Tag: botany

A plant which lives for a few days is called ephemral because of a very short growing season.  Such plant are found near desert or in very cold  countries e.g., Arabidopsis species  have life span of  20-28 days . 

• The International code of botanical nomenclature (ICBN) is the organization that is responsible for rules and recommendations which are proposed whenever organisms are named. 
• There were different codes that were put forward in the years of 1800 and 1900s. 
• The final revised code for ICBN was revised and accepted in the year 1978. 

It absorbs only blue and yellow green light and becomes inactive for the photomorphogenesis, photoperiodism etc.

Amorphophallus (or simple spadix inflorescence) is the largest inflorescence with 5.5 m length. Amorphophallus inflorescences variety in size from small, to the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world. This is the Amorphophallus titanium. It is found in the jungles of Sumatra. Whereas the remaining three are not in this category of the inflorescence.

The correct option is C.

Maize is a monocotyledonous plant where as China  rose, Mango and sunflower are dicotyledonous plants. 

Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and scientist who gave the original classification upon his study of 500 animals based on environment, movement and structural similarities. He has been considered the father of Zoology, Biology, and Embryology. 

Taxonomy refers to a biological classification in which the organisms are arranged in distinct groups based on their common characteristics. It mainly includes the process of identifying and classifying living organisms and give names to them

So, the correct answer is 'Taxonomy'

The term taxonomy was coined by De Candolle. It is defined as the classification of living organisms into different groups based on their nomenclature. Three main objectives of taxonomy are Identification, Nomenclature and Classification.