On the Basis of Their Morphologies, How Might Linnaeus Have

question 17

Multiple Choice

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

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

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