Name: Patterns of Biodiversity
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 9 min 49 s
Description: Patterns of biodiversity

Question

The common name of rice is simpler than its technical name Oryza sativa. What is the advantage of a technical name?

Accepted Answer

Binomial nomenclature is given by Carolus linnaeus.

According to this first word is a generic name & the second word is a specific epithet.

Names are in Latin language.

Names, if handwritten are separately underlined and if printed, are italicised.

The first word starts with a capital letter and the second word with a small letter. Example: Mangifera indica (Mango)

Name of the author in last as an abbreviation. Example: Mangifera indica Linn.

Tautonym means species and genus name are similar. It is valid only for animals. E.g. Naja naja (Indian cobra), Ratus ratus (rat).

A scientific name is one that is given by biologists and is understood to represent a particular organism in every part of the world. The system of providing scientific and technical names is known as binomial nomenclature. Example: Oryza sativa, is a scientific name for rice.

Advantage of binomial nomenclature:

They are comprehensive and easier to recollect.

They are generally descriptive.

They are accepted universally and hence reduces confusion.

The common name of rice is simpler than its technical name Oryza sativa. What is the advantage of a technical name?

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