Identify from the following the only taxonomic category that has a real existence.
Genus
Species
Phylum
Kingdom
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Ascending or descending arrangement of taxonomic categories is known as
Classification
Key
Taxonomy
Hierarchy
A taxon is a
Group of related families
Group of related species
Type of living organism
Taxonomic group of any ranking
Natural system of classification is given by
Bentham and Hooker
Carolus Linnaeus
Charles Darwin
Engler and Prantl
Who coined the term ‘Phylum’?
Cuvier
Aristotle
Ernst Haeckel
Hooker
Species are consider as
Artificial concept of human mind which cannot be defined in absolute terms
Real units of classification devised by taxonomists
Real basic units of classification
The lowest units of classification
Which is not a category?
Asteraceae/Fabaceae
Species
Phylum
Class
Select the incorrect match w.r.t taxonomic categories of mango.
Family – Anacardiaceae
Order - Dicotyledonae
Division – Angiospermae
Genus – Mangifera
Key is
A type of educational institute
A from of herbaria
Taxonomic category
A taxonomical aid used for identifying various organisms
Polyphyletic groups are problematic in taxonomy because they:
Include all descendants of a common ancestor.
Include the most recent common ancestor and all its descendants.
Do not include the most recent common ancestor of all members.
Represent a single evolutionary lineage.
A taxonomist is studying a newly discovered organism. They find it to be eukaryotic, multicellular, heterotrophic, with chitinous cell walls and exhibiting absorptive nutrition. Based solely on these characteristics, to which of the following taxonomic groups could the organism most precisely be assigned?
Kingdom Fungi
Phylum Basidiomycota
Domain Eukarya
Class Ascomycetes
