Title: Rules of nomenclature
1M. G. Science Institute.Department of Geology
M.SC SEM 1 ASHISH BHURIYA
SUPERVISION BY- Dr. n.y Bhatt sir
2Introduction
- The taxonomy is so important the early life
because it provides us with a way to classify,
name and describe all organisms.it also helps to
determine which areas need protection based on
its inhabitants. - From china one emperator thanks to the medicine
herbal studies developed the first steps to
identify, categorize and classify the living
things specially the plants. Following this ideas
and with neweones ancient Greeks and romans
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- the most important works are cited and the
progress of taxonomy with the focus on botanical
taxonomy are described up to the era of the
Swedish botanist carl Linnaeus, who founded
modern taxonomy - the development after Linnaeus is characterized
by a taxonomy that increasingly have come to
reflect the paradigm of evolution
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- The used characters have extended from
morphological to molecular. Nomenclatural rules
have developed strongly during the 19th and 20th
century, and during the last decade traditional
nomenclature has been challenged by advocates of
the phylocode.
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- gtThe terms, taxonomy and nomenclature are
confused, but have quite distinct meanings. - Taxonomy is the science of classifying,
describing and Charecteristing different groups
taxa living organisms. Taxonomy taxis
arrangement, Nomo's law - Nomenclature, on the other hand, is about
giving names to those different groups.
Nomenclature nomen (name) and Calare (to call)
to call by name.
6Taxonomy
- Fossils are classified according to an
international system of the naming of species. - The naming of species and other taxa follows a
set of rules, the International Code of Botanical
Nomenclature for plants, the International Code
of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) for animals.
7Nomenclature
- The system of nomenclature for species now
universally adapted is that of the Swedish
naturalist Carl Gustav Linnaeus and consists in
naming every species A group of interbreeding
individuals which have blood relation. Sibling
species are those individuals which look alike in
same area but cannot interbreed. Polymorphic
species are those in which forms are present
within one biological species , may likewise be
had to speciate correctly. by a double name ,
hence , it is called the Linnaean or Binominal
nomenclature.
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- Binomial Nomenclature
- The Latin names for individual species are
written using a system termed "binomial
nomenclature" that was developed originally by
Linnaeus. Quite literally, each species is
identified by a combination of "two names"
its genus name and its specific epithet. A
familiar example is that of human beings, Homo
sapiens. Usually the Latin name is followed by
the last name of the person who first gave the
name to the species in non-italicized text.
9BINARY NOMENCLATURE
- Each unit higher then species is designated
- by one word, and only the species by two words.
This is system was proposed by Swedish scientist
Linnaeus(1707-1778)
10Simple Rules for Writing Latin Names in Papers
- The full name (e.g., Homo sapiens) should be
written out in the Title, the first time it is
used in the Abstract, and the first time it is
used in the body of the paper. Thereafter the
name should be abbreviated as the first letter of
the genus name (capitalized) and the complete
specific epithet (e.g., H. sapiens) - The genus name is ALWAYS capitalized (e.g., Homo)
- The specific epithet is NEVER capitalized
(e.g., sapiens) - The entire name is always italicized in print
(Homo sapiens) if italics are not possible, the
alternative is to underline both names. - If the name of the person who named the species
is available, use it. (Homo sapiens Linnaeus Ran
a catesbeiana Shaw, etc)
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- In the phylum-mollusca , class-Bivalves,
genus-Cyprina, species - Cyprina islandica
Linnaeus. e.g., Cyprina signifies genus, - islandica signifies
locality and - Linnaeus signifies
author - If two authors have described one and the same
species, the Latin conjugation et joint their
surname. - When species of one genus are repeated, one or
two letters only indicates the full name of the
genus thus Darwinula fragilis Schneid.
D.oblonga Schneid D.rotundata Lubim.
12 The first part of the name identifies the genus
to which the species belongs the second part
identifies the species within the genus. For
example, humans belong to the genus Homo and
within this genus to the species Homo sapiens.
For example, Stegodon ganesha is the scientific
name or binomen of elephant . generic name
Stegodon and species name ganesha
13 With the increase of generic name, a tendency
has arisen develop similar generic name for
similar classes, e.g., majority of crinoids end
with the suffix -crinus , corals with phyllum or
phyllia, echinoids with aster , cephalopods with
-ceras, brachiopodos with thyris, and
graptolites with graptus, But it is not always
the case. The specific name may
either be descriptive of some feature of the
species, as in Belemnite minimus ,indicating its
first locality, as in Palmoxylon rajamahalensis
or a noun may be used, as in Ophiceras sakuntala
14 Some time popular name are rejected and new name
are given. This fact is indicated by putting
earlier name in brackets after the new name, as
in Bullinus (Physa) , Venericardia
(Cardita). Categories higher then
genus are designated in Latin and the
conventional suffixes are used inae for sub
family ,-idea for family, -acea for super
family, -ina for sub-order,-ide for order, -oidea
for the class.
15 Fossil plant are named according to the set of
rules, but the name usually refers to parts
rather then complete organism. Since the generic
name may apply to only a seed, a leaf, or some
other parts, the genus is called a form genus or
artificial genus, as contrasted with a natural
genus. As for example the arborecent
lycopod Lepidodendron is the name for whole
plant. The roots, leaves, cones and spores of
this plant are known as Stigmaria, Lepidophyllum,
Lepidostrobus and Triletes respectively.
16 The generic names Stigmaria is applied to alike
root of different plants like Lepidophlosis,
Bothrodendron and Sigillaria.
17Common names and Scientific names
- Common names for species are words in the
language of the layperson. These names can often
be misleading. - Disadvantages
- They are not useful to people with a different
language or dialect - Some species have several common names
- Some species share the same common name
- Some species may not have a common name
18- Scientific name of a fossil
- With the declaration of a name of a fossil,
mostly only the genus and species, and possibly
subspecies is listed. - The name of the genus and subgenus begins always
with a capital letter. - The species name is in lower-case. Names of
fossils are written in italics or underlined.
Most names are in Latin or are 'Latinized. - Example Agnostus pisiformis
19- When the genus is known, but the species is
unknown, behind the genus or subgenus you must
write "sp.". - This is an abbreviation of species. When the
species is know but the subspecies is unknown,
you write "ssp." behind the species name. - This is an abbreviation for subspecies. When the
genus is not known, the name of the family or
higher taxonomic classification can be used. - Example Favosites sp. OR Megacardita planicosta
ssp
20Hierarchy Classifications
- A hierarchical system is used for classifying
organisms to the species level. This system is
called taxonomic classification. The
broadest classifications are by domain and
kingdom the most specific classification is by
genus and species. The hierarchical groupings in
between include phylum, class, family, and order.
21The biggest unit is kingdom. Kingdom is divided
into phyla . Phyla is divided into
classes. Classes is divided into order. Order is
divided into family. Family is divided into
genera. Genera is divided into species.
22Elephants Scientific Classification
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