Hutchinson's system of classification was revised in
Important Questions on Plant Kingdom
Phylogenetic relationship among plants based on their shared characters is shown in the cladogram below.
Identify the plants and in the correct order.
Equal distribution of water and air in the habitat
Adaptation to excessive water and extensive dryness
Do not show adaptation to extensive dryness
Grow in excessive water and extensive dry areas
| Column – I | Column – II |
| a. Family | (i) Diptera |
| b. Order | (ii) Arthropoda |
| c. Class | (iii) Muscidae |
| d. Phylum | (iv) Insecta |
In which of the following books, characters of evolutionary importance were not considered while classifying plants?
A) Species plantarum
B) Families of flowering plants
C) Genera plantarum
D) Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien
Multicellular, much reduced and dependent gametophyte
Siphonogamous fertilization
Fusion of male gametes with egg cell and secondary nucleus
Development of ovule into seed
| List - I | List - II | ||
| (a) | Charles Darwin | (i) | Systema Naturae |
| (b) | John Ray | (ii) | Natural History |
| (c) | Buffon | (iii) | Historia Generalis plantarum |
| (d) | Linnaeus | (iv) | The origin of species |
The correct answer is
Read the following combinations and arrange the below chronologically in the light of evolution.
i) Vascular Cryptogams - Ramenta
ii) Embryophytic non-archegoniate phanerogams - the presence of companion cells in the phloem
iii) Plant amphibians - elaters
iv) Tracheophytic archegoniate phanerogams - no vessels in the xylem
The correct sequence is
Represent the union of two sets by Venn diagram for each of the following.
is a prime number between and
is an odd number between and
Reason: Species is the basic unit of taxonomy.
