Chapter 16 – Plant Names and Classification
Chapter 16
Plant Names and Classification
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The first person(s) of note to attempt to organize and classify plants was/were
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2. In Linnaeus’ book, Species Plantarum, all known plants were
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3. In which century was Linnaeus’ Species Plantarum published?
4. In the thirteenth century A.D., features of stem structure were used to recognize the
following two groups: ___________________.
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5. Linnaeus organized all known plants into 24
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6. Linnaeus’ classes were based primarily on
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7. Linnaeus’ classification system is now considered to be _________________, as it was not
based on evolutionary relationships.
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8. One goal of plant taxonomists is to have _________________ for each species.
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9. Common names for plants (such as squirrel corn) are ____________________________.
10. Scientific names consist of two parts and the method of naming is known as
______________.
11. Linnaeus developed the first taxonomic key, a tool that ________________.
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12. The International Code of Botanical Nomenclature is
13. In 1867, when about 150 botanists met in Paris and agreed on some rules pertaining to
plants, one of their basic rules was
14. Naming of a new cultigen or clade follows
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15. In Latin binomials (i.e., scientific names of organisms), the second part of each name is
referred to as the
16. In the past, all organisms were classified in two kingdoms. Who proposed a
three-kingdom system in the 1860s?
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17. One of the basic problems with Copeland’s four-kingdom system was
18. In Whittaker’s five-kingdom classification, which of the following is NOT used as a basis
for distinguishing among kingdoms?
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19. The kingdom-level classification system is now preceded by the ___________ category,
which is based on evolutionary and biochemical characteristics of all living organisms.
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20. Which of the following factors lead to changes at the kingdom and domain level of
classification?
21. Which of the following signifies the classification rank of the scientific name Allium
cepa?
22. To which of the following do viruses belong?
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23. Which of the following species concepts is not very useful in defining plant species
because some plant groups readily hybridize with other plant groups?
24. Keys constructed by taxonomists to aid in identification of organisms are usually
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25. In the key to the major groups (phyla/divisions) given in the classification, which of the
following is/are used to distinguish among the phyla (divisions)?
In the key to the major groups (phylum/division ) given in the classification chapter, which of
the following is/are used to distinguish among divisions?
26. Which statement about the kingdom concept is INCORRECT?
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27. Keys at the phylum (division) level may not be completely practical because of which of
the following?
28. Scientists who specialize in identifying, naming and classifying organisms are called
_______.
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29. The foundation of any classification system is the species level. Which of the following is
accepted as a way of classifying species?
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30. The cladistic species concept is based on __________________________.
True / False Questions
31. Latin phrase names were in use before Linnaeus assigned the generic (genus) name as the
first word of a binomial.
32. Naming of a newly discovered species is done according to the Binomial System of
Nomenclature.
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33. Slime molds are typical examples of the Kingdom Protoctista (later named Kingdom
Protista).
34. Although currently the terms division and phylum for plants may be used
interchangeably, initially the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN) required
the use of division for plants, phylum for non-plants.
35. A dichotomous key is a twofold description of a kingdom.
36. A specific epithet is the second part of a Latin binomial (scientific name) of an organism.
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37. Species is the lowest rank of classification used today for any living organism.
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38. All organisms with prokaryotic cells are assigned to Kingdom Fungi.
39. Whittaker’s system of classification is based partly on three basic forms of nutrition.
40. The singular of species is specie.
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41. The science of classifying and naming organisms is called systematics.
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42. A species name consists of a genus name and a specific epithet name.
43. The language of scientific names is the Greek language.
44. Similar families of plants are grouped into orders.
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45. One drawback of an identification key is that it may oversimplify the differences between
two organisms because it cannot list all the characteristics of each group.
46. A plant name at the divisional rank always ends with opsida.
47. In the hierarchy of classification, a Class is higher in rank than an Order.
48. The earliest development of the kingdom concept divided all organisms into three
kingdoms, animals, plants, and fungi.
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49. Bacteria are separated from protists on the basis of size; protists being larger than
bacteria.
50. Lichens do not fit easily into any of the classification schemes because they are really two
organisms living together.
51. Plant family names can be recognized by the name ending in –aceae.
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52. According to the principle of parsimony, a cladogram based on the greatest number of
assumptions is most accurate representation of the phylogenetic relationship between
organisms.