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Re: plant names

You should write it Japanese maple or Acer japonicum "Bloodgood" 
Genus is capitalized and species is lower case. Cultivar is in quotation marks and first letter is capitalized.
Denise

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On Feb 25, 2013, at 7:51 AM, Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp <hoosiergardener@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I have a question about common names. Think print, in newspapers and magazines, most of which have an aversion to too much fancy stuff in text:
> 
> Should common names be capitalized, such as Lilac or Sweet Potato Vine? I say no, because these are not proper names.
> 
> Next, what if you are writing about Hosta or other plants, where the scientific and a common name are the same. Should all hosta, petunia, impatiens, etc., references as a common names be cap or cap and Italics or can they be lower case?
> 
> 
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