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Taxonomy Practice. Common name Red spruce Scotch pine White spruce Which of the following are most closely related?

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1 Taxonomy Practice

2 Common name Red spruce Scotch pine White spruce Which of the following are most closely related?

3 Common nameGenus/species Red sprucePicea rubens Scotch pinePinus sylvestris White sprucePicea glauca

4 Which of the following are most closely related? Why? Common nameGenus/speciesFamily Red sprucePicea rubensPinaceae Scotch pinePinus sylvestrisPinaceae White sprucePicea glaucaPinaceae

5 Which of the following are most likely related? American beech Sweet chestnut Horse chestnut Water chestnut Chestnut oak

6 Can you tell now? Common nameGenus/species American beechFagus grandifolia Sweet chestnutCastanea sativa Horse chestnutAesculeus hippocastanum Water chestnutTrapa natans Chestnut oakQuercus prinus

7 Can you tell now? Common nameGenus/speciesFamily American beechFagus grandifoliaFagacea Sweet chestnutCastanea sativaFagacea Horse chestnutAesculeus hippocastanumSapinadaceae Water chestnutTrapa natansTrapaceae Chestnut oakQuercus prinusFagacea Are any of these surprising? Why?

8 Common nameGenus/speciesFamily Red oakQuercus rubraFagacea White oakQuercus albaFagacea Scotch pinePinus sylvestrisPinaceae Red sprucePicea rubensPinaceae American beechFagus grandifoliaFagacea Sweet chestnutCastanea sativaFagacea Horse chestnutAesculeus hippocastanumSapinadaceae Water chestnutTrapa natansTrapaceae Chestnut oakQuercus prinusFagacea White sprucePicea glaucaPinaceae

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