Q. What do you mean by Linnaeus binomial system?

Almost a century after Bauhin the great Swiss naturalist Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778) published the two monumental works the "Species Plantarum" (1758) on animals. In these books binomial system of naming of plants and animals was established as a regular practice with certain definite regulations. The scientific name of each species is restricted to two Latin words, no matter in what country it was first found or in what language it was first described. This use of a universal language of nomenclature helped to avoid ambiguity of meaning for varied local or vernacular names and conveyed the same information about the species in question to scientists throughout the world.

Linnaeus is regarded as the father of Txonomic Botany and Zoology. His works are the official starting points for most animal and plant. The Latin or Latinised' form of scientific names that has been universally used is a direct result of the fact that most publications of natural history 'were written in Latin. Latin is known as the language of the scholar of the day. It is a rich source of the roots of words from which scientific names (that would be specific and exact in meaning) can be made.