The Nomenclature Codes (or the "Codes of nomenclature") are the various rulebooks that govern biological nomenclature, each in their own area. To an end-user who only deals with names of species, with some awareness that species are assignable to families, it may not be noticeable that there is more than one Code, but beyond this basic level these are rather different in the way they work.
The successful introduction of two-part names for species...
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The Nomenclature Codes (or the "Codes of nomenclature") are the various rulebooks that govern biological nomenclature, each in their own area. To an end-user who only deals with names of species, with some awareness that species are assignable to families, it may not be noticeable that there is more than one Code, but beyond this basic level these are rather different in the way they work.
The successful introduction of two-part names for species by Linnaeus was the start for an ever-expanding system of nomenclature. With all naturalists worldwide adopting this approach to thinking up names there arose several schools of thought about the details. It became ever more apparent that a detailed body of rules was necessary to govern scientific names. From the mid-nineteenth century onwards there were several initiatives to arrive at worldwide-accepted sets of rules. In the course of time these became the present Nomenclature Codes governing the naming of
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