Sanvitalia abertii (Abert’s creeping zinnia)

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Asteridae	A large class that encompasses asters
Order	Asterales	Flowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies
Family	Asteraceae	The aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers
Genus	Sanvitalia	Either for Federico Sanvitali (1704-1761, alternatively spelled Sanvitale), a professor at Brescia, Italy, and author of Elementi di Architettura Civile, or Federico Sanvitali (1770-1819), a grand-nephew of the former; or the latter‘s older brother, Count Stefano Sanvitali (1764-1838)
Species	abertii	After James William Abert (1820-1897), army officer and explorer, born November 18, 1820, in Mount Holly, New Jersey, the son of Maj. John James Abert, an officer in the Corps of Topographical Engineers