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Genus and species names in biology must follow specific Latin binomial nomenclature formatting rules.
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Biological species and genera are universally designated using binomial nomenclature, which employs Latinized names formatted according to specific taxonomic standards.

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Wikipedia: Binomial nomenclature
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OpenAIRE: Citizen Science Mini-Project: Learning the Structure of Scientific Names
2021 · cited by 0
Notes that microorganisms and biological species are named in Latin with genus and species components.
OpenAIRE: Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russian Far East. Volume III. Coleoptera
2025 · cited by 0
Provides an index of Latin names for genera and species of beetles, reflecting binomial nomenclature.
OpenAIRE: Should all other biologists follow the lead of virologists and stop italicizing the names of living organisms? A proposal
2009 · cited by 0
Discusses how other fields of biology use Latin species nomina, written in italics.
OpenAIRE: Tyrannomecia Jouault & Nel 2021, gen. nov
2021 · cited by 0
Demonstrates the formal naming convention combining Latin words and suffixes for new genera and species.
OpenAIRE: Adelopsis Portevin
2020 · cited by 0
Lists genus and species names following standard taxonomic practices.
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  1. Wikipedia: Binomial nomenclaturereferencesupports
  2. OpenAIRE: Citizen Science Mini-Project: Learning the Structure of Scientific Namespeer-reviewedsupports
  3. OpenAIRE: Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russian Far East. Volume III. Coleopterapeer-reviewedsupports
  4. OpenAIRE: Should all other biologists follow the lead of virologists and stop italicizing the names of living organisms? A proposalpeer-reviewedsupports
  5. OpenAIRE: Type specimens of names of taxa of genus Hedysarum L. (Fabaceae) from Central Asia kept in the National Herbarium of Uzbekistan (TASH)peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  6. OpenAIRE: Tyrannomecia Jouault & Nel 2021, gen. novpeer-reviewedsupports
  7. OpenAIRE: Adelopsis Portevinpeer-reviewedsupports
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