Main Rules of Icbn
Main Rules of ICBN
1. According to binomial system name of any species consists of two names (i) Generic name - Name of genus (ii) Specific name - Trival name Eg. Solanum tuberosum (Potato) ↓ ↓ Generic name Specific name Mangifera indica (Mango) ↓ ↓ Generic name Specific name
2. In plant nomenclature (ICBN), tautonyms are not valid i.e. generic name and specific name should not be same in plants. ego Mangifera mangifera But tautonyms are valid for animal nomenclature (ICZN-International Code of Zoological Nomenclature) e & Naja naja (Indian cobra), Raitus rattus (Rat)
3. Length of generic mime or specific name should not be less than 3 letters and not more than 12 letters. ego Mangifera indica
4. First letter of generic name should be in capital letter and first letter of specific name should be in small letter. ego Mangifera indica But if specific name is based on the name of some person, its first letter should be in capital letter ego lsoetes Pantii.
5. When written with free hand or typed, then generic name and specific name should be separately underlined. But during printing, name should be italized.
6. Name of scientist (who proposed nomenclature) should be written in short after the specific name ego Mangifera indica Lin.
7. Name of scientist should be neither underlined nor written in italics, but written in roman, letters (simple alphabets)
8. If any scientist has proposed wrong name then his name should be written in bracket and the scientist who corrected the name should be written after the bracket. ego Tsuga canadensis (Lin.) Salisbury
Note: Linnaeus named this plant as Pinus canadensis
9. Scientific names should be derived from Latin or Greek languages because they are dead languages.
10. Type specimen (Herbarium Sheet) of newly discovered plant
1. According to binomial system name of any species consists of two names (i) Generic name - Name of genus (ii) Specific name - Trival name Eg. Solanum tuberosum (Potato) ↓ ↓ Generic name Specific name Mangifera indica (Mango) ↓ ↓ Generic name Specific name
2. In plant nomenclature (ICBN), tautonyms are not valid i.e. generic name and specific name should not be same in plants. ego Mangifera mangifera But tautonyms are valid for animal nomenclature (ICZN-International Code of Zoological Nomenclature) e & Naja naja (Indian cobra), Raitus rattus (Rat)
3. Length of generic mime or specific name should not be less than 3 letters and not more than 12 letters. ego Mangifera indica
4. First letter of generic name should be in capital letter and first letter of specific name should be in small letter. ego Mangifera indica But if specific name is based on the name of some person, its first letter should be in capital letter ego lsoetes Pantii.
5. When written with free hand or typed, then generic name and specific name should be separately underlined. But during printing, name should be italized.
6. Name of scientist (who proposed nomenclature) should be written in short after the specific name ego Mangifera indica Lin.
7. Name of scientist should be neither underlined nor written in italics, but written in roman, letters (simple alphabets)
8. If any scientist has proposed wrong name then his name should be written in bracket and the scientist who corrected the name should be written after the bracket. ego Tsuga canadensis (Lin.) Salisbury
Note: Linnaeus named this plant as Pinus canadensis
9. Scientific names should be derived from Latin or Greek languages because they are dead languages.
10. Type specimen (Herbarium Sheet) of newly discovered plant