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in Mangifera indica Linn do we have to underline Linn as well when it is handwritten

in Mangifera indica Linn do we have to underline Linn as well when it is handwritten

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Arun
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4 years ago
The rules for scientific nomenclature are as follows:
1 Scientific name of an organism consists of two words where first word indicates genus name and second indicates species or specific epithet. 
2 Scientific name is always written in latin but if in any other language then it is translated to latin.
3 The first letter of genus name is capital while that of species name is small.eg: Mangifera indica (mango)
4 Scientific name when handwritten underlined separately while printed in italics.
5 The name of author is sometimes written the the end of scientific name but in short abbreviation.eg Mangifera indica Linn (linneaus)
6 Sometimes subspecies name is also written after species name which is also underlined separately.
eg Corvous splendins splendins (crow)
 

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