Nomenclature is a system for giving names to things within a particular profession or field. In Biology it is known as “Bionomial Nomenclature”.
Carolus Linnaeus was a swedish naturalist,botanist and physician.
- He is known as “Father of Classification” .
- He introduced the binomial system of biological nomenclature and rules for the modern classification.
Binomial Nomenclature:
- Binomial Nomenclature was introduced by Carolus Linnaeus as a method of naming organisms in classification.
- Every organism is given two proper names:
- The first part is the Genus name to which an organisms belongs which is written in capital .
- The second part is the species name to which it belongs which is not capitalised .
- The scientific names are unique, understood and followed all over the world. They are guided by a set of rules in the International Code of Biological Nomenclature.
- Genus and Species name of an individual are printed in italics and when it is handwritten, both the names are underlined.
For Example:
Homo sapiens = Homosapiens
(Genus) (species)
