2. Introduction to Plant Systematics
Contents
Defination
Differentiation
Aims
Objectives
Importance
TaxonomicComponents
Scopeof Plant Systematics
Componentfields of Systematic
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5. Inventory of world’sfauna
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oprovide amethod for identification andcommunication
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oproduce acoherent and universal system ofclassification
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odemonstratethe evolutionary implications of plant diversity
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oprovide single Latin “Scientific name” for every groupof plants in the
world, both living andextinct.
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oarrangeplants in sucha wayasto give usan idea aboutthe sequence of
their evolution from simpler, earlier and more primitive type to more
complexes,morerecent, more advancedtype in different periods of history
18. Thearrangement of plants into groups and
sub-groups on the basic of similarities is
called classification. Thecharacters whichare
usesasbasis of classification are called
criteria of classification .Themajor criteria of
classification are morphology,anatomy
,palynology ,karology , embryology ,serology
, phytogeography , andpaleontology.