Classification

Father of Botany

Father of Botany

Theoprastus, Only his worked survived

Theoprastus was the student of who?

Student of Artistotle

Primary outlet of botany for many centuries

Herbal, gave descriptions of wild plants and their medicinal uses

What’s the English(or other language) “common-tongue” name for a plant?

Common name

• Each vary from region/person

• Can be shared among many unrelated species

• Can be misleading

Father of Taxonomy

Linnaeus

What did Linnaeus invent? (the long one)

Invented Binomial Nomenclature

The rankings of classification of organisms

• Domain

• Kingdom

• Phylum/Division (botany term)

• Class (between 3 classes)

  • Monocots, Dicots (U new), Dicots (old)

• Order

• Family

• Genus

• Species

[Did] King Phillip Came Out For Good Soup. [?]

ICBN stands for:

International Code of Botanical Nomeclature

Plant family names must end in:

—aceae

Plant division names usually ends in:

—phyta

Genus is always __ and __.

Uppercase and Italicized (underlined if handwritten)

Species is always __ and __.

Lowercase and Italicized (underlined if handwritten)

Must also always be accompanied by a genus.

What name takes priority?

Oldest Name takes priority

Names can’t be reused for what organisms?

Unrelated organisms

If the genus is different, then the species name can be the same

What names have an x in between the genus and species?

Hybrid names

What names are used for plants that have been asexually propagated?

Cultivar Names

Grouping based by physical traits (what Linnaeus did)

Phonetic grouping

Grouping based by relationships (evolutionary history)

Cladistics grouping

Cladistics of organisms

Phylogeny

Grouping which includes common ancestor and all descendants

Monophyletic grouping

Grouping which includes common ancestor by only some descendants

Paraphyletic grouping

Grouping which does not include common ancestor

Polyphyletic grouping (not useful)

What helps solve a grouping problem but makes it complicated?

Unranked Clades

Species in a population that looks the same:

Morphological

Species in a population that can produce fertile offspring:

Biological

Species in a population that shares an evolutionary history:

Evolutionary