A system of terms used in a
particular science or discipline by which a system of names is
formed.
Nomenclature is a
system of naming and categorizing things in a particular art,
science or discipline, for instance, certain rules apply to
naming an organism with a two- or three-word scientific name or
to name a group of chemical compounds.
The naming of biological
units, such as family, genus, species.
A hierarchy of
terms which are used to place inventory of
living organism. Scientific classification or biological classification
describe how biologists group and
categorize extinct and living
species of
organisms in an ordered system
according to their presumed relationships or origin.
In biology the
binomial nomenclature is a standard convention that identifies each
species by a scientific name
of two words, Latin in form and usually derived from Greek or Latin
roots.
The scientific name of a species is formed by the combination of two
terms The first name (capitalized) is the genus
of the organism,
the second (not capitalized) is its species.
For example the scientific name of the Yellow alicoche hedgehog
cactus is
Echinocereus papillosus, while the Claret-Cup
Hedgehog cactus is Echinocereus triglochidiatus.
The first name applies to all species of the genus,
Echinocereus is the name of all hedgehog cactus—but the
entire binomial applies only to a single species. Many scientific
names describe some
characteristic of the
organism (as: papillosus = with
papillae;
triglochidiatus = with three
bristles); many are
derived from the name of the discoverer or the geographic location
of the organism.
Genus and
species names are
always italicized when printed; the names of other
Taxa (families,
etc.) are not. The genus name can be abbreviated to its initial
letter (as E. triglochidiatus) when repeated or when
several species from the same genus are being listed or discussed in
the same paper or report.Subspecies are
indicated by a trinomial; The advantages of scientific over
common names
are that they are accepted by speakers of all languages, that each
name applies only to one species, and that each species has only one
name.
nomenclature
biological nomenclature
The naming of biological units, such as family, genus, species.
A hierarchy of terms which are used to place inventory of living organism.
The biological terminology defines the categories, sub-categories.
For more details see: scientific names
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