Download Louisiana Horticulture Exam Guide: Binomial Nomenclature & Plant ID and more Exams Gardening and Horticulture in PDF only on Docsity! Louisiana Envir onmental Horticulture Industry EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2024 Update. A Nursery Sales person must be able to... - Identify plants by common and scientific, Latin, or botanical names. When do you consider the confusion of the common name "cedar" ? - When its applied to plants that include: arborvitae, cedar, cypress, false cypress, and junipers The American joint committee on horticultural nomenclature has adopted what? - Standardized plant names, a dictionary of plant names The scientific name of the plant is made up of... - The plant's GENUS and SPECIES No plant has more than ____ scientific name, although it may have common names - One Genus names are always... - CAPITALIZED Species names are generally... - NOT capitalized Giving plants a genus and species name is credited to... - Linnaeus a Swedish botanist THe system of naming plants is called ... - The binomial system of nomenclature The binomial system of nomenclature is in what language? - Latin The Genus indicates a group of... - Closely related plants Plants within the genus are divided into subgroups called... - Species A naturally occurring subgroup within a species may be different enough in appearance from the remaining members of the species to be called a... - Botanical variety The international code of nomenclature for cultivated plants recognizes a special category called... - The cultivar or the cultivated variety, this group designates a special group of individuals, agriculture,forestry, or horticulture. Some states require that all non-herbaceous ornamental plants be... - Properly labeled Botanical names serve the customer mainly as... - A protection ( that he is getting the correct plant) Customers are interested in plants because of - Color, sun/shade tolerance, fragrance, size, and other characteristics. Salespeople in wholesale or retail nurseries should make what the top priority ? - THE CUSTOMERS INTEREST One should memorize the principal plants used in... - Louisiana and the Southeast The botanical name is key the help locate... - The info that is written about a particular plant Some genus or species names are derived from... - Countries of origin, names of plant explorers, and descriptive Latin terms. Alba - White Cordate - Heart-shaped Crenata - Tooth, teeth round Angustifolia - Narrow-leaved Arborea - Treelike, woody dioecious - have male and female reproductive structures on different plants Argentea - Silvery Aureus - Golden Fastigiatus - Branches erect/ close together Coccineus - Scarlet Globosa - Globe shaped Japonica - Of japan Radicans - Rooting Mas - Male Rex - King Macrophyllus - Large leaved Microphylla - Small leaved Niger, nigra - Black, dark
