Question:
International Code of Botanical Nomenclature →ICBN) has provided a code for classification of plants. Give hierarchy of units of classification botanists follow while classifying plants and mention different ‘Suffixes’ used for the units.
Solution:
The hierarchy followed in plants:
Species → Genus → Family → Order → Class →Division → Kingdom
Suffixes used by botanists are as follows:
Taxon Suffix
(a) Division -phyta
(b) Class -ae
(c) Order -ales
(d) Family –aceae