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Chapter 18: Classification and Systematics (Taxonomic Studies (image…
Chapter 18: Classification and Systematics
Taxonomic Studies
lipanthes orchid
type specimen
single preserved plant
isotypes
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extremely similar plants
sent to many herbia
prevents plant disasters from occuring
The Major Lines of Evolution
kingdom Plantae
clade of true plants
algae
diversified 400 million years later
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grade classification
old classification of protista
opposed to clade
Cladistics
Cladograms and Taxonomic Categories
eudicots
basal angiosperms
angiosperms
several clades
Understanding Cladograms
cladograms
evolutionary patterns
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node
cladogram branch
clade
Other types of Classification Systems
Classification Systems of Fossils
groupings
formed genera
Artificial Systems of Classification
artificial classification systems
several key characters observed
Levels of Taxonomic Categories
Genera
closely related species
Species
common ancestor
closely related
Binomial system of nomenclature
