Binomial Nomenclature

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Binomial Nomenclature

Is a system of Scientific Naming using TWO NAMES FOR EVERY ORGANISM: The GENUS and the SPECIES name. The system follows certain rules: The scientific name must be in Greek or Latin language. This helps to accurate communicate information to other biologist around the world who use many different languages. This is done by assigning a unique two-word scientific name to each organism. (BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE) The first part of the name is called the Genus and the second part of the name is called the species. The Genus name refers to the relatively small group of organisms to which a particular type of organism belongs. The SECOND part of the name is the SPECIES. (SPECIES means IDENTIFIER) The Species name is usually a Latin description of some important characteristic of the organism.

IDENTIFYING ORGANISMS BY THEIR GENUS AND SPECIES NAMES IS CALLED THE BINOMIAL SYSTEM, OR BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE. ("TWO-NAME NAMING)