Question

Who is the father of classical taxonomy?

Answer 1

Taxonomy:

1. Carl Linnaeus is considered as the father of taxonomy.
2. Taxonomy is the branch of science that deals with the study of classifying organisms.
3. Classical taxonomy deals includes classification of species in which species are considered as basic unit.
4. In this, an organism is classified into domains, kingdoms, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species. In this, the organism is classified using both morphology and phylogeny.