Which statement BEST describes the relationship between a monograph and a flora?
A monograph is a summarized version of a flora, focusing on key species.
A flora is a collection of monographs from a specific region.
A monograph provides an in-depth study of a specific taxonomic group, while a flora documents all plant species in a given geographical area.
Both are interchangeable terms for comprehensive taxonomic treatments.
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Which of the following are true with reference to taxonomical aids?
Botanical gardens have a collection of dead plants of reference
Museums have a collection of preserved plant and animal specimens
Herbariums have pictures of plant specimens
The key is used for the identification of plants and animals
A comprehensive treatise on a particular taxon is known as a:
Flora
Manual
Monograph
Key
Keys are based on contrasting characters called:
Couplets
Tripletes
Quartets
Singlets
Which taxonomical aid uses contrasting characters to identify an organism?
Manual
Monograph
Catalogue
Key
Which of the following taxonomical aids provides information about the habitat, distribution, and external features of a plant species?
Museum
Botanical garden
Herbarium
Key
Which taxonomical aid serves as a quick referral system in taxonomic studies?
Keys
Museums
Herbarium
Zoological parks
A taxonomical aid that contains actual preserved specimens of plants and animals is:
Herbarium
Key
Flora
Museum
You discover an unusual marine organism. To determine its taxonomic classification, you consult a key, but it leads to conflicting results with a previously published monograph. Assuming both resources are reliable within their scope, what is the MOST likely explanation for the discrepancy?
The key is outdated and needs revision.
The monograph is too specialized and overlooks common variations.
The organism may represent a newly discovered species or a variant not yet documented in the monograph.
There's a fundamental error in the taxonomic system itself.
