Red maple trees are also known as Acer rubrum. Its species name is?

Question

A.) red
B.) Acer
C.) maple
D.) rubrum

Answer 1

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Plantae

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Sapindales

Family: Sapindaceae

Genus: Acer

Species: A. rubrum


Binomial name -Acer rubrum L.

If one goes through the scientific classification above as it appears in the taxonomy text books ; one would come to the following conclusion invariably-

Acer is the generic name of Maple tree / shrub.

Acer rubrum is the specific name of 'Red Maple '

Only rubrum has no meaning except it denotes a particular color ( Red ).

One can not separate rubrum and say it is a specific name of a particular organism.

Answer 2

Technically, the answer is E.) none of the above.
Acer is the genus name and Acer rubrum is the species name. The word rubrum is the specific epithet. It is often called the species name, but without the Acer part it just means red. Other red organisms can be Xxxxx rubrum, but nothing else can be Acer rubrum.

Answer 3

D The second part of a name like Acer rubrum is the species.

Answer 4

The 'species name' is acer ... the 'rubrum' means 'red' in Latin, which 'acer' is Latin for 'maple' ... and you don't 'capitalize' it any more than you would the name 'maple' ... so ALL of the choices you gave are incorrect, but I've given you the 'correct answer' ...

Answer 5

"Acer" is the genus and "rubrum" is the species. Therefore, "D" is correct.

Answer 6

A. Acer

but be aware that there are 26 seperate species of "Acer" maples"

Answer 7

OMG people, the answer is D. Don't confuse this person please.

Acer = genus, always capitalized
rubrum = species, always lower case