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*PhoenixRising* · 07-29-2007, 05:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Magical_Mione

"Well, I guess we should figure out the taxa of both plants first." Jasmine took a moment to giggle as she said," The best way to remember the broad scheme of ranks in hierarchical order is to think Dignified Kings Play Chess On Fine Green Silk". Jasmine took her quill and wrote it all down on the parchment in front of her.

"See? Although, technically, we should say Division rather than Phylum since we are dealing with plants and not animals." Now that she was talking about it, Jasmine felt a little of her "old" self get excited about Herbology again.

Amelia was quite amused by this acronym for the scheme of of ranks that Jas had mentioned. Stifling a giggle, she wrote down everything that her friend had said, as she felt completely clueless to it all. She skimmed through her notes to see what else the Professor wanted them to do: What might it look like? What could it do? And what would you call it?

They had already discussed what it might look like and also what it could do, so the one thing left to do was naming it. Then it hit Amelia like a brick! That's what Jas was getting at with this taxa stuff... herbology was making slight sense to her now! With a new, sudden burst of inspiration, she skimmed through her book to find the taxonomy on the two plants they picked: Honking Daffodil and Puffapod.

"Well, if we need to work on naming these plants first, with I guess more scientific names or perhaps how to combine their names. I don't think the Professor would be pleased with a 'honkpod." she paused to hopefully keep from laughing at this term. "Anyway, I've started off by filling in that hierarchy that Jas pointed out, which you can look at here." She pointed to her parchment:

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Domain
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Anthophyta (flowering plant)
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

"As you could see, I really wasn't too sure about anything other than the kingdom or Plantae. More important than the taxonomy part of this discussion though, is how we might combine them. Or did we already discuss that?" She sighed, as she felt so hopeless at this stuff.

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PhoenixRising Quintaped Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in my head [GMT-6] Posts: 58,870 Hogwarts RPG Name: Amelia Adara Graduated Hogwarts RPG Name: Emma Montmorency (#301199) Hufflepuff Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Kartik Ishaan Joshi (#3112da) Ravenclaw Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Kara Walsh (#aa1506) Gryffindor First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Tiffany Rose Slytherin Third Year x12 x8	YesJess! \| Captain Goggles \| Mama Badger \| Eva's Soul Sister \| An OG™ \| It's all in the Numbers Quote: Originally Posted by Magical_Mione "Well, I guess we should figure out the taxa of both plants first." Jasmine took a moment to giggle as she said," The best way to remember the broad scheme of ranks in hierarchical order is to think Dignified Kings Play Chess On Fine Green Silk". Jasmine took her quill and wrote it all down on the parchment in front of her. "See? Although, technically, we should say Division rather than Phylum since we are dealing with plants and not animals." Now that she was talking about it, Jasmine felt a little of her "old" self get excited about Herbology again. Amelia was quite amused by this acronym for the scheme of of ranks that Jas had mentioned. Stifling a giggle, she wrote down everything that her friend had said, as she felt completely clueless to it all. She skimmed through her notes to see what else the Professor wanted them to do: What might it look like? What could it do? And what would you call it? They had already discussed what it might look like and also what it could do, so the one thing left to do was naming it. Then it hit Amelia like a brick! That's what Jas was getting at with this taxa stuff... herbology was making slight sense to her now! With a new, sudden burst of inspiration, she skimmed through her book to find the taxonomy on the two plants they picked: Honking Daffodil and Puffapod. "Well, if we need to work on naming these plants first, with I guess more scientific names or perhaps how to combine their names. I don't think the Professor would be pleased with a 'honkpod." she paused to hopefully keep from laughing at this term. "Anyway, I've started off by filling in that hierarchy that Jas pointed out, which you can look at here." She pointed to her parchment: Quote: Domain Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Anthophyta (flowering plant) Class Order Family Genus Species "As you could see, I really wasn't too sure about anything other than the kingdom or Plantae. More important than the taxonomy part of this discussion though, is how we might combine them. Or did we already discuss that?" She sighed, as she felt so hopeless at this stuff. __________________ ___________________You should take your little finger and just point it in the mirror. ________________________________________Baby, maybe you're the problem ✯