Question

"Ordines Anomali" of Bentham and Hooker includes

• A. seed plants showing abnormal forms of growth and development
• B. plants described 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 satisfactorily in the classification

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Bentham and Hooker proposed the system of classification of seed plants, called artificial system, published in their book Genera Plantarum $(1862-83)$.Bentham and Hooker did not know the affinities of the families placed under ordines, anomali and the families, were tentatively grouped together.