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 merit in the Bentham and Hooker’s system of classification?
The position of gymnosperms in between dicots and monocots
Closely related families are placed apart
The placement of family-Asteraceae in the beginning of Gamopetalae
The placement of order-Ranals in the beginning
