Q. Classification on the basis of chemical constituents of plant is known as

A) Molecular taxonomy
B) Chemical taxonomy
C) Chemotaxonomy
D) Chemosynthetic classification
Explanation

Chemotaxonomy. Numerical taxonomy which is now easily carried out using computers is based on all observable characteristics. Number and codes are assigned to all the characters and the data is then processed. In this way each character is given equal importance and at the same time hundreds of characters can be considered

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