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<noinclude>[[Category:Scientific name templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character. This category is for templates that pertain in some way to (usually formatting of) scientific names of organisms.
{{Format species list| Carex lepidocarpa subsp. ferraria Jim.-Mejías & Martín-Bravo Carex lepidocarpa subsp. jemtlandica Palmgr. Carex lepidocarpa subsp. lepidocarpa Carex lepidocarpa subsp. nevadensis (Boiss. & Reut.) Luceño Carex lepidocarpa subsp. scotica E.W.Davies Carex lepidocarpa var. scotica E.W.Davies }}
The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named. For instance Pan troglodytes, the chimpanzee, and Troglodytes troglodytes, the wren, are not necessarily cave-dwellers. Sometimes a genus name or specific descriptor is simply the Latin or Greek name for the animal (e.g. Canis is Latin for ...
A species-group name can have a name-bearing type specimen, but this is not a requirement. In many cases species-group names have no type specimens, or they are lost. In those cases the application of the species-group name is usually based on common acceptance.
Scientific name (binomial) of the species with no formatting; a entry point into the taxonomic hierarchy. Alternatively, |genus and |species can be used (and are required in some cases) Example Homo sapiens: String: optional: Genus: genus: Scientific name of the genus with no formatting; a entry point into the taxonomic hierarchy.
These codes differ in terminology, and there is a long-term project to "harmonize" this. For instance, the ICN uses "valid" in "valid publication of a name" (=the act of publishing a formal name), with "establishing a name" as the ICZN equivalent. The ICZN uses "valid" in "valid name" (="correct name"), with "correct name" as the ICN equivalent ...
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Such a name is called a binomial name (often shortened to just "binomial"), a binomen, binominal name, or a scientific name; more informally, it is also called a Latin name. In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN), the system is also called binominal nomenclature , [ 1 ] with an "n" before the "al" in "binominal", which is ...