Robert J. Gifford @robjgifford.bsky.social · 12/01/2025The application of rank-based scientific classification and Latin binomials to virus species is distinct, but obviously it impacts how how viruses are referred to - which is presumably what has made it controversial. 100
Robert J. Gifford @robjgifford.bsky.social · 12/01/2025The tree I posted was not intended to suggest that Latin binomials are replacing common names but to show in context the contrast between using the traditional names versus the binomials. 000
