Question

The part of the scientific name that starts with a capital letter is ________.

Answer 1

Scientific name

1. A binomial nomenclature is a formal approach for designating a living entity by giving it a scientific name made up of two parts.
2. Scientific names or binomial names are mostly derived from Latin.
3. The genus to which the species belongs is represented by the first part of a binomial name or scientific name, and the species within the genus is represented by the second part.
4. The first letter of the genus is always capitalized while the species name is not. However, both the genus and species name are always italicized.
5. For example, the scientific name of humans is Homo sapiens, where Homo represents the genus and therefore ‘H’ is capitalized, and sapiens represents the name of the species.

Final answer:
The part of the scientific name that starts with a capital letter is genus.