HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

FLORICULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A person who identifies and classifies plants is known as an
A
Taxidermist
B
Taxonomist
C
Agronomist
D
Horticulturist
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Taxonomists who work in natural science fields name and classify plants, animals and natural elements. They identify and name new species and diseases so that other scientists can discuss them appropriately during their studies.

Detailed explanation-2: -A taxonomist is a biologist that groups organisms into categories. A plant taxonomist for example, might study the origins and relationships between different types of roses while an insect taxonomist might focus on the relationships between different types of beetles.

Detailed explanation-3: -The classification system groups, in order from largest to smallest, are kingdom, phylum or division, class, order, family, genus, and species (Figure 2). Linnaeus also described a bino-mial naming system. All organisms were given two names-the genus continues to evolve.

Detailed explanation-4: -It is also known as the sexual system of classification.

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