writing scientific species names
The Latin scientific name of a species, be it plant, animal, bacterium, fungus, etc., is a two-part name consisting of the genus name first (by the way: one genus, two genera) and the species name second.For example, the domestic cat is known as Felis catus.hen a species is being formally introduced in a scientific paper the name of the author (the person who first described the species in academic literature) is usually given.