Nomenclature It is estimated that the number of species known and described ranges between 1.7 to 1.8 million. They are called by their local names (in regional languages),which vary from place to place and even within the same country. So there is need to standardise the naming pattern of living organisms such that a particular organism is known by the same name all over the world/universally. This process of naming of animals with a per the guide lines of the International code of zoological nomenclature (ICZN). Binomial nomenclature (originally called binomial nomenclature) is used in naming organisms all over the world. 1. Binomial Nomenclature Carolus Linnaeus, a swedish botanist, popularised the 'binomial nomenclature ' By using it in the 10th edition of his book Systema nomenclature. It is the type of nomenclature in which each organism is provided with an appropriate scientific name consisting of two components, the "binomen"....
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