Ukrainian Journal of Forest and Wood Science

The efficiency of using plant resources depends on the correct use of plant names. In the scientific agricultural literature, Ukrainian names of plants belonging to the botanical and agrobiological classification are widely used, but neither of them are definitively ordered. The names of agricultural varieties were used in agricultural practice, namely during the systematization of zoned varieties of plants. When registering a variety, it is indicated to which taxon it belongs, and under this name it is entered in the State Register of Plant Varieties suitable for distribution in Ukraine. The list of plants accepted in the State Register is a mixture of correct and incorrect names, which arose as a result of the ill-conceived adaptation of the names of agrobiological nomenclature by comparing them to the names of botanical taxa. The State Register contains a list of registered varieties belonging to certain taxa, which are grouped by economic use. Varieties and taxa are sometimes placed in inappropriate groups. Varieties belonging to the same taxon are sometimes designated by different species names. For some taxa of woody plants, outdated Latin names are given or their spelling deviates from the accepted one. Some botanical taxa are designated by the names of varieties instead of the Ukrainian scientific name. There are russified names of crops instead of specific Ukrainian ones, and the rules of regulatory transliteration of varietal names are violated. The names of plants constructed in the State Register adversely affect professional literature. They destroy the system of agrobiological nomenclature and contradict the norms of the scientific style of the literary Ukrainian language. To correct the shortcomings, it is necessary to follow the recommendations of the International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants and apply the “Rules of nomenclature, taxonomy, and cultonomy of plants”, developed to organize Ukrainian phytonymy

taxa, species, trees, plant names