Diversity In The Living World

The Binomial System of Nomenclature was introduced by Swedish botanist Carlous Linnaeus (father of taxonomy) in his book 'Species Plantarum' in the year 1753.

In biology, binomial nomenclature is essential to integrate naming system across life sciences. The system assigns one particular unique name identifier for a species across different languages. Binomial nomenclature is used by taxonomists to name or identify a species of a particular organism.