Explain the binomial system of nomenclature
Binomial nomenclature system was developed by Linnaeus. Binomial nomenclature is the system of providing organisms with appropriate and distinct names consisting of two words, first generic and second specific. The first or 4. generic word is also called genus. It is like a noun and its first letter is written in capital form.The second word or specific epithet represents the species. It is like an adjective. Its first letter is written in small form except occasionally when it denotes a person or place. The two word name is appended with the name of the taxonomist who discovered the organism and provided with its scientific name, e.g., Ficus bengalensis L., Mangifera indica Linn, The name of taxonomist can be written in full or in abbreviated form. There are several technical names which have three words, e.g., Homo sapien sapiens, Acacia nilotica indica, Gerilla gorilla. Here the first word is generic, the second specific while the third word represents variety (mostly in botanical literature) or subspecies (mostly in zoological literature). If the same scientific name is to be written time and again, the name of the genus can be abbreviated, e.g., F. bengalensis.
