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Compiled by David L. Hawksworth
Booklet
This is a glossary of over 2,100 terms used in biological nomenclature - the naming of whole organisms of all kinds. It covers terms in use in the current editions of the different internationally mandated and proposed organismal Codes; i.e. those for botany (including mycology), cultivated plants, prokaryotes (archaea and bacteria), virology, and zoology, as well as the Draft BioCode and PhyloCode.
The print version of the book is available online as a PDF document. Hard copies are planned with availability options currently under evaluation. Questions to dremsen@gbif.org.
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