Question
The scientific name for beans is phosedus vulgaris.
a) What taxon does the term phoseodus represent?
b) State two rules that are followed when giving a scientific name to an organism
a) What taxon does the term phoseodus represent?
b) State two rules that are followed when giving a scientific name to an organism
Answer
a) Genus
b)
- The genus name should begin with Capital letter and species name with a small letter
- should be printed in italics or when handwritten should be underlined as separate words
- should be Latinized i.e made to sound like latin words;
b)
- The genus name should begin with Capital letter and species name with a small letter
- should be printed in italics or when handwritten should be underlined as separate words
- should be Latinized i.e made to sound like latin words;
Related Topics