These steps are performed in order to prevent confusion between similar species and to formally establish the natural existence of the organism for the scientific community
Linnaeus is perhaps best-known for his proposal and use of: binomial nomenclature
system.
Each species has its own unique binomial name: Binomial Nomenclature
a binomial name (commonly also referred to today as the scientific name) will only refer to: one species and that species alone.
A binomial name is made up of two words, which include the:
genus name
the specific epithet.
The first letter of the genus name should be capitalized. The first letter of the specific
epithet should not be capitalized.
When encoded digitally, the binomial name must be italicized.
○ Example: Orcinus orca
When written down manually, the binomial name must be underlined separately.
Space must not be underlined.
○ Example: Orcinus orca
The names for both genus and specific epithet are usually derived from: Latin.
This is because Latin is a dead language, which means that the definitions of its words are now
unchanging.
The use of a deadlanguage ensures that the descriptions used in a scientific name are stillapplicable even as time passes.
Aside from using words that describe the organism, sometimes, the scientific name may be based on the place or locality where the organism can be found or a personwhohasmadeasignificantcontributiontoitsdiscovery.
A scientificname, whenusedinpublications, should include the "authority" of the name on
its first mention.
The authorityofaname: refers to the personwhofirstusedthescientificname.
Plant: Arum maculatum L.
○ The “L.” in this case stands for “Linnaeus.”
Animal: Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758)
○ The surnameoftheauthor and theyearofdescription must be added in
parentheses afterthebinomialname.
The InternationalCodeofZoologicalNomenclature, which is abbreviated as ICZN, governs the naming of animals.
The InternationalCodeofNomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants, which is abbreviated as ICN, governs the naming of the groups mentioned.
Classifying organisms into hierarchicalranks and giving them binomial names have several
benefits. Some of these include uniqueness, uniformity, and organization.
Organization allows us to easily find information about an organism if we know its classification.