International Code of Botanical Nomenclature →ICBN) has provided a code for classification of plants. Give hierarchy of units of classification botanists follow while classifying plants and mention different ‘Suffixes’ used for the units.
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International Code of Botanical Nomenclature →ICBN) has provided a code for classification of plants. Give hierarchy of units of classification botanists follow while classifying plants and mention different ‘Suffixes’ used for the units.
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The hierarchy followed in plants:
Species → Genus → Family → Order → Class →Division → Kingdom
Suffixes used by botanists are as follows:
Taxon Suffix
a) Division -phyta
b) Class -ae
c) Order -ales
d) Family -aceae
Answer:
The International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN) has provided the hierarchy of units of classification followed by botanists, while classifying plants and various 'SUFFIXES' used, are very helpful to ease our studies.
Explanation:
As per the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN) different hierarchies of units for classifying plants and the suffixes used for such hierarchies are as follows:
• Kingdom - Plantae (no fixed suffix)
• Division - phyta (Spermatophyta, Thallophyta, Pteridophyta)
• Class - ae (Monocotyledonae, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledonae)
• Order/cohort - les (Example - Asterales, Rosales, Fabales)
• Family - ceae (example, Asteraceae, Rosaceae, Fabaceae)
• Genus (no fixed suffix)
• species - (no fixed suffix)