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Examples Please!

In the section Categories of generic name, I have barely any idea of what they're talking about. These are abstractions of abstractions, maybe even again of abstractions. An example or two would clear things up quite a bit with a minimal amount of text. For instance, something like:

   For instance, the taxonomic name sativa is used in many plant names, such as Allium sativum, (garlic), 
   Hordeum sativum (barley), and Oryza sativa, (rice).  The name was registered in the ICZN in 1897 
   by Horatio Groovy, who was studying lettuce at the time and needed a term to distinguish arugula from iceberg.

Or something like that. Most of us have not been reading taxonomic literature for years; not only are the terms unfamiliar, but the concepts needed to make taxonomy work, are unfamiliar. Examples have miraculous powers of explanation, supplying details that the author wasn't even aware needed to be supplied. — Preceding unsigned comment added by OsamaBinLogin (talk • contribs) 23:47, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]