In this article we will discuss about the general and classical literature on taxonomy. General Literature on Taxonomy: Taxonomic Literature (TL): It covers full bibliographical details including precise data of publication as well as biological data of the authors. Taxonomic literature is a series of seven volumes and commonly as TL 2, because it is expanded version of an earlier [...]
In this article we will discuss about the role of Phytochemistry in systematic botany. Phytochemistry (plant chemistry) also plays an important role in systematic botany. This is based on the assumption that related plants have a similar chemistry. For example, In Lichens chemical methods are used for identification of genera and species. But there is a controversy between Taxonomists as [...]
In this article we will discuss about Phenetic Versus Phylogen Characters in Taxonomy. Phylogenetic Characters in Taxonomy: Phyletic or Evolutionary or Phylogenetic characters are used primarily in phylogenetic classification. The term Phylogenetic is used in many ways. Haeckel (1886) used the term in evolutionary history of a group. Recently a particular approach to classification (cladism) have used phylogentic to refer [...]