BIO404 Tma Solutions
1. advocated the use of as many characters as possible, and described 58 families in this work, Families des plantes (1763). So, he is called Father of Numeriacal Taxonomy
Chares E. Bassey
—>> Michel Adanson
John Hutchinson
Antoine L. de Jussieu
2. Basic units adopted in experimental taxonomy includes ecotypes, topotypes and
Species
Genus
Family
—>> Convivia
3. One major difference between classical taxonomy and experimental taxonomy is
—>> Classical taxonomy deals with dead preserved specimen while experimental taxonomy deals with living materials
Classical taxonomy is classifying living entities while experimental taxonomy is classifying non living materials.
Classical taxonomy is about large populations of organisms while experimental is about small populations
Classical taxonomy focuses on families while experimental taxonomy focuses on species.
4. The basic unit of classical taxonomy is the
Population
Family
—>> Species
Genus
5. …..worked at Kew Gardens and considered woody herbaceous habits to be fundamentally different evolutionary trends
Arthur Cronquist (1919-1991)
William Roxburgh (1751-1815)
Charles E. Bassey (1845-1915)
—>> Joh. Hutchinson (1884-1972)
6. A re-known botanist of the 18th century, Linnaeus is best remembered for
—>> The binomial system of nomenclature
The use of two systems at once-initiative grouping and logical division
The first to have a real concept of genera
The use of a system that used many characters and split natural groups and lumped together unnatural ones.
7. The maor scientific interest of Islamic botany from around A.D 610 to about 1100, were
Pharmacy and Agriculture
Agriculture and Anthropology
—>> Medicine and Pharmacy
Decoration and Commerce
8. A famous work running into 12 volumes, containing illustrations and descriptions of 742 plants, comprising their habit, foliage, flowers, fruits, colour e.t.c. was credited to
John Ray (1628-1705)
Andrea Caesalpino (1519-1580)
Joseph P. de Tournefort (1656-1708)
—>> Hendrix Adrioan Van Reede (1636-1691)
9. Linnaeus divided plants into 24 classes based in large plant on the number, union and length of stamens. Plants with one stamen were placed in class monandria; those with two stamens in class
Triandria
Pentandria
—>> Diandria
Tetrandria
10. Carl Linnaeus’s three best- known works are
Systema naturae (1735); Genera plantarum (1727); Historia plantarum (1704)
Systema naturae (1735); Institutiones rei herbariae (1708); Historia plantarum (1704)
—>> Systema naturae (1735); Genera plantarum (1737); Species plantarum (1753)
Species plantarum (1753); Genera plantarum (1737); Historia plantarum (1704)
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