preface states: "The Code sets no binding standard in this respect, as typography is a matter of editorial style and tradition not of nomenclature". Most peer-reviewed scientific botanical publications do not italicize names above the rank of genus, and non-botanical scientific publications do not, which is in keeping with two of the three other kinds of scientific name: zoological and bacterial (viral names above genus are italicized, a new policy adopted in the early 1990s). Binary name For botanical nomenclature, the ICN prescribes a two-part name or binary name for any taxon below the rank of genus down to, and including, the rank of species. Taxa below the rank of species get a three part (infraspecific name). A binary name consists of the name of a genus and an epithet. In the case of a species this is a specific epithet: Bellis perennis is the name of a species, in which perennis is the specific epithet. There is no connecting term involved to indicate the rank. In the case of a subdivision of a genus (subgenus, section, subsection, series, subseries, etc.) the name consists of the name of a genus and a subdivisional epithet. A connecting term should be placed before the subdivisional epithet to indicate the rank: Paraserianthes sect. Falcataria In cultivated plants In the case of cultivated plants, there is an additional epithet which is an often non-Latin part, not written in italics. For cultivars, it is always given in single quotation marks. The cultivar, Group, or grex epithet may follow either the botanical name of the species, or the name of the genus only, or the unambiguous common name of the genus or species. The generic name, followed by a cultivar name, is often used when the parentage of a particular hybrid cultivar is not relevant in the context, or is uncertain. See also (specific to botany) Author citation (botany) Botanical nomenclature Correct name (botany) Hybrid name (botany) International Association for Plant Taxonomy International Plant Names Index The Plant List Validly published name (botany) World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (more general) Glossary of scientific naming Biological classification Binomial nomenclature Nomenclature codes Open nomenclature Plant epithet Taxonomy Undescribed species References Bibliography External links Adopted by the International Union of Biological Sciences International Commission for the Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants. Plant botanical definition list. Retrieved 12 November 2016. Name Plant taxonomy