International Code of Botanical nomenclature (ICBN) has provided a code for classification of plants. Give hierarchy of units of classification botanists follow while classifying plants and mention different ‘Suffixes’ used for the units. Eduinfy.com

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International Code of Botanical nomenclature (ICBN) has provided a code for classification of plants. Give hierarchy of units of classification botanists follow while classifying plants and mention different ‘Suffixes’ used for the units.

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As per the ICBN, various hierarchies of units for classifying plants and suffixes used for such hierarchies are as follows:

Kingdom - Plantae

Division - Phyta

Class - Ae

Order - Ales

Family - Eae or – Ceae

Genus - Contains first name of organism which usually has Latin origin and written in italics

Species - Contains second term of the scientific name which usually has Latin origin and written in italics.