International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN)

• Title

  International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN)

• Definition

  A set of rules governing the naming of plants. Every five years, the rules are reviewed at the International Botanical Congress and a new set of rules, many of which are the same, is published.

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