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Question

In a scientific name, the name of the author is printed in:

A
Capital letters
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Bold (antics)
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C
Italics
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Roman
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Solution

The correct option is B Roman
In the scientific name genus and species name written in italics and name of auther is printed in Roman.
Example, Mangifera indica linn. here Mangifera is genus, Indica is species and Linneous is auther name.

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