Question

Write any five salient features of International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN).

Answer 1

There are various rules which have been proposed for the binomial nomenclature by International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN).

• The first letter of genus name starts with the capital. The species name is written with the small letter. For example, Oryza sativa
  
• The name should be simple and easy to pronounce. There are no two organisms with the same name.
  
• The binomials are printed in italics or underlined. The generic and specific epithets are underlined separately.
  
• When new names are given to plant, then the herbarium preparation of the same specimen is preserved.
  
• The person who publishes the description of any plant for the first time or giving a new name to a plant is considered as an author. The name of the plant should bear the author's abbreviated name at the end of specific epithet. This is called author citation. The name Linnaeus was abbreviated to L. or Linn.