Type of Plants on BNPura Lake bed: Intro: As plants are essential to Man’s existence, providing food, medicine & shelter, plant names are mostly as old as the language itself. The plant names are in the form of: Name of the genus & iisting key characters that would distinguish a species from it’s relatives. In 1753, Linnaeus publication of “Species Plantarum” is one of the first book, we know. Plant names are in binomial (two name) system way used today What makes a Plant Name ? The scientific name of any plant consists of the name of the genus, followed by the species epithet. Name of the Genus is a noun, the species epithet is usually as adjective. Hybrids that are recognised botanically have a multiplication sign immediately preceding the epithet. Plant names are of diverse origin. They can be formed from the classical languages, from personal names, the name of the country where they grow or from one of their common names. So, that’s why, they should be referred to