In 1867, when about 150 botanists met in Paris and agreed on some rules pertaining to plants, one of their basic rules was
A) all plants should be classified in kingdoms.
B) all plants should be given an English name, in addition to a Latin name.
C) works of Linnaeus should be used as the starting point for all scientific names of plants.
D) all plants should have named varieties.
E) Linnaeus' Latin phrase names should be the official names of plants.

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The 1867 meeting of botanists in Paris established that the works of Carl Linnaeus would serve as the starting point for the scientific naming of plants, recognizing his system of classification and binomial nomenclature as foundational for botanical nomenclature.

In 1867, When About 150 Botanists Met in Paris and Agreed