Question

Which of the following statement is wrong regarding the rules of nomenclature?

• A. The first word denoting the genus starts with a capital letter.
• B. The specific epithet starts with a small letter.
• C. Biological names are printed in italics to indicate their Latin origin.
• D. In the biological name - Mangifera indica L., 'L' denotes the language 'Latin'.

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Rules for naming organism are specified according to specific set of rules. According to binomial nomenclature name of the genus starts with capital letter and name of the species starts with small letter. Scientific names are written in Latin language and italics font is used to specify Latin origin.