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Introductory Plant Biology, 9/e
Kingsley R. Stern, California State University, Chico
Plant Names and Classification

Chapter Quiz



1

The scientific name of an organism is a two part Latin phrase consisting of a unique genus and species name.
A)True
B)False
2

Theophrastus is credited with creating the binomial list of Latin names in his 1753, Species Plantarum.
A)True
B)False
3

The two kingdoms proposed for the first classification scheme were plants and microorganisms.
A)True
B)False
4

The most widely accepted system for classification recognizes four kingdoms.
A)True
B)False
5

A dichotomous key consists of a pair of statements based on features of the organisms.
A)True
B)False
6

The process of portraying evolutionary relationships in straight-line diagrams is called cladistics.
A)True
B)False
7

In the name, Plantago major, the first word is the
A)polynomial.
B)genus name.
C)species name.
D)kingdom name.
8

Originally, scientific names consisted of a Latin phrase called a
A)genus.
B)species epithet.
C)polynomial.
D)varieties.
9

The authority name that follows a binomial refers to
A)Linneaus.
B)the person who first described the species.
C)its geographic location.
D)related species.
10

What is the name given to the rules for naming and classifying plants by botanists of all nationality?
A)Species Plantarum
B)Contemporary Plant Systemics
C)International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
D)Flora of Holstein
11

Which of the following is NOT a kingdom included in the five-kingdom system of classification?
A)Archaebacteria
B)Monera
C)Fungi
D)Protista
12

The plant kingdom is first divided into which category of classification?
A)families
B)divisions
C)orders
D)classes
13

Species are sometimes divided into
A)forms.
B)varieties.
C)subspecies.
D)all of the above.
E)none of the above.
14

Taxonomists who involve the evolutionary process in trying to sort out natural relationships are called
A)cladograms.
B)mycologists.
C)systematists.
D)phycologist.
15

In cladistics, the value or form of a feature is referred to as a
A)character state.
B)parsimony.
C)dichotomy.
D)variety.








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