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Scientific name of Mango plant is Mangifera indica (Linn.) Santapau. In the above name Santapau refers to

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Scientific name of Mango plant is Mangifera indica (Linn.) Santapau. In the above name Santapau refers to

(a) Variety of Mango

(b) A taxonomist who proposed the present nomenclature in honour of Linnaeus

(c) A scientist who for the first time described Mango plant

(d) A scientist who changed the name proposed by Linnaeus and proposed present name

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(d) A scientist who changed the name proposed by Linnaeus and proposed present name

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Collection of rules regarding scientific nomenclature of plants is known as ICBN or International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. It was first accepted in 1961. According to ICBN, if any scientist has proposed wrong name then his name should be written in bracket and the scientist who corrected the name should be written after the bracket.

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