Outline the role of botanical and zoological congresses in the naming of plants and animals.


Understanding: The binomial system of names for species is universal among biologists and has been agreed and developed at a series of congresses.

A "congress" is a regularly occurring meeting of taxonomists attended by delegates from all over the world. At these meeting, the biologist modify the rules for naming and classifying species and approve the names of any new species that have been discovered.