Question

What are the guidelines n rules for scientific name

Answer 1

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The rules for scientific nomenclature are as follows:

1 Scientific name of an organism consists of two words where first word indicates genus name and second indicates species or specific epithet.

2 Scientific name is always written in latin but if in any other language then it is translated to latin.

3 The first letter of genus name is capital while that of species name is small.eg: Mangifera indica (mango)

4 Scientific name when handwritten underlined separately while printed in italics.

5 The name of author is sometimes written the the end of scientific name but in short abbreviation.eg Mangifera indica Linn (linneaus)

6 Sometimes subspecies name is also written after species name which is also underlined separately.

eg Corvous splendins splendins (crow)

Answer 2

1. Biological names are generally in latin and written in italics. They are latinised or derived from latin irrespective of their origin.

2. The first word in a biological name represents the genus while the second component denotes specific epithet.

3. Both the words in a biological name, when handwritten, are separately underlined, or printed in italics to indicate their latin origin.

4. The first word denoting the genus starts with capital letter while species name stats with small letter.