A system for giving each organism a two-word scientific name that consists of the genus name followed by the species nameThe scientific names of species are ITALICIZEDGENUS CAPITALIZED; species is notGenus species (in Latin)

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1. A system for giving each organism a two-word scientific name that consists of the genus name followed by the species name

The scientific names of species are ITALICIZED

GENUS CAPITALIZED; species is not

Genus species (in Latin)
Image: binomial nomenclature