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In Botanical nomenclature of plants

A

Genus is written after the species

B

Both in genus and species the first letter is a capital letter

C

Genus and species may be same name

D

Both genus and species are printed in italics

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D
The binomial name consists of a genus name and specific epithet. The scientific names of species are italicized. The genus name is always capitalized and is written first, the specific epithet follows the genus name and is not capitalized.
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