Question

What is system of scientific haming of organism called?State any two important convenention followed while giving such names?

Answer 1

The scientific naming of anorganism is called asnomenclature. There are different types of naming systems. Mostpopularly used naming system is Binomial nomenclature. Binomialnomenclature, introduced by Carolus Linnaeus is the method of naming an organism with thegenus name first and speciesname later.

Scientists use a two-name system called a Binomial Naming System. Scientists name animals and plants using the system that describes the genus and species of the organism. The first word is the genus and the second is the species. The first word is capitalized and the second is not.