DENDROLOGY

DENDROLOGY AND SOCIETY

PLANT CLASSIFICATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
system uses Latin names to categorize organisms into groups
A
taxadermy
B
taxonomy
C
binomial nomenclature
D
scientific names
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Linnaeus decided that all species names should be in Latin and should have two parts. Remember, this 2-part system is called binomial nomenclature. It is still used today and gives every species one unique 2-part scientific name.

Detailed explanation-2: -In biology, taxonomy (from Ancient Greek (taxis) ‘arrangement’, and- (-nomia) ‘method’) is the scientific study of naming, defining (circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are seven main taxonomic ranks: kingdom, phylum or division, class, order, family, genus, and species.

Detailed explanation-4: -Latin was the lingua franca of scientific work in the West during the Middle Ages, so Western scientists used Latin for naming species of organisms.

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