Question

Natural system of plant classification was given by
A. Aristotle
B. Linnaeus
C. Bentham and Hooker
D. Robert Hooke

Answer 1

Hint: Natural classification differentiates plants into groups based on their physical and anatomical features. Some plants have seed while some do not. Some have flowers, some don’t. plants can be aquatic or land. They all have different features to place them in different groups.

Complete answer:
Classification is a grouping of organisms based on their characters. So the natural classification means grouping the natural organisms including plants and animals based on their similarities or shared features.

 Let us learn about the works of the scientists in the options.
>Option A. Aristotle: he developed the first system of classification in animals. He used their physical appearances to group them. Then his classification of plants and animals had a problem as he placed different charactered species in the same group as he divided them based on their habitat.
>Option B. Linnaeus: Carolus Linneaus is the father of taxonomy. This system classifies and names the organisms. He gave the hierarchical system of classification which had various rankings. He considered all the specifications of the organisms at that time.
>Option C. Bentham and Hooker: They gave the natural classification of plants which was based on the natural characters like seed plants. It was all explained in the book Genera Plantarum. He learnt about the leaves of the plants whether they are simple, compound, alternate, stipulate, petiole and wavy margins.
>Option D. Robert Hooke: He discovered the cell theory which stated the cell to be the fundamental unit of life. He studies the cell in the cork cell under the microscope. He told me that the cells come from pre-existing cells.

So the answer is option C: Bentham and Hooker.

Note: The natural classification of plants contributed to the evolutionary studies. The naming of plants is called Nomenclature. Linneaus gave the binomial nomenclature system which had the two-word name for the plant. A herbarium is a place where a dried specimen of plants are collected mounted on the herbarium sheets.