Abstract
The rules for the naming of organisms are governed by various international Codes of Nomenclature. There are several Codes, each covering a different major group of organisms, such as the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN; metazoa and protozoa), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN; higher plants, fungi and algae), and the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (bacteria and cyanobacteria). These Codes are regularly updated by international commissions and revised versions are published only after various drafts have circulated amongst the specialists' community for comments and suggestions, and following approval of the final version by an international commission and organization that represents the user community of the Code. For example, the fourth edition of the ICZN was adopted by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature after ratification by the Executive Committee of the International Union of Biological Sciences acting on behalf of the Union's General Assembly [ 1 International Commission on Zoological NomenclatureInternational Code of Zoological Nomenclature. 4th edn. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, 1999 Google Scholar ]. The major goal of all these Codes is to achieve stability of taxonomic names.
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