International Code of Botanical Nomenclature

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International Code of Botanical Nomenclature - control the botanical naming of plants (both wild and cultivated).
International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants - control the naming of cultivars and group species.

The botanical names are used worldwide, and are established by the
"International Code of Botanical Nomenclature".
Unless you knew the botanical name, it might be hard to figure out which Elephant Ear you were talking about.

In 1867 the Swiss botanist Alphonse de Candolle published the first international rules of botanical nomenclature, which gave rise to today's International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN), now in its 13th edition.

See also: Plant, Botanical, Nomenclature, Variety, Genus