what is nomenclature?

Question

what are its advantages.why we do we give any scientific name to an organism?

may i know the scientific name of -------
ant
peacock

Answer 1

In this case, it refrers to the very structured system we have for naming organisms so that related organisms are grouped together.
The advantage is it allows for understanding just what an organism is based on the name, what order, what class, etc...

There are thousands of ant species but one of the carpenter ants is called Camponotus atriceps

Peacocks are either Pavo cristatus or Pavo muticus

Answer 2

Nomenclature is a language designed to give names to things in a given science.

Taxonomical nomenclature is the scientific terminology of all plants and animals. Botanists and zoologists use the terminology all over the world.

Taxonomical nomenclature (often shortened to taxonomy) has seven major (and necessary) categories of classification. The first and most basic category is the kingdom. Plants and animals each make up a separate kingdom.

Kingdoms, phyla, classes, orders, families, genera, and species. These are the terms used in taxonomy. Phyla and genera are plural for phylum and genus respectively. None of these words are capitalized, except as a first word.

The terms mentioned above are only categories. They represent the real scientific names. The scientific names are always capitalized, except for the species and subspecies names.

Here is the full taxonomical list for the ant and peacock:

kingdom Animalia (all animals)
phylum Chordata (animals with a notochord)
class Aves (all birds)
order Galliformes (peacock, chickens, quails, turkeys, etc.)
family Phasianidae (peacock, chickens, quails, partridges)
genus Pavo (peacock)
species P. javanicus (there are several species of peacock)

kingdom Animalia (all animals)
phylum Arthropoda (insects, crustaceans, spiders, centipedes, etc.)
class Insecta (all insects)
order Hymenoptera (bees, ants, and wasps)
family Formicidae (all ants, or most of them)
genus Formica (there are lots of genera of ants)
species F. rufa (there are very many species)

When using scientific names, the genus and species are used together as one name. That way, one can often abbreviate the genus name, when there are listed two or more species for that genus, or when the genus name is duplicated. However, when there are two or more genera starting with the same letter, it is necessary to use the full genus name, not the abbreviated form of it.

Answer 3

It's a system of names assigned to objects or items in a particular science or art