Question

Assertion: The scientific name of Malus Malus is illegitimate
Reason : It is tautonym
A. Both assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
B.Both assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
C.Assertion is correct but Reason is the incorrect
D.Both assertion and Reason are incorrect

Answer 1

Hint: A tautonym is a scientific name of a species where both genus and species are defined using the same name. It is a paired blend of the nonexclusive name.

Complete answer:
We all know that Carolus Linnaeus introduced binomial nomenclature. He suggested that a scientific name should have two parts. The first part is the generic one and should start with capital letters. Similarly, the second part is called species and should start with small letters. He also added that the scientific names should be written in italics or at least underlined to show its significance and uniqueness.

At the point when a conventional name is rehashed in the explicit name of animal varieties, it is called tautonym. A tautonym is a logical name of species wherein the two pieces of the name (the genera and species) have similar spelling. For instance, Bison bison for American Bison. The utilization of a tautonym isn't permitted by International Code. It is a legitimate name as indicated by ICZN (International Code of Zoological Nomenclature). Subsequently, tautonyms are not acknowledged by natural classification even though they are permitted in zoological terminology.

As per binomial classification, each plant has been given a logical name which comprises two sections. The initial segment is short and the second part is species. The name is either underlined or written in italics in binomial classification. The logical name malus is ill-conceived because it is only a tautonym and it doesn't observe the standard binomial classification.
We can say that the scientific name Malus Malus is illegitimate because it is only a tautonym. Moreover, it doesn’t satisfy the criteria mentioned in the standard binomial nomenclature introduced by Linnaeus. Therefore, it can be concluded that the assertion and reason both are correct. Also, the reason is considered to be the correct explanation for the assertion.

Hence, the correct answer is option (A)

Note: The scientific name Malus Malus is illegitimate because it is only a tautonym and doesn’t follow the rules mentioned in the binomial nomenclature. The scientific name of apple is Malus.