Diversity and Classification of Plant Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update 2024 Already Passed
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Diversity And Classification Of Plant
Diversity and Classification of Plant Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update 2024 Already Passed
Domain - Answers Eukarya
Kingdom - Answers Plantae
Microscopic plants - Answers Cannot be seen by the naked eye, e.g., green algae.
Macroscopic plants - Answers Large enough to be seen by the nak...
Phanerogams - Answers Seed-bearing or flowering plants, e.g., gymnosperms and angiosperms.
Dicot - Answers Plants with 2 cotyledons.
Monocot - Answers Plants with 1 cotyledon.
Netted veined leaf - Answers Characteristic of dicot plants.
Parallel veined leaf - Answers Characteristic of monocot plants.
Woody stem - Answers Characteristic of trees, which have a single main-stem.
Shrubs - Answers Medium-sized plants with branches starting from just above the ground.
Herbs - Answers Small plants with soft stems, e.g., radish, cabbage, grass.
Annuals - Answers Plants that complete their life cycle in one growing season, e.g., tomatoes, peppers.
Biennials - Answers Plants that take 2 years to complete their life cycle, e.g., cabbage, carrots.
Perennials - Answers Plants that live for more than 2 years, e.g., apples, mango, coconut tree.
Terrestrial plants - Answers Plants that grow on land.
Epiphytic plants - Answers Plants that grow on another plant but are not parasitic.
Aquatic plants - Answers Plants that grow in water.
Parasitic plants - Answers Plants that obtain all or part of their nutrition from another plant.
Hydrophytic plants - Answers Plants growing wholly or partially in water, e.g., water lilies.
Mesophytic plants - Answers Terrestrial plants neither adapted to dry nor wet environments.
Xerophytic plants - Answers Plants evolved to survive in dry regions such as deserts.
Halophytic plants - Answers Salt-tolerant plants that grow in high salinity soil or waters.
, Autophytic/Autotrophic - Answers Plants that synthesize their own food.
Heterophytic/Heterotrophic - Answers Plants that obtain food from other sources.
Saprophytes - Answers Plants that live on dead or decaying organic matter.
True Parasites - Answers Plants that are fully parasitic on their host.
Hemiparasites - Answers Plants that are partially parasitic on the roots or shoots of a plant host.
Insectivorous plants - Answers Plants that trap and digest insects for nutrients.
Vegetative activities - Answers Activities related to growth and preservation of the individual.
Reproductive activities - Answers Activities concerned with the continuation and propagation of the
species.
Classification - Answers Arrangement of plants into groups and sub-groups based on similarities.
Taxa - Answers The units of classification.
Species - Answers Species is the basic unit of classification.
Genera - Answers Genera are composed of one or more similar species.
Families - Answers Similar genera form a family.
Order - Answers Similar families form an order.
Class - Answers Similar orders form a class.
Phylum or division - Answers Similar class form phylum; Phylum is also called division in plants.
Importance of Classification - Answers Classification arranges the plants in different systematic groups.
Phylogenetic relationships - Answers Classification gives phylogenetic relationships among the plants.
Common names - Answers Used by local people; may be totally different from one country to another.
Scientific Names - Answers This two-word-system of giving plant names is referred to as the Binomial
System of Nomenclature.
Binomial System of Nomenclature - Answers Extensively used for the first time by Linnaeus in his book
'Species Plantarum' which was published in 1753.
Land Plants - Answers Evolved from green algae, specifically Charophytes.
Chloroplast similarity - Answers Chlorophyll a and b.
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