Question

What are the conventions followed for writing the scientific names of organisms under the binomial nomenclature?

Answer 1

The conventions followed while writing the scientific names are:

1. The name of the genus begins with a capital letter.
2. The name of the species begins with a small letter.
3. When printed, the scientific name is given in italics.
4. When written by hand, the genus name and the species name have to be underlined separately.

For example, when writing the scientific name of mango, we write the genus name Mangifera first and species name indica second. The whole name will be written in italics.

i.e., Mangifera indica.