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Tautonym is:

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a

Non-scientific name

b

Colloquial word

c

Allowed in botanical nomenclature

d

Binomial name with same genus and species epithets

answer is D.

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Tautonyms are allowed in zoological nomenclature but not in botanical nomenclature. Tautonym is a scientific name in which the same word is used for both genus and species epithets, for example Vulpes vulpes (the red fox).

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