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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Rules of scientific naming of animals is assigned in
ICBN
ICNCP
ICZN
ICNB
Which one is the correct hierarchical order in Taxonomy?
Kingdom>phylum/division>class>order>family>genus
Kingdom>phylum/division>class>order>genus>species.
Kingdom>phylum/division>class>order>family>genus>species.
phylum/division>class>order>family>genus>species.
This of the following taxonomist described classification of plant in ‘Families of flowering plants’?
John Hutchinson
George Bentham
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Carolus Linnaeus
Two different genera are classified in the same taxonomic category family. Which statement is correct about their classification?
The same class, but different species
A different class and different order
The same phylum, but different class
A different kingdom and different phylum
Rules of scientific naming of animals is assigned in
ICBN
ICNCP
ICZN
ICNB
Which one is species?
Cannis
Pisum
Leo
Carnivora
Which series ends with the cohort umbellales in Bentham and Hooker’s system of classification?
Thalamiflorae
Disciflorae
Heteromerae
Calyciflorae
Classification based on chromosome number is
Cytotaxonomy
Numerical taxonomy
Karyotaxonomy
Biochemistry
Ascending or descending arrangement of taxonomic categories is known as
Classification
Key
Taxonomy
Hierarchy
Phylogenetic system of classification was proposed by
Linnaeus
Bentham
Hutchinson
Theophrastus
