Why does every animal and plant have a Latin scientific name?

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Problem description:

For example: Lagerstroemia indica

Latin scientific name Lagerstroemia indica

What does the Latin scientific name mean?

Analysis:

Let's take plants as an example:

The internationally adopted botanical name is the "double name method" founded by Linnai, that is, the botanical name consists of generic names and species names, and is unified in Latin. We know that there are many kinds of plants in the world, and the languages of different countries are different, so the names of plants are different. Even in a country, it is absolutely necessary to use botanical names in a unified way for scientific and technological exchanges. Mastering the scientific names of plants not only helps to understand the genetic relationship and morphological characteristics of plants, but also helps to master the effective components of plants, because the chemical component names of many plants are derived from the common names of plants. For example, Ziwei is the scientific name of Ziwei, and Qianziwei is the name of its type (common name). Indica is a supplementary explanation of Lagerstroemia indica, which together become the scientific name (species name) of Lagerstroemia indica.

Latin is a rigid "language of death", which will not change in structure and grammar, so it is most appropriate to use words as the scientific names of animals and plants.