- The system for naming plants was formulated by the Swedish botanist Carl von Linné (Linnaeus) in the mid-18th century. They are part of the plant Kingdom that is subdivided into the thallophytes (seaweeds and fungi) and the embriofitas (plants with embryos); each of these sub-kingdoms is divided in turn into phyla (the plural of phylum) and each phylum or race in classes; These orders, orders in families that can be subdivided into subfamilies with other divisions of the more advanced tribes and subtribes, reaching the gender which is divided into species, are the genus and the species that is used to describe each plant, designating them a scientific or botanical name

Translated by: SYLVIA VERGARA