Question
Biology Question on Diversity In The Living World
Which of the following is a merit in the Bentham and Hooker?? system of classification?
A
The position of gymnosperms in between dicots and monocots
B
Closely related families are placed apart
C
The Placement of Family Asteraceae in the beginning of Gamopetalae
D
The placement of order-Rannales in the beginning
Answer
The placement of order-Rannales in the beginning
Explanation
Solution
Takhtajan (1883) gave a natural system of classification for seed plant in their three volume of the book Genera Plantarum. Merit of this system is the placement of order-Rannales in the beginning of classification of dicots.Rannales is considered as a primitive orderby majority of the leading authors.