Question

Given below is the scientific name of mango. Identify the correctly written name. Mangifera Indica Mangifera indica.

Answer 1

The correctly written scientific name of mango is Mangifera indica.

Rules for writing the scientific names:

• All the scientific names of organisms are usually Latin. Hence, they are written in italics.
• There exist two parts of a name. The first word identifies the genus and the second word identifies the species.
• When the names are handwritten, they are underlined or italicized if typed. This is done to specify its Latin origin.
• The name of the genus starts with a capital letter and the name of the species starts with a small letter.