Binomial nomenclature
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In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature, also called binary nomenclature, though a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin gram
Orcinus orca, the orca or the killer whale
Echinopsis pachanoi, the San Pedro cactus
Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, invented the modern system of binomial nomenclature.
The bacterium Escherichia coli, commonly shortened to E. coli
Taxonomy (biology)
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In biology, taxonomy is the scientific study of naming, defining and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics. Modern approaches prioritize common ancestry and evolut
Description of rare animals (写生珍禽图), by Song dynasty painter Huang Quan (903–965)
Title page of Systema Naturae, Leiden, 1735
Evolution of the vertebrates at class level, width of spindles indicating number of families. Spindle diagrams are typical for evolutionary taxonomy.
The same relationship, expressed as a cladogram typical for cladistics