We often see many varieties of plants and trees around us which vary differently in forms and structure. Some are microscopic while others are too big to watch. Some of them are flowering while others are non-flowering, some creep on the ground while other stands erect.
We know the names of many such plants and trees but not all. Do we ever think from where these names have come across? The formal and scientific naming of plants is termed as Botanical nomenclature.
Nomenclature is the system of giving a scientific name for taxa and the rules and conventions for the formation, treatment and the use of those names. On the other hand, taxonomy is the naming of objects, elements, compounds, organisms, and plants.
The process of naming plants and trees dates back to Linnaeus’ species Plantarum which he wrote in 1753. Nowadays, the rules are governed by International Code of Nomenclature of algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) which has now replaced International code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN).
Both taxonomy and nomenclature are closely allied, but they both are separate aspects which are involved in information regarding biodiversity. Some of the differences are:
- All taxonomic groups will be based on nomenclatural types, i.e.; all names are permanently attached to some taxon or specimen.
- The name of taxa is immediately above the level of species is based on the name of immediately next lower taxon.
- When a new species is described, the author of new species has one or more specimen having characteristics that are distinct enough to be segregated into new species.
- The nomenclatural type of a taxon is an element to which the name of a taxon is permanently attached whether it is correct or synonym.
- The nomenclatural type is not necessarily the most typical or representative element of a taxon.
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