The Living World Question 17
17. Select the correctly written scientific name of Mango which was first described by Carolus Linnaeus:
(a) Mangifera indica Car. Linn.
(b) Mangifera indica Linn.
(c) Mangifera indica
(d) Mangifera Indica
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Answer : b
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(b) According to rules of binomial nomenclature, correctly written scientific name of mango is Mangifera indica Linn. This system of nomenclature was given by Carl Linnaeus. The scientific name of mango is given as Mangifera indica Linn. Mangifera indicates the ‘genus’ while indica represents a particular species or ‘specific epithet’ and Linn indicates the Biologist Linnaeus who first described the species of mango.
