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Diversity in the Living World

Question

Identify the correctly written scientific name of the mango according to the universal rules of binomial nomenclature.

Easy

A

Mangifera Indica
B

Mangifera indica Linn.
C

Mangifera Indica Linnaeus
D

Mangifera indica

Solution

According to the universal rules of binomial nomenclature, the first word of the scientific name denotes genus and it starts with a capital letter. While the other word is the specific epithet that starts with a small letter. Both the words in a biological/ scientific name, when handwritten, are separately underlined or printed in italics to indicate their Latin origin. After writing the plants name one has to write the author's name in abbreviated form.

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