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.
Related Questions
Which one of these scientific names is formatted correctly, following the principles of binomial nomenclature?
Mangifera indica
Mangifera Indica
mangifera indica
Mangifera indica
The biological concept of species was formulated by
Mayr
Stebbins
Heywood
Love
New systematic introduced by Sir Julian Huxley is also called
Biosystematics
Cladistics
Evolutionary Synthesis
Numerical Taxonomy
Among the following, which represents an ex-situ conservation strategy for endangered plant species?
National park
Wildlife sanctuary
Sacred grove
Seed bank
Which series ends with the cohort umbellales in Bentham and Hooker’s system of classification?
Thalamiflorae
Disciflorae
Heteromerae
Calyciflorae
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
The first phylogenetic system of plant classification was proposed by
August Wilhelm Eichler
Carl Linnaeus
George Bentham
Adolf Engler
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.
Linnaean system of plant classification is based on
Morphological and anatomical characters
Evolutionary trends
Floral characters
None of the above
