Flowers Scientific Names – Common and Forest Flowers

Flowers Scientific Names

Scientists have given each and every recognized species on earth its own scientific names to uniquely identify them to avoid confusion. At the simplest level of scientific classification, each scientific name consists of two parts – a generic (or genus) name and a specific name or epithet. Together, these two names are referred to as a binomial. The generic name refer to collective name for a group of organism, here, plants and animals. Group of organisms have similar characters and are represented by the generic name. In other words, they all evolve from one common ancestor. The specific name distinguish between different organism with a genus. The first part of the scientific name are always written with the generic name first.




We have listed Flowers scientific names along with their common names. In case, you want to search a specific name, you may use the search box below. You may also use alphabetic index as per necessity. Click here to check scientific names of other groups. Please check the flower names below.

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Flowers Scientific Names

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There are currently 18 names in this directory beginning with the letter C.
Cadamba
Anthocephalus cadamba

Calendula
Calendula officinalis

Canna
Canna indica

Cannonball tree's flower
Couroupita guianensis

Cape jasmine
Gardernia florida

Caranda
Carissa caranda

Carnation
Dianthus caryophyllus

Casuarina
Casuariana equisetifolia

Chameli
Jasminum grandiflorum

Changeable rose
Hibiscus mutabilis

China box
Murraya exotica

China rose
Hibiscus rosasinensis

Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum sinense

Clitoria
Clitoria ternatea

Cocks comb
Celosia cristata

Common rhododendron
Rhododendron ponticum

Cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus

Croton
Codiaeum spp.

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