On the Basis of Their Morphologies, How Might Linnaeus Have

question 6

Multiple Choice

On the basis of their morphologies, how might Linnaeus have classified the Hawaiian silverswords?

• A) He would have placed them all in the same species.
• B) He would have classified them the same way that modern botanists do.
• C) He would have placed them in more species than modern botanists do.
• D) He would have used evolutionary relatedness as the primary criterion for their classification.

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