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Originally published as Die Kunst der Benennung by Matthes & Seitz Berlin: © Matthes & Seitz Berlin Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Berlin 2015. All rights reserved.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Ohl, Michael, author.

Title: The art of naming / Michael Ohl ; translated by Elisabeth Lauffer.

Other titles: Kunst der Benennung. English

Description: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2018] | Originally published as Die Kunst der Benennung. 1. Aufl. Berlin : Matthes et Seitz, 2015. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017036352 | ISBN 9780262037761 (hardcover : alk. paper)

eISBN 9780262345903

Subjects: LCSH: Biology--Nomenclature. | Biology--Classification.

Classification: LCC QH83 .O3513 2018 | DDC 578.01/2--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017036352

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