Who proposed binomial system of nomenclature?
Candolle
Linnaeus
Bentham
Hutchinson
Related Questions
The number of species classified in “Species Plantarum” is
5000
6000
4000
3800
Biosystematics aims at
The classification of organism based on their evolutionary history and establishing their phylogeny on the totality of various parameters from all fields of studies
Identification and arrangements of organism on the basis of their cytological characteristics
The classification of organisms based on broad morphological characters
Delimiting various taxa of organisms and establishing their relationships
A scientist discovers a new species with the following characteristics: eukaryotic, multicellular, photosynthetic, lacks vascular tissue, exhibits alternation of generations with a dominant gametophyte. This organism MOST likely belongs to which plant group?
Pteridophyta
Bryophyta
Gymnosperms
Angiosperms
A species that is exclusively found in a specific geographic area and nowhere else is known as:
Keystone
Exotic
Cosmopolitan
Endemic
Nomenclature given by Linnaeus is
Binomial
Trinomial
Phylogenetic
Natural
Abbreviation for International Code of Bacteriological Nomenclature is
ICBN
ICNB
ICZN
ICBN/ICNB
Who had written? Systema Naturae
Ernst Mayr
Carolus Linnaeus
RH Whittaker
WM Stanley
Which of these is the basic unit of classification?
Genus
Family
Species
Order
A ‘taxa’ differ from ‘taxon’ due to
Being a higher taxonomic category than taxon
Being a lower taxonomic category than taxon
Being a plural of taxon
Being singular of taxon
The number of species classified in “Species Plantarum” is
Around 6,000
Around 2,000
Around 10,000
Around 20,000
