rosa Ã?harisonii Rivers -- P
Species Rosa Ã?housei Erlanson (pro sp.) -- P
Species Rosa indica L. -- cyme rose P
Species Rosa laevigata Michx. -- Cherokee rose P
Species Rosa majalis J. Herrm. -- double cinnamon rose P
Species Rosa manca Greene -- Mancos rose P
Species Rosa micrantha Borrer ex Sm. -- smallflower sweetbrier P
Species Rosa minutifolia Engelm. -- Baja rose P
Species Rosa moschata J. Herrm. -- musk rose P
Species Rosa multiflora Thunb. ex Murr. -- multiflora rose P
Species Rosa ?myriadenia Greene -- glandular rose P
Species Rosa nitida Willd. -- shining rose P
Species Rosa nutkana K. Presl -- Nootka rose P
Variety Rosa nutkana K. Presl var. hispida Fern. -- bristly Nootka rose P
Variety Rosa nutkana K. Presl var. muriculata (Greene) G.N. Jones -- Nootka rose P
Variety Rosa nutkana K. Presl var. nutkana -- Nootka rose P
Variety Rosa nutkana K. Presl var. setosa G.N. Jones -- Nootka rose P
Species Rosa obtusiuscula Rydb. -- Appalachian Valley rose P
Species Rosa odorata (Andr.) Sweet -- tea rose P
Species Rosa Ã?palustriformis Rydb. (pro sp.) -- P
Species Rosa palustris Marsh. -- swamp rose P
Species Rosa ?pinetorum Heller -- pine rose P
Species Rosa pisocarpa Gray -- cluster rose P
Species Rosa Ã?rehderiana Blackb. -- polyantha rose P
Species Rosa rubrifolia Vill. -- redleaf rose P
Species Rosa Ã?rudiuscula Greene (pro sp.) -- P
Species Rosa rugosa Thunb. -- rugosa rose P
Species Rosa sempervirens L. -- evergreen rose P
Species Rosa serafinii Viviani -- Mediterranean rose P
Species Rosa setigera Michx. -- climbing rose P
Variety Rosa setigera Michx. var. setigera -- climbing rose P
Variety Rosa setigera Michx. var. tomentosa Torr. & Gray -- climbing rose P
Species Rosa spinosissima L. -- Scotch rose P
Species Rosa spithamea S. Wats. -- ground rose P
Variety Rosa spithamea S. Wats. var. sonomensis (Greene) Jepson -- Sonoma ground rose P
Variety Rosa spithamea S. Wats. var. spithamea -- ground rose P
Species Rosa stellata Woot. -- desert rose P
Subspecies Rosa stellata Woot. ssp. abyssa A. Phillips -- desert rose P
Subspecies Rosa stellata Woot. ssp. mirifica (Greene) W.H. Lewis -- desert rose P
Variety Rosa stellata Woot. ssp. mirifica (Greene) W.H. Lewis var. erlansoniae W.H. Lewis -- desert rose P
Variety Rosa stellata Woot. ssp. mirifica (Greene) W.H. Lewis var. mirifica (Greene) Cockerell -- desert rose P
Subspecies Rosa stellata Woot. ssp. stellata -- desert rose P
Species Rosa tomentosa Sm. -- whitewoolly rose P
Species Rosa villosa L. -- apple rose P
Species Rosa virginiana P. Mill. -- Virginia rose P
Variety Rosa virginiana P. Mill. var. lamprophylla (Rydb.) Fern. -- Virginia rose P
Variety Rosa virginiana P. Mill. var. virginiana -- Virginia rose P
Species Rosa wichuraiana Crépin -- memorial rose P
Species Rosa woodsii Lindl. -- Woods' rose P
Variety Rosa woodsii Lindl. var. glabrata (Parish) Cole -- Woods' rose P
Variety Rosa woodsii Lindl. var. gratissima (Greene) Cole -- Tehachapi rose P
Variety Rosa woodsii Lindl. var. ultramontana (S. Wats.) Jepson -- Woods' rose P
Variety Rosa woodsii Lindl. var. woodsii -- Woods' rose P
Species Rosa xanthina Lindl. -- P
Species Rosa yainacensis Greene -- Cascade rose P

Hey they named one after me:

Variety Rosa woodsii Lindl. var. woodsii -- Woods' rose P