HORTICULTURE UNIT 2 -PLANT TAXONOMY EXAM
WITH ANSWERS #16
Common Name - correct answer what a plant is known as/ called
Ex: tiger lily (non-scientific name)
Binomial System - correct answer two-name system
(2 latin names for their scientific name)
Genus - correct answer plants in the same "family", they have similar characteristics
Species - correct answer same "kind" will consistently produce plants of the same type
Cultivar - correct answer "cultivated variety"
Order of Taxonomy: - correct answer Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family,
Genus, Species,
Cultivar (or variety)
Taxonomist - correct answer scientists who identify and classify plants
Scientific names of plants are expressed in Latin because - correct answer it is an
international language and was used by the early scholars to express plant names
The name of the person who developed the binomial system for naming plants is -
correct answer Carolus Linnaeus
Why are Latin names of plants italicized? - correct answer because it is conventional to
italicize words and phrases that are expressed in a different language
Which of the following plants has the same common and genus and species name? -
correct answer Aloe vera
Name 3 flower types - correct answer simple flower, tube flower, composite flower
The cultivar name is - correct answer placed at the end in Italics or a single quote or
after cv.
The generic name of the plant is - correct answer placed first and begins with a capital
letter.
Scientific names are used to - correct answer avoid confusion concerning the names of
plants.
WITH ANSWERS #16
Common Name - correct answer what a plant is known as/ called
Ex: tiger lily (non-scientific name)
Binomial System - correct answer two-name system
(2 latin names for their scientific name)
Genus - correct answer plants in the same "family", they have similar characteristics
Species - correct answer same "kind" will consistently produce plants of the same type
Cultivar - correct answer "cultivated variety"
Order of Taxonomy: - correct answer Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family,
Genus, Species,
Cultivar (or variety)
Taxonomist - correct answer scientists who identify and classify plants
Scientific names of plants are expressed in Latin because - correct answer it is an
international language and was used by the early scholars to express plant names
The name of the person who developed the binomial system for naming plants is -
correct answer Carolus Linnaeus
Why are Latin names of plants italicized? - correct answer because it is conventional to
italicize words and phrases that are expressed in a different language
Which of the following plants has the same common and genus and species name? -
correct answer Aloe vera
Name 3 flower types - correct answer simple flower, tube flower, composite flower
The cultivar name is - correct answer placed at the end in Italics or a single quote or
after cv.
The generic name of the plant is - correct answer placed first and begins with a capital
letter.
Scientific names are used to - correct answer avoid confusion concerning the names of
plants.
