Etymological Study of Species in Scientific Names of Landscape Plants.

조경식물의 학명에서 종명의 어원 연구

  • 최상범 (동국대학교 자연과학대학 조경학과)
  • Published : 1993.07.01

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the linguistic origin of the species manes of landscape plants in order to help students understand the physical characteristics of the plants through the botanical names. This study includes the plants that are possible to use as landscape material as well as both the native and foreign plants that are already used. Name of Species of Scientific name in Landscape plant be derived from region or nations of habitat, botanist, plant explors, and their sponser, and plant form and number of leaves or flowers, character or ingredient of plants and shape of stem, tree crown form. In this paper, about 300 species(contains varieties, formas) are interpreted into etymological meanings.

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