Kingdom Plantae belongs to Domain Eukarya and is broken down recursively until each species is separately classified. The order is: Kingdom; Phylum (or Division); Class; Order; Family; Genus (plural genera); Species. The scientific name of a plant represents its genus and its species within the genus, resulting in a single world-wide name for each organism. For example, the tiger lily is Lilium columbianum. Lilium is the genus, and columbianum the specific epithet. The combination is the name of the species. When writing the scientific name of an organism, it is proper to capitalise the first letter in the genus and put all of the specific epithet in lowercase. Additionally, the entire term is ordinarily italicised (or underlined when italics are not available). COUNT 5
QSN1 What is the main grouping of a plant know as? ANS1 Kingdom QSN2 What is the most narrow grouping of a plant? ANS2 Species QSN3 Do different countries refer to plants by different names? ANS3 single world-wide name QSN4 What part of the name is always capitalized? ANS4 the genus QSN5 How is the entire name usually presented in scientific texts? ANS5 italicised