The Living World Question 32

32. “Taxonomy without phylogeny is similar to bones without flesh” is the statement of

[1994]

(a) Oswald Tippo

(b) John Hutchinson

(c) Takhtajan

(d) Bentham and Hooker

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Answer : c

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(c) The statement was given by Takhtajan. Armen Leonovich Takhtajan or Takhtajian, was a Soviet-Armenian botanist, one of the most important figures in $20^{\text{th }}$ century plant evolution and systematics and biogeography. His other interests included morphology of flowering plants, paleobotany, and the flora of the Caucasus.