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8 Main Rules of Nomenclature | Plants

The following points highlight the eight main rules of nomenclature. The rules are: 1. Nomenclatural Type 2. Rule of Priority 3. Names of Taxa 4. Effective and Valid Publication 5. Retention of Specific and Infra-specific Epithets 6. Rejection of Names 7. Splitting of a Genus 8. Synonym and Basionym. Nomenclature: Rule # 1. Nomenclatural Type: The nomenclatural type is that [...]

By |2016-07-25T07:45:17+00:00July 25, 2016|Nomenclature|Comments Off on 8 Main Rules of Nomenclature | Plants
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Nomenclature of Animals: Binomial and Trinomial

In this article we will discuss about binomial and trinomial nomenclature of animals. Binomial Nomenclature: The scientific method of naming plants and animals by applying two components where the first component is generic and the sec­ond part is specific, is called binomial no­menclature. It was evolved by Linnaeus and adopted by the International Code of Zoo­logical Nomenclature. Scientific names of [...]

By |2016-05-27T11:36:29+00:00May 27, 2016|Animals|Comments Off on Nomenclature of Animals: Binomial and Trinomial
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