106 International Code of Nomenclature 



Recommendation 27c. Orthography and Gender of Names 



A pamphlet published for the Royal Society, "General Notes on 

 the Preparation of Scientific Papers" (1950 p. 16) , under the heading 

 "Botany" makes the following statement: 



"The scientific names of plants are Latin binominals (binomials) 

 and are printed in italics. The scientific names of higher groups 

 (orders, classes and families) are printed in ordinary roman type 

 with a capital if in Latin form." 



