What are the rules for writting a scientific name?

Answer 1

1. The genus name is written first.

2. The genus name is always underlined

or italicised.

3. The first letter of the genus name is always capitalized

Example: Astrophytum

or Astrophytum

1. The specific epithet is written second.

2. The specific epithet is always underlined or italicised.

3. The first letter of the specific epithet name is never capitalized.

Example: myriostigma

or myriostigma

Scientific Name - The scientific name of this plant would appear as follows:

Astrophytum myriostigma

or Astrophytum myriostigma

Answer 2

In chemistry: never capitalize the name of a compound unless you'd capitalize it for other reasons (i.e. at the beginning of a sentence or if it's a brand name). In Biology: the genus is always capitalized, the species is never capitalized: Homo sapiens, not homo sapiens or Homo Sapiens.

Answer 3

Scientific names are commonly written in Latin and Greek. The first word of the scientific name is the genus name. The second word describes the the species. The genus name is always capitalized, while the descriptive word is never capitalized.