Question

Oryza sativa is the binomial name of the rice plant, the sativa stands for:
(a)Specific name
(b)Specific epithet
(c)Genus name
(d)Both A and B

Answer 1

Hint : Binomial nomenclature is a method of naming plants and animals using two names that are made up of the name of the genus and species of the organism. This method is used even for some microorganisms.

Complete answer :
In the binomial name Oryza sativa , the Oryza stands for genus name and sativa stands for a specific epithet.

Additional information :
The binomial nomenclature is the method of nomenclature in which two phrases are used to express a species of a living organism. In this, the first one designates the genus and the second is the specific name. The system of binomial nomenclature was proposed by Carl Linnaeus. Multiple local names make it extremely challenging to distinguish an organism globally and have a record of the number of species. Thus, it produces a lot of chaos and confusion. To get rid of this disorder, a standard protocol was made. This process of regulated naming is termed as Binomial Nomenclature. All living organisms including plants, animals, birds, and also some microbes have their own scientific names. For eg.,
-The scientific name of the tiger is scientifically written as Panthera tigris. ‘Panthera’ denotes the genus and ‘Tigris’ denotes a particular species or specific epithet.
-The scientific name of humans is scientifically written as Homo sapiens. ‘Homo’ is the genus and ‘sapiens’ is a particular species.
-The Indian bullfrog is presented as Rana tigrina. ‘Rana’ denotes the name of the genus and ‘tigrina’ denotes the name of the specific species.

So, the correct answer is “specific epithet”.

Notes : There are two international codes that are accepted by scientists all over the world namely the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN) and International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) for plants and animals respectively.