BOTANY

BOTANY

PLANT TAXONOMY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which name starts with a lower case letter?
A
Common Name
B
Genus
C
Species
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -CAPITALIZING ORGANISM NAMES. In the Latin scientific names of organisms, names at the species level and below (species, subspecies, variety) are not capitalized; those at the genus level and above (e.g., genus, tribe, subfamily, family, class, order, division, phylum) are capitalized.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first word is the name of the genus to which the organism belongs. The second word is the specific epithet or specific term of the species. Together, the genus plus the specific epithet make up the species name. The species name and scientific name are synonyms.

Detailed explanation-3: -Species names Lowercase the names of animals, birds, fish and trees. Only proper nouns get capitalized, for example: northern flicker. sea otter.

Detailed explanation-4: -Every species would get a name consisting of two words: the first word was the genus, and the second word was a specific epithet, and that couplet would together uniquely identify the species.

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