在报刊上经常刊登世界上的一些珍稀植物,遗憾的是一些作者在介绍这些植物时,没有写下它的拉丁学名,结果使人看了还是不知是什么植物,甚至怀疑它的真实性。为什么拉丁学名可以解决这个问题呢?原来植物拉丁学名,是国际植物学会议订的规章,它规定每种植物只用一个拉丁学名。学名通常有两个拉丁字组成,一个是属名,一个是种名,后面再附上命名人的名字。有了拉丁学名,就可查出它是哪一科、哪一属的哪一种植物了。从而对其茎叶花果等性状都可以知道,要进行引种心中就有底了。例如,世界最大的花,花径达1米以上,是大花草的花,大花草拉丁学名为Rafflesia arnoldii R. Br. 是大花草科的一个种,Rafflesia代表属,arnoldii代表种,R. Br. 是命名人。同它相近的还有几个种,都是一个属,同产于印度尼西亚热带森林中。可见,有了拉丁学名不但认识一种植物,而对其亲 It is a pity that some of the rare plants in the world are frequently published in newspapers and periodns. Unfortunately, some authors did not write down their Latin names when introducing the plants. As a result, they either saw or did not know what plants they were and even questioned its authenticity. Why the Latin name can solve this problem? The original Latin name of plants, is the International Botanical Conference set the rules, which requires only one Latin name for each plant. The scientific name is usually composed of two Latin characters, one is the generic name, one is the species name, followed by the name of the named person. With the Latin name, you can find out what kind of plant it is, which genus. So its stems and leaves and other traits can know, to have the bottom of the introduction of the heart. For example, the largest flower in the world, with a flower diameter of more than 1 meter, is a flower of a large flower, whose Latin name is Rafflesia arnoldii R. Br., A species of the genus Magnoliaceae, Rafflesia, arnoldii, Br. Is a celebrity. There are several species similar to it, all of which belong to one genus and belong to the tropical forests of Indonesia. Visible, with the Latin name not only recognize a plant, but their pro