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Botanical nomenclature is the formal, scientific naming of plants. It is related to, but distinct from taxonomy. Plant taxonomy is concerned with grouping and classifying plants; botanical nomenclature then provides names for the results of this process. The starting point for modern botanical nomenclature is Linnaeus' "Species Plantarum" of 1753. Botanical nomenclature is governed by the "International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants" ("ICN"), which replaces the "International Code of Botanical Nomenclature" ("ICBN"). Fossil plants are also covered by the code of nomenclature. 

Within the limits set by that code there is another set of rules, the "International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP)" which applies to plant cultivars that have been deliberately altered or selected by humans (see cultigen). 

Botanical nomenclature has a long history, going back beyond the period when Latin was the scientific language throughout Europe, to Theophrastus (c. 370–287 BC), Dioscorides (c. 40 – 90 AD) and other Greek writers. Many of these works have come down to us in Latin translations. The principal Latin writer on botany was Pliny the Elder (23–79 AD). From Mediaeval times, Latin became the universal scientific language (lingua franca) in Europe. Most written plant knowledge was the property of monks, particularly Benedictine, and the purpose of those early herbals was primarily medicinal rather than plant science "per se". It would require the invention of the printing press (1450) to make such information more widely available. (End of story)

Provide your best guess for the following question. Give ONLY the guess, no other words or explanation.

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Guess: <most likely guess, as short as possible; not a complete sentence, just the guess!>

Here are a few examples of questions and answers:

Question: Is Botanical nomenclature the same as taxonomy?
Guess: no

Question: What it taxonomy about?
Guess: grouping and classifying plants

Question: And then what does nomenclature do?
Guess: provides names for the results of this process

Question: Who started it?
Guess: Linnaeus

Question: What was the name of his book?
Guess: "Species Plantarum"

Question: When was it published?
Guess: 1753

Question: Is there a code of nomeclature?
Guess: yes

Question: What's the abbreviation for its name?
Guess: ICN

Question: What does it stand for?
Guess: International Code of Nomenclature

Question: Was there one before it?
Guess: yes

Question: What was the abbreviation for the name of that one?
Guess: ICBN

Question: And what did that stand for?
Guess: International Code of Botanical Nomenclature

Question: Are fossill plants part of the code?
Guess: yes

Question: Early nomenclature works were written in which language?
Guess: Latin

Question: Any other?
Guess: Greek

Question: Can you name one of the early writers?
Guess: Theophrastus

Now answer the following question in the same format.

Question: How about another?

Dioscorides