Question

Which is the essential and prime source of taxonomic studies of plants and animals?
(a) Identification
(b) Nomenclature
(c) Classification
(d) Collection of specimen

Answer 1

Hint: For studying the taxonomy of plants and animals, scientists require different species of organisms. Since it is difficult to find all the organisms they will be collected and stored.

Complete answer:
All the living organisms are classified and placed in different taxa based on the different characters of living organisms. This is called taxonomy. Basic concepts of taxonomy are identification, characterization, and nomenclature.
Taxonomic studies of various species of plants, animals, and other organisms are useful in agriculture, forestry, industry, and knowing information about our bio reserves and their diversity. Correct classification and identification are required for these studies. The collection of actual specimens of plants and animal species is the essential and prime source of taxonomic studies.

Additional Information: - Local names of plant and animal species vary from place to place resulting in a lot of confusion in the identification of species. To overcome this a process called nomenclature is introduced where plants and animals are named scientifically with the genus and species
- Based on the agreed principles and criteria of the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature(ICBN) plants are named with scientific names. International Code for Zoological Nomenclature(ICZN) principles and criteria are used to name animals.
- For correct classification and identification of organisms, it requires intensive laboratory and field studies. The prime source of taxonomic studies is the collection of actual specimens of plants and animal species
-FTo preserve information and specimens, biologists have established certain techniques like herbarium, botanical and zoological gardens, and museums.
So, the correct answer is ‘Collection of specimen’.

Note: -Taxonomic studies of plants, animals, and other organisms led to the development of common categories such as kingdom, division(for plants) or phylum(for animals), class, order, family, genus, and species.
-Species is the lowest category of all the organisms of the plant and animal kingdom.