The common name of plants is a popular customary name for plants formed by people in real life. The common English names of plants in daily life in Europe and America are commonly known. Compared with scientific names (Latin names), Chinese names, local names and aliases commonly used in China are also common names. Obviously, the "common names" of many kinds of plants have become the most commonly used names, especially some plants that are widely distributed or have special economic value. Many people can't use other names except common names, and they don't even want to hear botanical names.
Therefore, for researchers or plant lovers, in addition to scientific names, it is also necessary to understand and master the common names of plants in their mother tongue. If you want to identify a plant, you'd better write down its scientific and common names. Scientific names can let other botanists know exactly the plants you have identified, while common names are convenient for ordinary readers to communicate.
Generic names are widely used because of the following characteristics. First of all, for most people, it is the only name that is recognized and familiar, and it is also the easiest name to communicate with. In addition, it is usually simple and easy to remember, expressed by some popular words or obvious descriptions of the characteristics of the plant. Such as honeysuckle, jujube, Pinus bungeana, Pulsatilla chinensis, graptopeta alternifolia, etc. It will definitely remind you of the easily recognizable appearance and characteristics of plants.
So how did this popular name come from:
First, name plants according to their shapes, colors and characteristics.
Rubus: There are thorns on the stem, such as hooks.
Selaginella: The leaves are as thin as cypress, and the leaves curl inward.
Alice: Its flowers are like kites.
Ginkgo biloba: Because it looks like a small apricot, the nucleus is white.
Aconitum: It is shaped like a crow's head.
There are many vines in this grass, and there is a wisp in it.
Potentilla discolor: The leaves turn white.
Second, it is named after the taste of plants.
Schisandra chinensis: the flesh is sweet and sour, the stone is bitter and salty.
Elsholtzia: Its air is fragrant and its leaves are soft.
Houttuynia cordata Thunb: The leaves smell of fish.
Fennel: Boiled meat has no taste at all. When it is put into stinky sauce, it will have a fragrance at the end.
Rumex: It tastes sour.
Patrinia scabra: Its roots smell of stale and rotten soybean milk.
Chicken excrement rattan: rattan-shaped, with crushed leaves and a smell of chicken excrement.
Bitter gourd: bitter, like a melon.
Cordate telosma: The night gives off a strong fragrance.
Toona sinensis: The leaves are very fragrant.
Stinky water chestnut: It tastes like water chestnut and stinks.
Third, named after the habitat and habits of plants.
In front of the car: this grass is good for cattle and horses on the roadside.
Honeysuckle. : rattan is born, and the ridge east is not adjusted.
Narcissus: suitable for low-lying and humid places, no shortage of water.
Eupatorium adenophorum: Born in Zebang.
Sunflower: Its flowers grow towards the sun.
River willow: It should be born in a wet place by the river.
Wellhead grass: suitable for wet places near walls and wells.
Shady ferns: suitable for shady places in hillside forests.
Fourth, named after the growing season and law of plants.
Prunella vulgaris: This kind of grass will wither from summer to the future.
Xia Tianwu: Because it will dry up in summer.
Pinellia ternata: Pinellia ternata was born in May, because it is just half of summer.
Six in the snow: White flowers are like six In the snow.
Chimonanthus praecox: It blooms in the twelfth month.
Chunlan: It blooms in spring.
Fifth, we should promote auspicious names, some of which are accompanied by allusions and legends.
Snake container: A farmer saw that a snake was injured and another snake was covered with a piece of grass. After a day of injury, the snake disappeared. Because farmers take grass to cure snake sores, it is named snake contains.
Betel nut: Bin and Lang are honorifics for distinguished guests. People in places with extensive contacts must present this fruit before entertaining guests.
There was a wizard named Yao Oyster, and a spell could disperse hundreds of ghosts. When catching ghosts, it was made of Sapindus mukoraiensis, and it was killed with a stick. It is said that this kind of tree is used to kill ghosts, so it is called harmless.
Yu Meiren: During the Chu-Han War, Xiang Yu was besieged and committed suicide. There is a beautiful flower on her grave. It is said that it was transformed by Kyrgyzstan, so it was named Yu Meiren.
Goddess flower: beautiful as a blooming goddess.
6. Plants named after geographical location and origin
Passion flower: the red and blue flowers produced in the passion fruit area.
Abelmoschus manihot: It is produced in Sichuan and has leaves like sunflowers.
Jill: There is growth in the east, but it is less, not as much as in the west. Western and grass can write madder.
Pomegranate in Ann: Qian went to the Western Regions to get pomegranate seeds from Anshi State in Tulin and bring them back to China.
Croton: This thing comes from Bashu and is shaped like a bean.
Carrots: Originated from Woody in Yuan Dynasty, it smells a bit like radish.
Apocynum venetum: It is named after the extremely prosperous Apocynum venetum plain in Xinjiang.
Cryptomeria japonica.