What are two reasons for using Latin to name organisms?
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What are two reasons for using Latin to name organisms?
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Answer:
The most important reason is that there is only one corrrect Latin name for any plant species. It is the rule (see for yourself here). There can be hundreds of common names for the same plant, or conversely, the same common name can be used for hundreds of different species.
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Because there’s a need for a unambiguous, standard name for each species.
For example, all these animals:
Each of these animals (among others) is called “waterbug” in English somewhere (they also have other names in other places).
So instead of using “waterbug” or any other vernaular word that may lead to confusion, we can use their scientific names:
Periplaneta americana
Nepa cinera
Blattella germanica
Blatta orientalis
Lethocerus oculatus
As to why are these names specificaly in Latin and not another language? Albert Cheng's answer covers that well enough.
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