Question

In plant taxonomy, a division is the equivalent to

• A. Family
• B. Order
• C. Class
• D. Phylum

Answer 1

The correct option is D Phylum

• Plant taxonomy is the main branches of taxonomy, which refers to the study of plant classification. Classification is keeping objects into groups. Classification involves naming (nomenclature), describing (assigning features to a taxon), and identifying (determining that an unknown element is identical to known one) species.
• The term taxonomy was originally coined by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1813. The founder of plant taxonomy is Linnaeus, who is credited with the binomial system and classification hierarchy. Hierarchy of categories is the classification of organisms in a definite sequence of categories in a descending order, starting from the kingdom and reaching up to species or an ascending order from species to kingdom.
• A division is a category higher than that of a class. The term phylum is used for animals while division is commonly employed for the plants. A division or phylum is formed of one or more classes. For example, the division of Spermatophyta in plants has similarly 7 classes of gymnosperms and two classes of angiosperms.

So the correct option is 'Phylum'.