DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.Sc. (Botany) (Specialization Plant Biotechnology) DEGREE
EXAMINATION, MAY 2018.
PLANT TAXONOMY
(2008 Onwards)
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
Answer any FIVE questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
20 100)
1. Write an account on the concept of species.
What are the significance of Botanical
Nomenclature?
What are ecads and ecotypes?
2. Give an account on structural systematic.
List the objectives and scope of taxonomy.
Give an account on RFLP and AFLP in taxonomic
studies.
3. Write an essay on historical account of plant
classification.
Write an account on the merits and demerits of
Bentham and Hooker system of classification.
Give an account on Draft biocode.
Sub. Code
12
DE-4076
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sp4
4. Explain in detail about phylogenetic system of plant
classification prescribed in your syllabus.
Write about merits and demerits of Hutchinson
system of classification.
Write about the economically important plants in
Ranunculaceae.
5. Give an elaborate account on Numerical taxonomy.

Briefly write about biosystematics.
How for PCR is helpful in taxonornic studies?
6. Give an account on principles of Priority.
Write an essay on Binomial system of Nomenclature

Give a brief account on fioristic region in India.
7. Give an account of the choice of names and rejection
of names in ICBN.
Explain the effective publication and valid
publication.
What is typification? Give different types with
suitable example.
8. Write an account on the family of Rhamnaceae.
Explain the family characters and economic
importance of Boraginaceae.
Explain the diagnostic features of Loranthaceae.