Specific name (zoology)
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In zoological nomenclature, the specific name is the second part within the scientific name of a species. The first part of the name of a species is the name of the genus or the generic name. The rule
Part of page 1179 of volume 2 of the 1st edition of Linnaeus’s Species Plantarum, describing mushroom species Phallus impudicus. The body text is using polynomial nomenclature, with the trivial name attached in the margin.
Binomial nomenclature
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In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature, also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammati
Specific name (zoology)
…specific name (also specific epithet, species epithet, or epitheton) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen). The first part of the name of a species is the name of the genus or the generic name. The rules and regulations governing the giving of a new species…
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.