Wikipedia:Naming conventions (flora)
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The naming conventions that apply to flora have been extensively discussed and continue to be discussed on the WikiProject Plants talk page, and the following guidelines have broad consensus approval.
Article title
Article naming for flora articles differs from standard TOL policy in the following ways:
Scientific names are to be used as page titles in all cases except the following, as determined on a case-by-case basis through discussion on the WikiProject Plants talk page:
- Agricultural and horticultural cases in which multiple different products stem from the same scientific name (eg. brussel sprouts, cabbage & broccoli). In such a case, a separate page with the botanical description of the entire species is preferred (eg. Brassica oleracea).
- Plants which are economically or culturally significant enough to merit their own page, using the common name as a title, describing their use. Example: Coffee. (A) separate page(s) with the botanical description(s) of the taxa involved, using the scientific name, is preffered [sic].
Common names are to redirect to scientific names.
All known common names for a taxon are to be listed in the plant article.
- Hesperoyucca whipplei (syn. Yucca whipplei; Our Lord's Candle, Spanish Bayonet, Quixote Yucca, Common Yucca) is a species of flowering plant...
In cases where multiple taxa share the same common name, a disambiguation page is to be used.