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Botanical nomenclature is the formal, scientific naming of plants. It is related to, but distinct from taxonomy. Plant taxonomy is concerned with grouping and classifying plants; botanical nomenclature then provides names for the results of this process. The starting point for modern botanical nomenclature is Linnaeus' Species Plantarum of 1753
Apr 15, 2020 · Abstract. The classification and naming of the plants and animals occurring on our planet is a crucial first step of biological science.
Nomenclature, in biological classification, system of naming organisms. The species to which the organism belongs is indicated by two words, the genus and species names, which are Latinized words derived from various sources. This system, which is called the Linnaean system of binomial.
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Binomial Nomenclature. Carolus Linnaeus, a Swedish Botanist of the 18th century, came up with a simple solution, the system of binomial nomenclature. As the name suggests, this system of naming consists of two words for each organism. The first word is the name of the genus, while the second word is the species.
Carolus Linnaeus, who is usually regarded as the founder of modern taxonomy and whose books are considered the beginning of modern botanical and zoological nomenclature, drew up rules for assigning names to plants and animals and was the first to use binomial nomenclature consistently (1758).
The use of botanical nomenclature is very important to identify starchy crops, which are often referred to in local journals or research reports by their local names, which causes a lot of confusion and mistakes.
Jun 3, 2013 · The most common reason for changing a species name is that the same species was described more than once by botanists. This was common in early botanical exploration, when nearly every collection represented a species that had never been collected and formally described.
