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Chapter 1 living organism

Rules of Binomial Nomenclature

Rules of binomial nomenclature were initially framed by

Linnaeus in his books, Species Plantarum and Systema Naturae.

The rules framed by Linnaeus and by these codes are as follows

(i) The names are generally in Latin and written in italics. They are Latinised or derived

from Latin irrespective of their origin.

(ii) The first word in a biological name represent the genus while, the second component

denotes the specific epithet.

(iii) Both the words in a biological name, when handwritten are separately underlined or

printed in italics to indicate their Latin origin.

(iv) The first word denoting the genus starts with capital letter while, the specific epithet

starts with a small letter, e.g., Mangifera indica.

(v) Generic and common names may be same, e.g., Gorilla gorilla.

(vi) No names are recognised prior to those used by Linnaeus in 1753 for plants in SpeciesPlantarum and
in 1758 for animals in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

(vii) The name of categories higher than the rank of genus are not printed in italics. Bold

letters can, however be used.

(viii) When a species is transferred or revised, the name of the original worker is retained but

in parenthesis, e.g., Syzygium cumini (L) Skeels.

Advantages of Binomial Nomenclature

(i) Binomial names are universally acceptable and recognised.

(ii) They remain same in all languages.

(iii) The names are small and comprehensive.

(iv) There is a mechanism to provide a scientific name to every newly discovered organism.

(v) The names indicate relationship of a species with other species present in the same genus.

(vi) A new organism can be easily provided with a new scientific name.

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