What is the disadvantage of scientific naming?

Answer 1

Advantages of Botanical Names

1. They give vital information on the plant's relation to other species according to the different categories.

2. It can also give information on where the plant grows or how it looks.

3. Latin also has the advantage, in this instance, of being an international language.

4. Latin names are controlled by international rules. For cultivated plants there is the International Code for Cultivated Plants, 1980.

5. The scientific name, the botanical nomenclature, is regulated by The International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.

6. It is governed, in some measure, by international rules of nomenclature.

7. The names are same among the scientific people of the whole world.

8. The names are uniformly binominal, i.e. consisting of two parts, one generic name and one specific name.

9. Scientific names greatest advantage is its exactness.

10. It is also claimed that the botanical names are descriptive of the plant, although persons not skilled in Greek or Latin cannot appreciate it.

Disadvantages of Botanical Name

1. The usefulness of botanical names is limited by the fact that taxonomic groups are not fixed in size; a taxon may have a varying circumscription.

The group of a particular botanical name refers to can be quite small according to some people and quite big according to others. This will depend on taxonomic viewpoint or taxonomic system.