A rose by any other name... would be incorrectly described.
Tag - common name
Nigel Chaffey
Latin name or scientific name, where do you stand?
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet", said Shakespeare - who clearly hadn't met any botanists.
The lingua franca of taxonomy
Image: Robert Ricker, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Encouraging students to face their fears and take up the challenge of confronting scientific names (no longer should we call them Latin names...
