NEETBotanyThe Living World
Select the correct statement from the following.
Options
- AThe taxonomic categories from species to kingdom have been shown in descending order starting with species.
- BNo sub categories exist apart from these.
- CAs we go higher from species to kingdom, the number of common characteristics goes on decreasing.
- DLower the taxa, more are the characteristics that the members within the taxon share.
Correct answer
D. Lower the taxa, more are the characteristics that the members within the taxon share.
Step-by-step solution
.Lower the category or lower be the taxa more the characteristics are similar Classification is not a single step process but involves hierarchy of steps in which each step represents a rank or category. Since the category is a part of overall taxonomic arrangement, it is called the taxonomic category and all categories together constitute the taxonomic hierarchy. Each category, referred to as a unit of classification, In fact, represents a rank and is commonly termed as taxon (pl.: taxa).