AP BIOLOGY

PLANTS

CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Authority
A
person or people who determined the name for a plant
B
end wall which is perforated with pores
C
chemical product of photosynthesis
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Taxonomists have established several “codes” for scientific nomenclature. These codes are universal and are periodically updated by consensus. The protocol for naming species was invented in the 1700s by Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus.

Detailed explanation-2: -The International Code of Nomenclature for Plants Today, the International Botanical Congress (IBC) oversees the International Code of Nomenclature (ICN) for plants, algae, fungi, and plant fossils.

Detailed explanation-3: -The authority: is name of the author of a taxonomic group cited after the scientific name. In botany every plant family, genus, species, and subspecific taxon (subspecies, variety, or form) is associated with an authority, that is, the name of botanist who first described it.

Detailed explanation-4: -Authority. The “authority, ” or author (the person credited with the first formal use of the name), is formally included after the genus and species in the full version of the scientific name.

Detailed explanation-5: -Known as the “International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, ” the code is based on a two-name (binomial) system developed by the famous botanist Linnaeus. Each plant is given a first name and last name, generally based in Latin, that is unique to each species.

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