How do plants get their scientific names? How do orchid hybrids and other man-made horticultural varieties of ornamental plants get their registered cultivar names? Come for this two-part workshop conducted by Dr Benito C Tan to learn more about the governing rules and requirements that give a natural plant species its valid scientific name, and a man-made hybrid plant its cultivar name. Actual cases of controversial nomenclature of related plant species as well as the process of correct
name choosing will be introduced and explained.
Class size is limited to 10 persons. Please register with angienbc@singnet.com.sg
Time: 8-10pm
Venue: The Sunflower (NSS office). 510 Geylang Road #02-05,Singapore 389466
Cost: $20 for Nature Society (Singapore) members and $50 for non-members.
Website: http://www.nss.org.sg/
