Which statement correctly explains the relationship between taxonomic categories and phylogenetic classification?
Taxonomic categories are arbitrary and have no relationship to phylogeny.
Taxonomic categories always perfectly match the branching patterns of phylogenetic trees.
Taxonomic categories ideally reflect evolutionary relationships revealed through phylogenetic analysis.
Phylogenetic analysis is used to create taxonomic categories, but they don't necessarily reflect evolutionary relationships.
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Which of the following is a category?
Division
Phylum
Viruses
Both (a) and (b)
In five kingdom classification the unicellular prokaryotic organisms were classified under kingdom
Protista
Monera
Animalia
Plantae
The genus includes
Tiger
Felis
Cat
Frog
The framework system of classification in which various taxonomic categories are arranged in order of logical sequence is called
Systematics
Classification
Hierarchy
Taxon
Ascending or descending arrangement of taxonomic categories is known as
Classification
Key
Taxonomy
Hierarchy
Which series ends with the cohort umbellales in Bentham and Hooker’s system of classification?
Thalamiflorae
Disciflorae
Heteromerae
Calyciflorae
What name would be suggested for phylum in classification of plants?
Phylum
Sub-division
Division
Both (b) and (c )
Which of the following is correctly sequenced?
Phylum, class, order, family
Phylum, order, class, genus
Phylum, class, family, order
Phylum, order, family, class
The basic unit of classification is
Species
Genus
Family
Phylum
Arrange the following taxonomic categories in ascending order: Family, Order, Genus, Species.
Species, Genus, Family, Order
Order, Family, Genus, Species
Species, Family, Genus, Order
Genus, Species, Family, Order
