Snowdrop  (Galanthus krasnovii)

Genus: a category used in taxonomy, which is below ‘family’ and above ‘species’. A genus tends to contain species that have characteristics in common. The genus forms the first part of a ‘binomial’ Latin species name; the second part is the specific name.
Inflorescence: the reproductive shoot of the plant, which bears flowers (See http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ksheets/pdfs/flower.pdf for a fact sheet on flower structure)
Perennial: plants that live for at least three seasons; after an initial period they produce flowers once a year.
Scape: in plants, a leafless flower stalk

1. UNEP-WCMC database (February, 2003)
   www.unep-wcmc.org
   
2. Davis, A.P. (September, 2002) Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Pers. comm.
   
3. CITES (February, 2003)
   www.cites.org
   
4. Davis, A.P. (1999) The Genus Galanthus. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Timber Press, Oregon.
   
5. Davis, A.P. (2001) The Genus Galanthus – Snowdrops in the Wild, pp. 9-63. In: Bishop, M., Davis, A.P. & Grimshaw, J. Snowdrops: A Monograph of Cultivated Galanthus. Griffin Press, Maidenhead.