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level questions: NOMENCLATURE

Question	Answer
the first person to propose an orderly system for classifying organisms.	Carolus Linnaeus 1707-1778 Father of Taxonomy
All plants have a scientific name composed of two Latin names known as a __ and __	genus, specie
Plant Classification	1 Kingdom 2 Phylum 3 Class 4 Order 5 Family 6 Genus 7 Species King Phillip Comes Over For Great Spaghetti!
plants that produce flowers	Angiospermae (Angiosperms)
Plants which do not produce flowers	(Gymnosperms)
Gymnosperm characteristics	Cone bearing plants Reproduce with scales Called naked seeds Dont have leaves only needles Evergreen plants
Angiosperms Subtypes	1 Dicotyledonae (Dicotyledons, Dicots) 2 Monotyledonae (Monotyledons, Monocots)
Classified in the order in which they are thought to have developed their differences from a common ancestor	Superorder
DICOTS list	1 Magnoliidae 2 Hamamelidae 3 Caryophyllidae 4 Dilleniidae 5 Rosidae 6 Asteridae
MONOCOTS list	1 Alismatidae 2 Commelinidae 3 Arecidae 4 Liliidae
The names of the orders end in ___	-ales
These are plants with many botanical features in common, and are the highest classification normally used.	family
The names of the families end in ___	–aceae
Part of the plant name that is most familiar; the normal name that you give a plant	genus
Level that defines an individual plant The name will describe some aspect of the plant – the color of the flowers, size or shape of the leaves, or it may be named after the place where it was found. Should be written after the genus name, in small letters	Species
The species name is usually chosen to indicate certain characteristics of the plant:	1 Striking characteristic of the plant: 2 Characteristic colour
Cassia acutifolia	Senna - sharp pointed leaflets (acutifolia)
Conium maculatum	poison hemlock - maculate = spotted
Cassia angustifolia	narrow leaflets (angustifolia)
Glycyrrhiza glabra	glabrous = smooth
Atropa belladonna	bella= beautiful donna=lady
Hyoscyamus muticus	(muticus = short)
Brosma serratifolia	(serrat = margin)
Piper nigrum	nigrum = (black)
Digitalis purpurea	purpurea = purple
Digitalis lutea	lutea = (yellow)
Brassica nigra	nigra = (black)
Brassica alba	alba = white
Myristica fragrans	fragrans = (nice aroma)
Caryophyllus aromaticus	aromaticus = aroma
Cinnamomum zeylanicum	growing in Ceylon
Hydrastis canadensis	(growing in Canada)
Tamarindus indica	(growing in India)
Uriginia maritima	(near the coast)
Papaver somniferum	(inducing sleep)
Lytta vesicatoriam	causing blistering
Strychnos nux-vomica	(causing vomiting)
Ipomoea purge	(purgative action)
Allium sativum	(cultivated)
Riticum vulgare	(wild)
Linum usitatissimum	(most useful)
Cinchona ledgeriana	Charles Ledger
Atropa means	fate who cuts the thread of life
Glycyrrhiza	gluco = sweet riza = root
Linum	(Linea = thread)