PLANT SYSTEMATICS

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is a science dealing with a COMPREHENSIVE STUDY of diverse organisms with regard to their NATURAL RELATIONSHIPS. It makes use of characteristics and data from many disciplines in carrying out its primary objectives of describing, naming, classifying, identifying and determining relationships of organisms.

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SYSTEMATICS

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The word systematics is derived from the Latinized Greek word

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SYSTEMA

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book by LINNAEUS

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SYSTEMA NATURE

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SYSTEMA NATURE

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LINNAEUS

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is a science usually dealing with PRINCIPLES and PROCEDURES OF CLASSIFICATION

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TAXONOMY

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The word ‘taxonomy’ is derived from the Greek words

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TAXIS = arrangement
NOMOS = law

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TAXIS means

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arrangement

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NOMOS means

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law

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The term ‘taxonomy’ was coined by

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A.P. DE CANDOLLE

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is the process of PRODUCING A LOGICAL SYSTEM OF CATEGORIS, each containing any number of organisms, which allows EASIER REFERENCE to its components, namely kinds of organism Plants ate assigned to groups within A SYSTEM OF HIERARCHY OR RANKS or categories distinguished by structure, origins, and other characteristics.

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CLASSIFICATION

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Classification precedes

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IDENTIFICATION

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is the NAMING OF AN ORGANISM BY REFERENCE TO AN ALREADY EXISTING CLASSIFICATION. It is the act of recognizing or establishing the TAXONOMIC GROUP to which a specimen belongs, applying a name to a specimen.

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IDENTIFICATION

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is the study of the SYSTEM AND METHODS OF NAMING ORGANISMS, and the construction, interpretation, and application of the regulations governing this system. The use of a binomial for the specific name is basic.

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NOMENCLATURE

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The use of a binomial for the specific name is

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BASIC

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The _________ provides RULES to determine what that correct name is.

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INTERNATIONAL CODE OF BOTANICAL NOMENCLATURE

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is the SET OF RULES AND RECOMMENDATIONS dealing with the formal botanical names that are given to plants. Its intent is that each taxonomic group (“taxon”, plural “taxa”) of plants has only ONE CORRECT NAME that is ACCEPTED WORLDIWDE. The value of a scientific name is that it is an identifier; it is not necessarily of descriptive value, or even accurate.

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INTERNATIONAL CODE OF BOTANICAL NOMENCLATURE

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Botanical nomenclature is INDEPENDENT OF ZOOLOGICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE. The Code applies EQUALLY to names of taxonomic groups treated as plants whether or not these groups were originally so treated.

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STRAIGHTFORWARD PRINCIPLE

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The application of names of taxonomic groups is determined by MEANS OF NOMENCLATURAL TYPES.

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TYPE PRINCIPLE

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The nomenclature of a taxonomic group is BASED UPON PRIORITY OF PUBLICATION.

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PRIORITY PRINCIPLE

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Each taxonomic group with a particular circumscription, position, and rank CAN BEAR ONLY ONE CORRECT NAME, THE EARLIEST THAT IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES, except in specified cases.

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UNIQUENESS PRINCIPLE

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Scientific names of taxonomic groups are treated as LATIN regardless of their derivation.

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AS-IT-SHOULD-BE PRINCIPLE

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The Rules of nomenclature are RETROACTIVE unless expressly limited.

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RETROACTIVITY PRINCIPLE

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Swedish Botanist who introduced Binomial Nomenclature

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CAROLUS LINNAEUS

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first word in nomenclature

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GENUS

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second word in nomenclature

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SPECIES

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is the BASIC UNIT of classification

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SPECIES

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must be formed by combining a generic name with the suffix –aceae, but there are eight exceptions to this rule

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FAMILY NAME

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FATHER OF BOTANY

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PHILIPPUS AUREOLUS THEOPHRASTUS BOMBASTUS VON HOHENHEIM