Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Capitalize scientific names above the rank of species, and italicize them from the rank of genus downward. Common (vernacular) names of species and other groupings are lower case except where they contain a proper name. Names of standardized domesticated varieties/breeds may be capitalized, but not informal landraces or types.
A taxon is usually assigned a rank when it is given its formal name. The basic ranks are species and genus. When an organism is given a species name it is assigned to a genus, and the genus name is part of the species name. The species name is also called a binomial, that is, a two-term name.
A monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group which only contains a single subgroup (e.g., a genus with only one known species, even a subphylum with one family with one genus). In such a case, the ranks with identical member organisms should not be separated into different articles, and the article (if there is no common name) should go under the ...
The genus name always begins with a capital letter. The species name always begins with a lower case letter. Rules 4 and 5 override the rules of all languages about capitalization of titles (Note that it is impossible for a species name to be the first word in a title.). Genus and species names are always written in italics.
A family or order with a single genus is treated at the article for that genus. A genus with a single species is treated at the article for the genus. (See Template:Speciesbox#Monospecific genera for the taxobox for monotypic genera at the genus name.) An order with a single family is treated at the article for that family.
The hierarchy of biological classification's eight major taxonomic ranks.A family contains one or more genera. Intermediate minor rankings are not shown. Genus (/ ˈ dʒ iː n ə s /; pl.: genera / ˈ dʒ ɛ n ər ə /) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. [1]
Some biologists have argued for the combination of the genus name and specific epithet into a single unambiguous name, or for the use of uninomials (as used in nomenclature of ranks above species). [22] [23] Because genus names are unique only within a nomenclature code, it is possible for homonyms (two or more species sharing the same genus ...
To wit, many species are name with the formula <adjective-phrase> <noun>. This formula, by itself without capitalization, can lead the reader to confusion. If I say "There is a red squirrel in my backyard," am I saying there is a squirrel with red fur in my backyard, or a member of the species Sciurus vulgaris? Even worse, if I say it is a grey ...