Question

What conventions are followed while writing scientific name?

Answer 1

Answer:

ALWAYS WRITE THE GENUS NAME FIRST AND THEN THE SPECIES NAME. WHILE PRINTED IT SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN ITALICS.

Explanation:

The scientific naming of an organism is called as nomenclature. There are different types of naming systems. Most popularly used naming system is Binomial nomenclature.

Binomial nomenclature, introduced by Carolus Linnaeus is the method of naming an organism with the genus name first and species name later.  

Conventions followed while writing scientific names  

*Name of the genus begins with a capital letter.

*Name of the species should begin with a small letter.

*Scientific name should be in Italics when printed.

*Genus name and the species name should be underlined separately while handwritten.

Answer 2

First of all we should write the genus name after that only we should write the Specie name so that the understandable way is much easier and it take like that