Question

Rules for Nomenclature are given by certain organizations and are universal. Which one of the following is not a rule for naming an organism?

• A. Biological names should be in Latin
• B. The first word in a biological name represents the genus name, and the second is a specific epithet
• C. The names are written in italicized font.
• D. When written by hand, the names are to be underlined together with epithet.

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Biological names are written in Latin language, if written in other languages it should be Latinised. Names are written in italics font to indicate Latin origin, if handwritten the names should be separately underlined. The first name represents name of genus and second name is name of species. When written by hand, the names are to be underlined separately.