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 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.

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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

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