HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
FLORICULTURE
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Question
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Latin names of plants are italicized
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to make them appear important
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because it is conventional to italicize words and phrases that are expressed in a different language
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because it helps to remember them
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because all plant names are italicized
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The genus and species form the definitive name of a plant or animal. By convention: the genus is in italics and takes an initial capital. the species is in italics and is lower case.
Detailed explanation-2: -Scientific names are in Latin, so, similar to other words from foreign languages, they’re always written in italics. The generic name is always capitalized, while the species epithet is never capitalized.
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