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Flora: Meaning, Utility and Monograph | Systematic Botany

In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Meaning of Flora 2. Flora Writing 3. Utility 4. Monograph. Meaning of Flora: "Flora is a systematic account of plants of a defined geographical area and provides keys and descriptions of plants for identification". Primary Flora helps in identification of species. It also provides other data like local or vernacular name, distribution, [...]

By |2016-07-12T13:59:04+00:00July 12, 2016|Taxonomy|Comments Off on Flora: Meaning, Utility and Monograph | Systematic Botany

Zoological Nomenclature and Zoological Classification of Animals

In this article we will discuss about zoological nomenclature and zoological classification of animals. Zoological Nomenclature: Names are given to all animals. The name of a particular animal differs in different languages. Even within the same country one animal is known in different names in differ­ent regions. To avoid this intricacy of names, it was proposed to give them a [...]

By |2016-05-27T11:36:29+00:00May 27, 2016|Taxonomy|Comments Off on Zoological Nomenclature and Zoological Classification of Animals

Classification of Animals: Artificial and Natural

In this article we will discuss about the artificial and natural classification of animals. Artificial Classification of Animals: When a classification is constructed on the basis of a few external characters, even a single arbitrarily chosen character and with­out their relationships, called artificial type of classification. The early taxonomists fol­lowed artificial type of classification up to 18th century, e.g., Aristotle [...]

By |2016-05-27T11:36:29+00:00May 27, 2016|Taxonomy|Comments Off on Classification of Animals: Artificial and Natural
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