JCECE Medical JCECE Medical Solved Paper-2015

  • question_answer
    The system of classification proposed by Linnaeus are artificial because

    A)  It considered physiological characters along with morphology

    B)  It considered evolutionary relationships of plants

    C)  It takes into account similarities and differences in few uniflying characters

    D)  None of the above

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

     Linnaeus on the basis of number and position of stamens, divided flowering plants into 23 classes. He included all the non-flowering plants such as algae, fungi, lichens, mosses and ferns in a separate class called Cryptogamria his system was labelled as artificial system because it was based on a few characters. According to him, his system of classification did not consider relationships. His system also places widely unrelated families of monocotyledons and dicotyledons in one class.


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