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The Living World — BIOLOGY STD 11 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 ScienceBIOLOGYThe Living World3 Marks
Question
Explain the guidelines/ principles for nomenclature.
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Answer

  1. Scientific or biological names are generally in Latin; they are derived from latin or are Latinised irrespective of their origin.
  2. Both the words in a biological name are written in Italics or are separately underlined.
  3. The first word in a biological name denotes the name of the genus and the second word denotes the specific epithet.
  4. The first word or the generic name starts with a capital letter, while the specific epithet starts with a small letter.
  5. The name of the author is written in an abbreviated form after the specific epithet. e.g., Mangifera indicia LInn, it indicates that this species was first described by Linnaeus.

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