Nomenclature of classification of organisms

Nomenclature is a system for giving names to things within a particular profession or field. In Biology it is known as “Bionomial Nomenclature”.

Carolus Linnaeus was a swedish naturalist,botanist and physician.

• He is known as “Father of Classification” .
• He introduced the binomial system of biological nomenclature and rules for the modern classification.

Binomial Nomenclature:

• Binomial Nomenclature was introduced by Carolus Linnaeus as a method of naming organisms in classification.
• Every organism is given two proper names:

• The first part is the Genus name to which an organisms belongs which is written in capital .
• The second part is the species name to which it belongs which is not capitalised .

• The scientific names are unique, understood and followed all over the world. They are guided by a set of rules in the International Code of Biological Nomenclature.
• Genus and Species name of an individual are printed in italics and when it is handwritten, both the names are underlined.

For Example:    

                                Homo      sapiens  =  Homosapiens

                                (Genus)   (species)