Melbourne Code Division II: Rules and Recommendation Chapter II: STATUS, TYPIFICATION, AND PRIORITY OF NAMES Section I: Status Definitions Article 6 (*Some articles are cropped to avoid more detailed info unnecessary in our level. If you wish, you can read the full code from the link here: Melbourne Code)  6.1.  Effective …

DIVISION I PRINCIPLES PRINCIPLE I The nomenclature of algae, fungi, and plants is independent of zoological and prokaryotic nomenclature. This Code applies equally to names of taxonomic groups treated as algae, fungi, or plants, whether or not these groups were originally so treated. PRINCIPLE II The application of names of taxonomic …

The International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) is the set of rules and recommendations dealing with the formal botanical names that are given to plants, fungi and a few other groups of organisms, all those “traditionally treated as algae, fungi, or plants”. It was formerly called …