Which of the following statements regarding the universal rules of biological nomenclature is incorrect?
(A)Biological names are generally in Latin and written in italics
(B)The first word in a biological name represents the genus while the second component denotes the species
(C)Both the words in a biological name, when handwritten, are separately underlined, or printed in italics to indicate their Latin origin
(D)The specific epithet starts with a capital letter while the generic epithet starts with a small letter. It can be illustrated with the example of *Mangifera Indica*.Correct
Answer: (D)
Solution
In correct biological nomenclature, it is the generic name (genus) that starts with a capital letter, while the specific epithet starts with a small letter — exactly the reverse of what statement (d) claims — and
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