binomen

Noun

Meaning

A name having two parts.

(taxonomy) A scientific name at the rank of species, with two terms: a generic name and a specific name.

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Such a name is called a binomial name (which may be shortened to just "binomial"), a binomen or a scientific name; more informally it is also called a Latin name. Source: Internet

No other species of animal can have this same binomen (the technical term for a binomial in the case of animals). Source: Internet

Plumier's name was not a binomen and moreover published before Species Plantarum, so it has no status. Source: Internet

The first binomen published after 1753 was Lamarck's Annona dodecapetala (1786). Source: Internet

Together, these two parts are referred to as a "species name" or "binomen" in the zoological code; or "species name", "binomial", or "binary combination" in the botanical code. Source: Internet

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