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Type: Article
Published: 2011-04-21
Page range: 26–44
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Draft BioCode (2011) Principles and Rules regulating the naming of organisms New draft, revised in November 2010

Draft BioCode (2011) Principles and Rules regulating the naming of organisms New draft revised in November 2010

Abstract

Preamble

1. Biology requires a precise, coherent and simple system for the naming of organisms used internationally,
dealing both with the nomenclatural terms and with the scientific names that are applied to the individual
taxonomic groups of organisms (taxa, singular taxon).