PLANT TAXONOMY EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
2025 #4
Plant Taxonomy - correct answer describing, naming, and classifying plants
3 steps of cataloguing plants - correct answer Naming
Describing
Recording
Nomenclature - correct answer Coding process for assigning names
Cataloguing plants - correct answer Info is recorded in the form of flora and manuals
and comes from the individual specimen.
Herbaria - correct answer Like libraries that hold plant information through time and
space
How do you identify plants? - correct answer In order to identify plants you must know
some dependable characteristics. Luckily there's only a few 100 families or you can just
use a taxonomic key.
What are the basic processes of classification? - correct answer Grouping and ranking
Formal classification hierarchy rules - correct answer Each group is called a taxon (tax's
in plural)
Classification hierarchy - correct answer Domain
-Kingdom
—Division/ Phylum
—-Class
——Subclass
——-Order
———Family
———-Subfamily
————Tribe
————-Genus
—————Subgenus
—————-Section
——————Species
——————-Subspecies
———————Variety
———————-Form
Botanical Nomenclature - correct answer The giving and using of names of plants
Founded in between 13-18th century
, In Latin
Before Latin, how were plants named? - correct answer Before Latin, they were
described in Latin polynomials. A noun followed by descriptive adjectives
Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778) - correct answer father of taxonomy and binomial
nomenclature
Binomial nomenclature - correct answer Two Latin words
First word = genus
Second word = species epithet
ICBN (International Code of Botanical Nomenclature) - correct answer Still used today
Suffixes indicates rank of taxon
Kingdom and Phylum end in -phyta
Class ends in -psida
Subclass ends in -idea
Order ends in -ales
Family ends in -aceae
Subfamily ends in -oidea
Tribe ends in -ceae
Genus and species- are italicized and has no suffix
ICBN Exceptions - correct answer There are 8 families with alternating names that are
equally correct
Genus names are always - correct answer Capital and written in italics or underlined
Genus names are - correct answer Gender specific
Feminine ends in -a
Masculine ends in -um
Neuter ends in -um
-is is either
-e is usually feminine or neuter
Species epithet - correct answer Must always agree with genus genderality
If it is named for a specific person drop the last letters and add -ii
Or
2025 #4
Plant Taxonomy - correct answer describing, naming, and classifying plants
3 steps of cataloguing plants - correct answer Naming
Describing
Recording
Nomenclature - correct answer Coding process for assigning names
Cataloguing plants - correct answer Info is recorded in the form of flora and manuals
and comes from the individual specimen.
Herbaria - correct answer Like libraries that hold plant information through time and
space
How do you identify plants? - correct answer In order to identify plants you must know
some dependable characteristics. Luckily there's only a few 100 families or you can just
use a taxonomic key.
What are the basic processes of classification? - correct answer Grouping and ranking
Formal classification hierarchy rules - correct answer Each group is called a taxon (tax's
in plural)
Classification hierarchy - correct answer Domain
-Kingdom
—Division/ Phylum
—-Class
——Subclass
——-Order
———Family
———-Subfamily
————Tribe
————-Genus
—————Subgenus
—————-Section
——————Species
——————-Subspecies
———————Variety
———————-Form
Botanical Nomenclature - correct answer The giving and using of names of plants
Founded in between 13-18th century
, In Latin
Before Latin, how were plants named? - correct answer Before Latin, they were
described in Latin polynomials. A noun followed by descriptive adjectives
Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778) - correct answer father of taxonomy and binomial
nomenclature
Binomial nomenclature - correct answer Two Latin words
First word = genus
Second word = species epithet
ICBN (International Code of Botanical Nomenclature) - correct answer Still used today
Suffixes indicates rank of taxon
Kingdom and Phylum end in -phyta
Class ends in -psida
Subclass ends in -idea
Order ends in -ales
Family ends in -aceae
Subfamily ends in -oidea
Tribe ends in -ceae
Genus and species- are italicized and has no suffix
ICBN Exceptions - correct answer There are 8 families with alternating names that are
equally correct
Genus names are always - correct answer Capital and written in italics or underlined
Genus names are - correct answer Gender specific
Feminine ends in -a
Masculine ends in -um
Neuter ends in -um
-is is either
-e is usually feminine or neuter
Species epithet - correct answer Must always agree with genus genderality
If it is named for a specific person drop the last letters and add -ii
Or
