History of Classification and Taxonomy
History of Classification and Taxonomy: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Holotype in Taxonomy, Classical Taxonomy, Artificial Taxonomy, Natural Taxonomy, Experimental Taxonomy, Chemotaxonomy, Cytotaxonomy, Karyotaxonomy, Morphotaxonomy, etc.
Important Questions on History of Classification and Taxonomy
The three-domain system divides
Which of the following is a merit in the Bentham and Hooker's system of classification
In Bentham and Hooker's classification what was positioned in between dicots and monocots
Specimen derived from non-original collection serves as the nomenclatural type, when original specimen is missing. It is known as
Which one of the following pairs was excluded from Whittaker's five kingdom classification
In the hierarchy of classification, the lowest obligatory category in five Kingdom classification is
Match the following lists:
| List-I | List-II | ||
| A) | Camerarius | I) | Conduction of water through xylem |
| B) | Hales | II) | Phylogenetic classification |
| C) | Father of botany | III) | Sexual reproduction |
| D) | Bessey | IV) | Historia plantarum |
Match the following books with their authors:
| Column-I | Column-II | ||
| Families of flowering plants | i. |
Species plantarum |
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| Linnaeus | ii |
Historia plantarum |
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| Benthem & Hooker | iii |
Hutchinson |
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| Theophrastus | iv | Genera plantarum |
Human sperm was discovered by:
What is the name of the book written by Aristotle ?
The practical purpose of classification of living organisms is to
The recent branch of taxonomy is
Karyotaxonomy is the modern branch of classification which is based on
Taxonomic category arranged in a descending order is the
Which of these is correct order of hierarchy?
The scientist who created kingdom Protista to include unicellular plants and animals is:
In the modern system of classification, organisms are classified under _______ Kingdoms.
The evolutionary history of a group of organism is called:
One of the four alternatives can be considered to include the remaining three. Which is that alternative?
Three domain system is primarily based on
