Why use botanical names for plants? Well, besides the fact that they tend to be more consistent and accurate than common names, they are just plain fun to say, bringing a sense of deep satisfaction as they roll off your tongue! Use them to add drama and flare to your speech, or as exclamations, interjections or insults!

Acacia doratoxylon Amorphophallus titanum Anarthrophyllum desideratum Antigonon leptopus Araucaria araucana Areca catechu Arisarum proboscideum Aristolochia serpentaria Asterostigma reticulata Austrocephalocereus dolichospermaticus Atriplex Bactris gasipaes Bambusa dissimulator Betula albo-sinensis var. septentrionalis Blandfordia Bombax Borassus flabellifer Boronia megastigma Brachyglottis bidwillii Bupleurum fruticosum Calyptrocalyx pachystachys Caryota no Caulophyllum thalictroides Ceroxylon quindiense Chamaedorea tepejilote Chrysalidocarpus lutescens Clematis jackmanii var. superba X Cupressocyparis leylandii Cyclocarya piularis Daemonorops melanochaetes Dictyosperma Dioon edule Eryngium yuccifolium Erythrina flabelliformis Eucalyptus globulus Eucalyptus spectatrix Fargesia frastiflexa Ficus sycomorus Gorgonidium vermicidum Hamamelis Hapaline ellipticifolia Helicodiceros muscivorus Heliohebe hulkeana Indocalamus tesselatus Ixora Johannesteijsmannia magnifica Leontopodium ochroleucum var. palibinianum

Liquidambar styraciflua Macropiper excelsum Metasequoia glyptostroboides Micromyrtus hexamera Monstruocalamus sichuanensis Nannorrhops Neomicrocalamus microphyllus Parajubaea torallyi Pedilanthus tithymaloides Phormium tenax Phyllostachys nidularia 'Farcta' Phyllostachys vivax Pleioblastus akebono Pterocarya fraxinifolia Puya Qiongzhuea tumidissinoda Ravenea rivularis Rhaphidophora Rhapidophyllum hystrix Rhododendron rex Rhopaloblaste Rhus Saccharum ravennae Schismatoglottis mutata Schizostylis Sedum telephioides Serruria X Sinocalycalycanthus raulstonii Sisyrinchium Sophora tetraptera Strelitzia Streptopus amplexifolius Symplocarpus foetidus Synandrospadix vermitoxicus Tetrapanax papyrifera Trithrinax Ulex Vuylstekeara mieskedeiarii Welwitschia mirabilis Xanthosoma sagittifolium Xerodraba pycnophylloides Xerophyllum tenax Yucca Yushania lu Zaluzianskya Zea