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The Living World Flashcards

1
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HUMANS

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HOMO SAPIENS

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2
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LION

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PANTHERA LEO

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3
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DOG

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Canis familiaris

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4
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Onion

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Allium cepa

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5
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Wheat

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Triticum aestivum

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6
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Bringal

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Solanum melongena

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7
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Rose

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Rosa indica

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8
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Pigeon

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Columba Livia

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9
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Binomial nomenclature year

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1751

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10
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Principal of priority

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Most X rule
Most prior is Linnaues
Animal: 10 edition of SYSTEMA NATURAE in 1758
Plant: SPECIUS PLANTARUM in 1753

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11
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Potato

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Solanum tuberosum

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12
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Black nightshade or Makoi

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Solanum nigrum

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13
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Wolf

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Canis lupus

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14
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Jackal

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Canis aureus

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15
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PANTHERA pardus

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Leopard

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16
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Biological concept of species

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ERNST MAYR, interbreeding

17
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Royal botanical garden

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Kew England

18
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Central nstional herbarium

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National botanical garden nbri

20
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Indian botanical garden

21
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Llyod botanical garden

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Darjeeling

22
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Liquid used in museum

23
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Taxonomic aids: KEY

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Similarities, dissimilarity
Contrasting pair called couplet
Each called LEAD
Generally analytic in nature

24
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Tomato

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solanum lycoperseam L

25
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Ontogeny

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History of organisms

26
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Phylogeny

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Evolutionary history of organisms

27
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New systematics

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also called Biosystematics, neosystemqtics
Morphology, ecology, biochemical,genetiacl, etc
JuLIAN HUXLEY coined
Basic unit is POPULATION/ SUB SPECIES

28
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Aristotle title

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Father of taxonomy

Father of biology/Zoology

29
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Father of botony

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Theophrastus

30
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Father of Indian botany/ Indian herbaria

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William rouxburgh

31
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Trinomial nomenclature

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Lamarchw
Subspecies (animal) varieties( plant)
32
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Synonum

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Except 1st name, all others are called synonym

Eg: Albugo Candida

33
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Tribe

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Intermediate betw sub family a d species

34
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Suffix:
Division
Class
Order
Family
Tribe
.
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Kingdom
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Phyta
Phyceae, opsida, ae
Ales
Aceae
Eae
.
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Family: Idae
Tribe: Ini
35
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Species was coined by

36
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How many obligate and intermediate catogores are there

37
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Herbarium

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Collection( kept in mettalic vasculum,polythene for moisture)
Drying( newspaper)
Poisoning(0.1% of Corrosive sublimate HgCl2)
Mounting
Stitching. 41 X 29cm 16½ X 11½
Labelling 7 X 12 cm
Deposition Bentham and hooker system

They are sprayed woth dry powder, copper sulphate for 4 o 6 months to prevent small insuct like SiLvEr FisH

38
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Trinomial nomenclature

1: Indian crow
2. Gorilla
3. Cabbage
3. Indian babul

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Corvus splendens splendens

  1. Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla
  2. Brassica oleracea bar. Capita
  3. Acacia Nilotica Indica

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