Which amongst the following is not a rule of binomial nomenclature?

• A

  Biological names are generally given in Latin and written in italics.

• B

  Both the words in a biological name, when handwritten, are separately underlined. 

• C

  The first word denoting the genus starts with a small letter while the specific epithet starts with a capital letter.

• D

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