Which of the following is against the rules of ICBN?

Answer & Solution:

The correct answer is (d) Generic and specific names should be written starting with small letters

1.According to binomial system name of any species consists of two names  (i) Generic name     -     Name of genus (ii) Specific name     -    Trival name. 

2. First letter of generic name should be in capital letter and first letter of specific name should be in small letter. ego Mangifera indica. But if specific name is based on the name of some person, its first letter should be in capital letter ego lsoetes Pantii.

3. When written with free hand or typed, then generic name and specific name should be separately underlined. But during printing, name should be italized.

4. Name of scientist (who proposed nomenclature) should be written in short after the specific name ego Mangifera indica Lin.

5. Name of scientist should be neither underlined nor written in italics, but written in roman, letters (simple alphabets)

6. If any scientist has proposed wrong name then his name should be written in bracket and the scientist who corrected the name should be written after the bracket. ego Tsuga canadensis (Lin.) Salisbury

7. Scientific names should be derived from Latin or Greek languages because they are dead languages.