Question

Scientific names of organisms with similar species and subspecies names denote.
A. Synonyms
B. Tautonyms
C. Antonyms
D. Homonyms

Answer 1

Hint: Nomenclature: It is a process of standardizing the names of living organisms so that a particular organism is known by the same name all over the world.
Nomenclature is possible only after identification of organisms and classifying them into a particular group.

Complete answer:
To solve the above question we need to know about binomial nomenclature.
Nomenclature is standardizing the name of a particular organism all over the world.

Binomial Nomenclature: It's A system of providing a name with two components.
Components are:
- Generic name.
- Specific epithet.
For example: Mangifera indica which is a scientific name of mango.
Here, Mangifera is Generic name and Indica is a specific epithet.

Criteria of validity of scientific name are:
- One specimen should be deposited in standardized herbarium.
- Its description should be submitted in Latin
- Principle of priority is that the name first given to the organism is considered valid.

Classification: It is a process in which anything is grouped into convenient categories based on certain observable characters.
So, based on suitable characteristic features, all living organisms are grouped into different taxa.
This process of classification is known as taxonomy.

Taxonomic categories are: species < genus < family < order < class < phylum\Division < Kingdom.

Synonyms are different scientific names given to the same organism.
For example: Felis silvestris catus and Felis catus domesticus are scientific names of cat.

Tautonyms are scientific names in which the same word is used for both genus and species. For example: Vulpes vulpes.

Antonyms are the intra specific name in which the species epithet is repeated. For example: Rubus subgen. Rubus.
Homonyms are identical names of two different taxas.

So, the correct answer is option b. tautonyms.

Note: Herbarium is a store house where collected plant specimens are dried, pressed, and preserved on sheets.
These soft samples are preserved in FAA (Formalin acetic acid).
Herbarium sheets are protected by poisoning them with 1% of mercuric acid.
Additional herbarium contains Flora, Maxial catalogue and fossil specimens are arranged in glass showcases.