EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -The genus name is always capitalized and is written first; the specific epithet follows the genus name and is not capitalized.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The first word of a scientific name of an organism indicates its genus and the second word indicates the species. By this method of binomial nomenclature, the scientific name of an organism has been made common all over the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -The genus is always capitalized. 3. The species is never capitalized, even when it refers to the name of a place or person.

Detailed explanation-5: -The two parts of a scientific name are the genus, which is capitalized, and the species, which is not; both names are italicized.