NEET 2019
- Exam
- NEET
- Year
- 2019
- Subject
- Botany
- Chapter
- The Living World
NEET 2019 · Botany · The Living World
Which of the following is against the rules of ICBN?
Which of the following is against the rules of ICBN?
Options
- AHandwritten scientific names should be underlined
- BEvery species should have a generic name and a specific epithet
- CScientific names are in Latin and should be italicised
- DGeneric and specific names should be written starting with small letters
Correct answer
D. Generic and specific names should be written starting with small letters
Step-by-step solution
Statement (d) is against the rules of ICBN because the universal rule of nomenclature is that the first word denoting the genus starts with a capital letter while the specific epithet starts with a small letter. It can be illustrated with the example of Mangifera indica.