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An interpolated name is italicized and placed in non-italic parentheses (round brackets); some examples are after a genus name to indicate a subgenus, after a genus group to denote an aggregate of species, after a species name to mean an aggregate of subspecies, after a genus and the word "section" or "sect." to provide a botanical genus ...
The entire scientific name should be italicized, except where an interpolation is included in or appended to the name. (For details, see § Scientific names.) Named, specific vessels: proper names given to: Ships, with ship prefixes, classification symbols, pennant numbers, and types in normal font: USS Baltimore (CA-68).
Names of planets, moons, asteroids, comets, stars, constellations, and galaxies are proper names, and therefore capitalized (The planet Mars is in the constellation Gemini, near the star Pollux). The first letter of every word in such a name is capitalized (Alpha Centauri and not Alpha centauri; Milky Way, not Milky way).
These codes differ in terminology, and there is a long-term project to "harmonize" this. For instance, the ICN uses "valid" in "valid publication of a name" (=the act of publishing a formal name), with "establishing a name" as the ICZN equivalent. The ICZN uses "valid" in "valid name" (="correct name"), with "correct name" as the ICN equivalent ...
Because scientific names at the level of genus or below are always italicised, per WP:Manual of Style/Text formatting § Italic face, when the article title is a genus or lower-ranked taxonomic name (e.g. species or subspecies), the page title should also be italicised.
{{Format species list| Carex lepidocarpa subsp. ferraria Jim.-Mejías & Martín-Bravo Carex lepidocarpa subsp. jemtlandica Palmgr. Carex lepidocarpa subsp. lepidocarpa Carex lepidocarpa subsp. nevadensis (Boiss. & Reut.) Luceño Carex lepidocarpa subsp. scotica E.W.Davies Carex lepidocarpa var. scotica E.W.Davies }}
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The policy uses the word "common" in the context of "what name is most frequently used", and not in the context of "what name do common folk use". It is typical for a plant's scientific name to be the COMMONNAME (i.e., the most frequently used in reliable sources).