How to do nomenclature

Nomenclature is a type of naming for living (bio related) organism.Mostly they are latin derived words. For doing this keep some points in your mind that 1. Genus +species = scientific name. 2. First word is always a genus and second is specie. 3. Always write them in italics or if you like to write them casually then you can underline them separately . 4. The first letter of genus should be capital and first word of species should be small.

The scientific naming of an organism is called nomenclature. The system of scientific naming or nomenclature we use today was introduced by Carolus Linnaeus in the eighteenth century. In Binomial nomenclature, the first name is the generic name beginning with a capital letter whereas the second name is the species name which begins with a small letter. Example – <i>Homo</i> <i>sapiens</i> where <i>Homo</i> is a genus name and <i>sapiens</i> is a species name.

 

Certain conventions are followed while writing the scientific names:

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.