Question

What is ICBN Write the important rules and gude lines for scientific names .

Answer 1

ICBN means International Code for Botanical Nomenclature.

The important rules for naming are:

1) a scientific name generally has 2 words in latin or derived from latin irrespective of their orginal.

2) first word denotes the genus while the second one is for species.

3) names are printed in italics or underlined separately to indicate their latin orgin.

4)generic name starts with capital letters and specific ne starts with small.letter .

5)the name of the author is written in abbreviated form after the species name.

Answer 2

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» ICBN stands for the international code of botanical nomenclature

» It is a set of rules governing plant nomenclature process

» From time to time, the rules are framed and revised by international botanical Congress