Principle of Binomial Nomenclature

Principle of Binomial Nomenclature
the principle that the scientific name of a species, and not a taxon at any other rank, is a combination of two names (a binomen, q.v.); the Principle also applies to the trinomen (q.v.) and uninominal names for taxa above the species group

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