International Code of Botanical nomenclature (ICBN) has provided a code for the classification of plants. Give a hierarchy of units of classification botanists follow while classifying plants and mention different ‘suffixes’ used for the units.
Ans: According to the International Code of Botanical nomenclature, the units of classifications and their suffixes used by the botanists are given below.
Hierarchy |
Suffix used |
Kingdom |
- plantae |
Division |
- phyta |
Class |
- ae |
Order |
- ales |
Family |
- eae or -ceae |
Genus |
It is the first term of the scientific name of the organism |
Species |
It is the second term of the scientific name of the organism |