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Difference Between Annonaceae and Magnoliaceae | Plant Taxonomy

Annonaceae (Custard Apple Family) 1. Leaves usually exstipulate. 2. Sepals and petals are clearly differentiated. 3.Anthers…

Important Characters of Annonaceae Family (Custard Apple Family) | Plant Taxonomy

The Annonaceae family, commonly known as the custard apple or soursop family, is a diverse group of flowering plants with s…

Important Characters of Ranunculaceae Family ("buttercup family") | Plant Taxonomy

Important Characteristics of Ranunculaceae Family 1. Herbaceous nature 2. Alternate leaves with palmately reticulate venatio…

Important Characters of Magnoliaceae Family (Magnolia Family) | Plant Taxonomy

Important Characters of Magnoliaceae Family:   Arborescent Habit Stipulate leaves Hemicyclic flowers which elongated torus I…

MCQ on Plant Taxonomy | Angiosperm Family Characteristics

1 . Plants with stellate hairs, mucilaginous, free lateral stipule, solitary flowers, free  petals with contorted aestivatio…

Type Method or Typification in Taxonomy

Type method is a legal device to provide the correct name for a taxon. The name of different taxonomic groups is based on th…

The Taxonomic Hierarchy of Plants (Mango)

Once you named an organism you have to assign an appropriate position in a systematic frame work of classification. This f…

Short notes on Binomial System of Nomenclature

Binomial system of nomenclature was introduced by Casper Bauhin (Gaspard Bauhin) in 1596. Who proposed binomial system…

7 Important Characters of Malvaceae (Mallow Family) plants

Systematic position: Polypetalae, Thalamiflorae, Malvales Following are the Important characters of Malvaceae: 1. …

7 Important Characters of Euphorbiaceae (Spurge Family)

Systematic Position:  Monochlamydeae (Apetalae), Unisexuales Following are the most important characters of Euphorbi…

Cronquist’s System of Classification

Arthur Cronquist (1919) developed comprehensive system of classification of angiosperms which deals particularly with the …

Bentham and Hooker’s Classification

Bentham and Hooker jointly published a vast  work the Genera Plantarum in which they arranged their species according to a…

Key to Bentham and Hooker’s System of Classification

Bentham and Hooker divided the Angiospermae into two classes: Dicotyledons and Monocotyledons and in between this they hav…

Merits and Demerits of Bentham and Hooker’s Classification

Bentham and Hooker’s system of classification  was published as a three volumed work in Latin with the title Genera Planta…

Engler and Prantl System of Classification

Engler and Prantl  are names associated with a system published in 1886. Like Benthem and Hooker, he conceived the…

Bessey’s System of Classification

Bessey included many fundamental dispositions of Bentham and Hooker and Engler and Prantl’s systems. Charles Bessey revol…

Hutchinson’s System of Classification of Angiosperms

John Hutchinson  was the author of a classification published between 1926-1934. This system appeared in two volumes “famil…