Question

"Ordines Anomali" of Bentham and Hooker includes :

• A. Seed plants showing abnormal forms of growth and development
• B. Plants represented only in fossil state
• C. Plants described in the literature but which Bentham and Hooker did not see in original
• D. A few orders which could not be placed satisfactory in the classification

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Benthem and Hooker system was published well before there were internationally accepted rules for botanical nomenclature. In this system, terminology for families was not so as it is now.