Which of the following statements regarding universal rules of biological nomenclature is incorrect ?

Options

A. Biological names are generally in Latin and written in italics.
B. The first word in a biological name represents the genus while the second component denotes the species.
C. Both the words in a biological name, when handwritten, are separately underlined, or printed in italic to indicate their Latin origin.
D. The specific epithet starts with a capital letter while the generic epithet starts eith a small letter. It can be illustrated with the example of mangifera Indica.

Answer

D

Explanation

The generic starts with a capital letter while the specific epither starts with a small letter. It can be illustrated with the example of Panthera tigris.