Monarda punctata vs monarda

Monarda punctata and monarda both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Monarda punctata	Yes	No	No	No
monarda	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, monarda is a hypernym of Monarda punctata; that is, monarda is a word with a broader meaning than Monarda punctata:

Monarda punctata: tall erect perennial or annual having lanceolate leaves and heads of purple-spotted creamy flowers; many subspecies grown from eastern to southwestern United States and in Mexico
monarda: any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda

Other hypernyms of Monarda punctata include wild bergamot.

Monarda punctata (noun)	monarda (noun)
tall erect perennial or annual having lanceolate leaves and heads of purple-spotted creamy flowers; many subspecies grown from eastern to southwestern United States and in Mexico	any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda