Question

Which of the following is a merit in the Bentham and Hooker’s system of classification?

• A. The position of gymnosperms in between dicots and monocots
• B. Closely related families are placed apart
• C. The Placement of Family Asteraceae in the beginning of Gamopetalae
• D. The placement of order-Rannales in the beginning

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Takhtajan (1883) gave a natural system of classification for seed plant in their three volume of the book Genera Plantarum. Merit of this system is the placement of order-Rannales in the beginning of classification of dicots.Rannales is considered as a primitive orderby majority of the leading authors.