Question

What is binomial nomenclature state the postulates of binomial nomenclature?

Answer 1

It is the system in which the scientific name of an organism has two components I.e genus and species.

Postulates of binomial nomenclature are:

* The name of the genus begins with a capital letter

* The name of the species begins with a small letter

* When printed , the scientific name is given in italics

* When written by hand,the genus name and the species name have to be underlined separately.

Answer 2

It is the system in which the scientific name of an organism has two components I.e genus and species.

Postulates of binomial nomenclature are:

* The name of the genus begins with a capital letter

* The name of the species begins with a small letter

* When printed , the scientific name is given in italics

* When written by hand,the genus name and the species name have to be underlined separately.