Binomial

Nomenclature
 What is Binomial Nomenclature?
• The process of standardized naming of an organisms
is called as Binomial Nomenclature.
• Proposed by Carl Linnaeus

• Each scientific name has two parts:

Genus name
Species name
• Importance-These codes make sure that each
organism gets a specific name and that name is
globally identified.
• Genus –A genus is a group of more than one
species in the biological classification
• “Binomial nomenclature is the biological
system of naming the organisms in which the
name is composed of two terms, where, the
first term indicates the genus and the second
term indicates the species of the organism.”
All these animals come under same genus Panthera
Species – a group of
similar organisms which are
capable of reproducing and
can produce fertile offspring.

Genus –A genus is a group

of more than one species in
the biological classification.
• All living species including plants, animals,
birds and also some microbes have their own
scientific names.

• The scientific name of the tiger is presented

as Panthera tigris. ‘Panthera’ represents the
genus and ‘Tigris’ represents a particular
species or specific epithet.
• The scientific name of humans is presented
as Homo sapiens. ‘Homo’ represents the
genus and ‘sapiens’ represents a particular
species.

• The mango is scientifically written

as Mangifera indica. ‘Mangifera’ is the name
of the genus and ‘indica’ is the name of the
specific species.
 Rules of Binomial Nomenclature
• They are:
• International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
(ICBN) – Deals with the biological nomenclature
for plants.
• International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
(ICZN) – Deals with the biological nomenclature
of animals.
• These codes make sure that each organism gets a
specific name and that name is globally
identified.
 The universal rules of nomenclature are as
follows:
• Biological names are in Latin and are written in
italics.
• The first word in the name indicates the genus,
while the second word denotes its species.
• When the name is handwritten, both the words
are separately underlined. When printed, the
name is in italics.
• The first letter of the first word is always written
in capital, the second word, is a small letter.
• Examples: Homo sapiens, Mangifera indica
 Rules of Binomial Nomenclature
• They are:
• International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
(ICBN) – Deals with the biological nomenclature
for plants.
• International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
(ICZN) – Deals with the biological nomenclature
of animals.
• These codes make sure that each organism gets a
specific name and that name is globally
identified.