Specific name
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In taxonomy, specific name refers either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
- Specific name (botany), the two-part (binomial) name of a plant species. The species epithet refers to the second part of the name.
- Specific name (zoology), the second part (the species epithet) of the name of an animal species