TREE IDENTIFICATION
IDENTIFICATION KEYS
Question
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Scientific Name
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Common Name
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The scientific names of species are italicized. The genus name is always capitalized and is written first; the specific epithet follows the genus name and is not capitalized. There is no exception to this.
Detailed explanation-2: -Underline or italicize the genus name, and capitalize the first letter. For example, let’s say you were writing the scientific name of the snake plant, a tropical plant native to West Africa. The genus name would be written Sansevieria or Sansevieria.
Detailed explanation-3: -Scientific names are always italicized. When hand-writing text, you can underline them instead, but there is no excuse not to italicize when using a word processor.
Detailed explanation-4: -Specific epithet-specifies the species name.-The scientific names of organisms are usually Latin. Hence, they are written in italics.-Since the scientific names of the organisms have a Latin origin, so when the names are handwritten, they are underlined or italicized if typed.