Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): The scientific name of mango is correctly written as Mangifera indica Linn. Reason (R): The name of the author appears after the specific epithet and must be printed in italics to indicate who first described the species. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from

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Assertion (A) is correct because the scientific name of mango is correctly written as Mangifera indica Linn., where 'Linn.' indicates that the species was first described by Linnaeus. Reason (R) is incorrect because the name of the author is written in an abbreviated form in Roman type, not in italics. The universal rules of nomenclature state that only the genus and specific epithet are printed in italics to indicate their Latin origin. The author citation is never italicized. Thus, Assertion (A) is correct but Re