Nomenclature Codes

The Nomenclature Codes (or "the Codes of nomenclature") are the rulebooks that govern biological nomenclature.

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After the succesful introduction of binomial names by Linnaeus it became ever more apparent that a detailed body of rules was necessary to govern scientific names. From the mid-nineteenth century onwards there were several initiatives to arrive at worldwide-accepted sets of rules. In the course of time these became the present Nomenclature Codes governing the naming of

Related Topics:
Linnaeus - Nomenclature Codes

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• animals (ICZN)
• plants (incl. Fungi, cyanobacteria) (ICBN with supplementary Codes)
• bacteria (ICNB)
• viruses see virus classification.