Which of these rules should be followed while writing scientific name of an organisms?
(a) The genus should be underlined when handwritten and should be italicized when printed.
(b) The species should be underlined when handwritten and should be italicized when printed.
(c) First letter of species should be uppercase.
(d) First letter of genus should be uppercase.
Both the words in a biological name, when handwritten, are separately underlined, or printed in italics to indicate their Latin origin.
The first word denoting the genus starts with a capital letter while the specific epithet starts with a small letter. It can be illustrated with the example of Mangifera indica.