Question

Bentham and Hooker gave which system of classification?
1. Artificial
2. Natural
3. Phylogenetic
4. Numerical

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Natural

The correct answer is Natural.

• George Bentham (1800–1884) and Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911) were famous British plant taxonomists.
• His famous classification method was proposed in the book "Genera Plantarum" published by whom.
• The Bentham and Hooker method is considered the 'Natural Classification' method.

• Classification of organisms is done in the hierarchy of the world, Phylum, Class, Order, Genus, and Species.
• It consists of the highest class 'Kingdom' and the lowest class 'Species'.
  • Kingdom - It is the highest level of classification. There are 5 kingdoms in which the living organisms are classified, namely, Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, and Monera.
  • Phylum - Organisms in a phylum share a set of characteristics that distinguishes them from organisms in another phylum. In botany, the term division has been used instead of the phylum.
  • Class - Class was the most general rank in the taxonomic hierarchy until phyla were not introduced. Kingdom Animalia includes 108 classes.
  • Order - It constitutes one or more than one similar family.
  • Family - It includes various genera that share a few similarities.
  • Genus - A group of similar species forms a genus.
  • Species - It refers to a group of organisms that are similar in shape, form, reproductive features. There are about 8.7 million different species on earth.