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"Taxonomy without phylogeny is similar to bones without 'flesh" is the statement of

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Oswald Tippo
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John Hutchinson
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Takhtajan
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Bentham and Hooker
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The correct option is C Takhtajan
It was Takhtajan, who said that taxonomy without phylogeny was similar to bones without flesh. Armen Leonovich Takhtajan or Takhtajian, was a Soviet - Armenian botanist, one of the most important figures in 20th century plant evolution and systematics and biogeography.
So, answer is- '
Takhtajan'.

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