Here are some links which may help you:

http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bc/ahp/CLAS/CLAS.Linn.html

http://www.plantexplorers.com/Explorers/Biographies/_Footnotes/Classification.htm

http://anthro.palomar.edu/animal/animal_1.htm

great links - thanx.

how do I find out what the species terms mean? Sometimes they are obvious it says but what about the strange ones?

vic

Vic, this site may be helpful. josh

Here is a link that might be useful: Botanical glossary

Here's another..josh

Here is a link that might be useful: Glossary

Here's a couple more links.

A Historical Look at Plant Classification
http://anthro.palomar.edu/animal/animal_1.htm

Here is a link that might be useful: Scientific classification