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- Policy page Misplaced Pages:Naming conventions
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 the standard Tree of Life project 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. brussels sprouts, cabbage & broccoli). In such a case, a separate page with the botanical description of the entire species is preferred (eg. Brassica oleracea).
- Plants that are sufficiently significant economically or culturally should be given a page describing their use, history and associations, with their common name as a page title. Example: coffee. Simultaneously, a separate page titled with the plant's scientific name should be created; this would be the place for botanical descriptions and relationships. Example: Coffea.
- Where a genus is monospecific (has only a single species), the article should be named after the genus, with the species name as a redirect. If a family contains only one genus, the article should still be at the genus name, as that is more likely to be commonly recognised.
Common names are to redirect to scientific names.
All known current English common names for a taxon should be listed in the plant article.
- Hesperoyucca whipplei (Our Lord's Candle, Spanish Bayonet, Quixote Yucca, Common Yucca; syn. Yucca whipplei) is a species of flowering plant...
In cases where multiple taxa share the same common name, a disambiguation page should be used.