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*Adeyinka O. Adepoju1, Tunde J. Ogunkunle2,Abiola G. Femi-Adepoju1 andEmmanuel Ejigboye3

1. African Methodist Episcopal University, Monrovia, Liberia. 2. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria. 3. Edward Murrow College of Communication, Washington State University, Pullman, USA.

New scientific common nomenclatures were constructed in line with the root meanings of scientific names. Based on this study, 563 novel, scientific common names (SCN) have been created for 181 medicinal plants belonging to 79 families, in relation to their binomial nomenclature for the first time. The newly established common names have the benefit of making scientific knowledge simpler. Newly formed SCNs can be used as templates for the naming of other living things and for the creation of new, scientific local names in other languages. New scientific common nomenclatures were constructed in line with the root meanings of scientific names. Based on this study, 563 novel, scientific common names (SCN) have been created for 181 medicinal plants belonging to 79 families, in relation to their binomial nomenclature for the first time. The newly established common names have the benefit of making scientific knowledge simpler. Newly formed SCNs can be used as templates for the naming of other living things and for the creation of new, scientific local names in other languages.The construction of new SCNs followed the etymologies of scientific terms. This study led to the creation of 563 new common names for 180 medicinal plants from 80 families, which were previously unknown in relation to their binomial nomenclature. The primary benefit of the recently established common names is that scientific data is presented in clear, concise language that is easy to understand. On the basis of this, it is advised to review plant common names. These new SCNs can be used as templates to generate similar names for other living things.