 <p>This is due to Anaconda's virtual environments'. The "Root" kernel that you see is from Anaconda's environment that is created upon installation. In order to install other kernels for various versions of python see <a href="http://ipython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/install/kernel_install.html" rel="nofollow">http://ipython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/install/kernel_install.html</a>.</p>