These are two scientific names for a plant, based on Latin or Greek words. The first uses the genus name and the second uses the specific epithet. The two names together define the species and are usually written in italics or underlined
This is the second part of the scientific name. This may describe a plant characteristic, the location where it was found or the person who discovered it. This name is always written in lowercase, even if the name is a proper noun.
Example: millefolium, which describes the characteristic of the plant being a thousand leaves. Mille in Latin means thousand and folium means leaves
This is the Authority or a person who is credited with the first formal use of the name. It is written after the full version of the scientific name
