What are the rules to be followed in the nomenclature of organisms?

1.	What are the rules to be followed in the nomenclature of organisms?
Answer» The scientific name should be italicized in printed form and the generic name and specific name should be underlined separately if it is handwritten. The first alphabet of the generic name should be of uppercase. The specific name (species) should be in lower case letters. The name or abbreviated name of the scientist who first published the scientific name may be written after the specific (species) name along with the year of publication, e.g. Felis Leo Linn., 1958. If the specific (species) name is framed after any person’s name, the name of the species shall end with i, ii or ae. e.g. Ground – dwelling lizard Cyrtodactylus varadgirii

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The scientific name should be italicized in printed form and the generic name and specific name should be underlined separately if it is handwritten.

The first alphabet of the generic name should be of uppercase.
The specific name (species) should be in lower case letters.
The name or abbreviated name of the scientist who first published the scientific name may be written after the specific (species) name along with the year of publication, e.g. Felis Leo Linn., 1958.
If the specific (species) name is framed after any person’s name, the name of the species shall end with i, ii or ae. e.g. Ground – dwelling lizard Cyrtodactylus varadgirii

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