▁a ▁German ▁phys ician ▁and ▁botan ist ▁is ▁often ▁considered ▁the ▁origin ator ▁of ▁Latin ▁names ▁for ▁the ▁rapidly ▁increasing ▁number ▁of ▁plants ▁known ▁to ▁science . ▁For ▁instance ▁he ▁co ined ▁the ▁name ▁Digital is ▁in ▁his ▁De ▁Historia ▁St ir pi um ▁Comment ari i ▁In sign es ▁( 1 5 4 2 ). ▁ ▁A ▁key ▁event ▁was ▁Lin na eus ’ ▁ad option ▁of ▁bin omial ▁names ▁for ▁plant ▁species ▁in ▁his ▁Species ▁Plant ar um ▁( 1 7 5 3 ). ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁nin ete enth ▁century ▁it ▁became ▁increasing ly ▁clear ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁need ▁for ▁rules ▁to ▁govern ▁scientific ▁nom en cl ature , ▁and ▁initi atives ▁were ▁taken ▁to ▁ref ine ▁the ▁ ▁body ▁of ▁laws ▁initi ated ▁by ▁Lin na eus . ▁These ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁success ively ▁more ▁s oph istic ated ▁ed itions . ▁For ▁plants , ▁key ▁dates ▁are ▁ 1 8 6 7 ▁( lo is ▁de ▁Cand ol le ) ▁and ▁ 1 9 0 6 ▁( Intern ational ▁R ules ▁of ▁Botan ical ▁N omen cl ature , ▁' V ien na ▁R ules '). ▁The ▁most ▁recent ▁is ▁the ▁Melbourne ▁Code , ▁adopted ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁ ▁Another ▁development ▁was ▁the ▁insight ▁into ▁the ▁del im itation ▁of ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁' plant '. ▁Grad ually ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁groups ▁of ▁organ isms ▁are ▁being ▁recogn ised ▁as ▁being ▁independent ▁of ▁plants . ▁Nevertheless , ▁the ▁formal ▁names ▁of ▁most ▁of