Question

Write the objectives of classification of plants.

Answer 1

The aim of classification is to place the plants into a hierarchy of ranks or categories such as species, genera, families and so on. In addition to expressing relationship based on common features, classification serves as a filing and information retrieval system and allows easier reference to organisms comprising the filing system i.e. it provides an idea bout the sequence of evolution of plants from simple to more complex and from more primitive to more advanced types.

Answer 2

Objectives of Plant Taxonomy: The first object of plant taxonomy is to identify all the kinds of plants on earth with their names, distinctions, distribution, habit, characteristics and affinities. ... The second objective is to arrange the kinds of plants into a scheme of classification or an orderly arrangement.