Select the correctly written scientific name of Mango which was first described by Carolus Linnaeus:
- Mangifera indica
- Mangifera Indica
- Mangifera indica Car. Linn.
- Mangifera indica Linn.
Answer
(4) Mangifera indica Linn.
Solution
As per NCERT, in binomial nomenclature the generic name starts with a capital letter and the specific epithet with a small letter; the name of the author who first described the species is written after the specific epithet in abbreviated form.
⇒ For mango, described by Linnaeus, the correct form is Mangifera indica Linn.
Option (2) is wrong (capital I in epithet) and option (3) uses a wrong abbreviation of the author's name; option (1) omits the author citation asked for.
Answer: (4)