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uniflora

Uniflora is a Latin descriptive epithet used in the scientific names of various organisms, most often plants. It translates to “one-flowered” and indicates that the plant bears a solitary flower rather than an inflorescence of multiple blooms.

In botanical nomenclature, uniflora appears as the specific epithet in many species across different genera and

The epithet is descriptive rather than systematic; unrelated plants may carry the name because each has a

Because uniflora is an epithet rather than a taxon, a full binomial name is required to identify

See also: monofloral, flora.

families.
Because
it
is
an
adjective,
its
ending
agrees
with
the
grammatical
gender
of
the
genus
(uniflora
for
feminine
genera,
uniflorus
for
masculine,
uniflorum
for
neuter).
notable
single
flower.
Its
use
is
common
in
botany
and
horticulture
to
convey
a
trait
in
the
species
name
or
in
cultivar
designations.
As
with
other
epithets,
uniflora
does
not
define
a
single
taxon
but
is
part
of
a
binomial
that
identifies
a
particular
species.
the
species
in
question.
The
meaning
of
the
epithet
should
be
interpreted
in
the
context
of
the
genus
and
the
associated
species
description.