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 taxonomic category is represented by Solanum in the scientific name solanum tuberosum ?
Family
Genus
Order
Division
Which is called ‘sexual system’ of classification?
Bentham and Hooker
Tippos
Linnaeus
Takhtajan
Linnaean system of plant classification is based on
Morphological and anatomical characters
Evolutionary trends
Floral characters
None of the above
Rules of scientific naming of animals is assigned in
ICBN
ICNCP
ICZN
ICNB
The genus includes
Tiger
Felis
Cat
Frog
Rules of scientific naming of animals is assigned in
ICBN
ICNCP
ICZN
ICNB
Select the correctly written scientific name of Mango which was first described by Carolus Linnaeus
Mangifera indica Car.Linn.
Mangifera indica Linn.
Mangifera indica
Mangifera Indica
Which series ends with the cohort umbellales in Bentham and Hooker’s system of classification?
Thalamiflorae
Disciflorae
Heteromerae
Calyciflorae
This of the following taxonomist described classification of plant in ‘Families of flowering plants’?
John Hutchinson
George Bentham
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Armen Takhtajan
The concept that monocots are more primitive than dicots was proposed by
Bentham and Hooker
Theophrastus
Aristole
Engler and Prantl
