Multiple choice

“Taxonomy without phylogeny is similar to bones without flesh” is the statement of

  1. Oswald Tippo

  2. John Hutchinson

  3. Takhtajan

  4. Bentham and Hooker
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The 'Takhtajan System' of flowering plant classification (Armen Takhtajan, 1997, Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants) treats flowering plants as a division or phylum (Magnoliophyta) with two classes (monocots and dicots) which are organised into subclasses.

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