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I want to make a T-label to identify a specimen of the ground cover lippia repens but I'm unfamiliar with methods of nomenclature. As far as I know one gives the common name and the "scientific" name, for instance: BLUE GRAMA or MOSQUITO GRASS Bouteloua gracilis So I googled lippia repens but I was so overwhelmed by the taxonomy, eg, http://zipcodezoo.com/Plants/L/Lippia_repens/....that I have no idea whether lippia replens is really its "common" name or how the technical term (genus? species? phylum? subclass? etc etc) is usually derived so I hardly know where to begin. How would you suggest I label it? Thank you most kindly
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Lippia is the genus name, repens, the species.
It looks like it also has the scientific name Phyla nodiflora. Common names seem to include capeweed, false thyme, fogfruit, frogfruit, mat grass, mat lippia, phyla, and turkey tangle. Take your pick.
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nodiflora Look in the synonym department and you'll see 'var.repens'. And a clear cute list under the picture.
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Thanks guys, your helpfulness is exceeded only by my laziness. However, I'm still not entirely sure what convention I should follow in choosing a "scientific" name for my T-label
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Fal if it's no trouble could you please provide a link to that list of common names, thanking you most kindly
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I ain't F, but google/Wikipedia is a wonderful thing. (you could make a bookmark for it...) Phyla nodiflora - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
formerly known as etaoin...
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Vision quackery spreading? Shrdlu, I'm afraid I'm on your 'ignore' list. I have given the same link a few posts up. ( you can give it three of four times, it's all there under the picture on that Wiki page, but....... (sigh) for Dale...do you consider the links in the replies you get?
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no, Bran, you're not on my list, but perhaps you're on dale's? I'm sorry about missing your link, I missed it when responding to dale.
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Maybe this is the solution: Dale: if you haven't already been here, and if you have the patience, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyla_nodiflora
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The genus or generic name is a noun which usually names some aspect of a plant. The species or specific name is usually an adjective that describes the genus. at a guess repens could have something to do with creeping? Below is a general classification structure for the biological kingdom.
Kingdom
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