Tag: nomenclature in classification

• Eleusine coracana, commonly known as ragi or finger millet is an annual herbaceous plant belonging to family Poaceae.
• It is widely grown as a cereal crop in arid and semi-arid areas in Africa and Asia. 
• It is a short-day plant and native to Ethiopian and Ugandan highlands. It has the ability to withstand cultivation at higher altitudes, high drought tolerance and long storage time of grains.
  
  So, the correct answer is 'Eleusine coracana'.

Millets are a group of highly variable small-seeded grasses, widely grown around the world as grains for human food and fodder. Sorghum is a millet, commonly known as jowar is the genus of flowering plants belonging to grass family Poaceae. Most of the Sorghum species are native to Australia. It is an important crop worldwide and is used as a food, animal fodder, production of biofuels and alcoholic beverages.

Vigna radiata, commonly known as mung bean, green gram, moong or maash is a species of legume family. It is mainly cultivated in India, pakistan, bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka etc. The mung bean is an annual vine with yellow flowers and brown pods. They are commonly used in cuisines across Asia. So, the correct answer is 'Vigna radiata'.

Capsicum annuum, commonly known as red pepper is the species of flowering plant belonging to family Solanaceae. It is native to North America and South America. It is a large shrubby perennial herb. It is a source of popular sweet peppers and hot chillis with numerous varieties cultivated all around the world and is a source of chilli and paprika powders. So, the correct answer is 'Capsicum annuum'.

• Ficus benghalensis or banyan tree is the national tree of India. Banyan trees are found all over tropical and sub-tropical parts of India. They represent the largest trees in the world by canopy coverage. 
• So, the correct answer is 'Ficus benghalensis'

The snow leopard is Panthera uncia.

• The local name of thousands and thousands of plants and animals varies from place to place.
  
• Hence, there is a need to standardize the naming of a living organism such that a particular organism is known by the same name all over the world.
• And so Binomial Nomenclature was given.
• The first name denotes the name of the genus and second denotes the Species name.

• The local name of thousands and thousands of plants and animals varies from place to place.
  
• Hence, there is a need to standardize the naming of a living organism such that a particular organism is known by the same name all over the world.
• And so Binomial Nomenclature was given.
• The first name denotes the name of the genus and second denotes the Species name.

• Binomial nomenclature is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, genus and specific epithet. 
  
• The formal introduction of this system of naming species is credited to Carl Linnaeus, effectively beginning with his work Species Plantarum in 1753.