The scientist(s) who gave artificial system of classification is/are
A
Joseph Dalton Hooker
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B
George Bentham
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C
Linnaeus
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D
Engler and Pranti
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Solution
The correct option is B Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus (1707- 1778), regarded as the “Father of Systematic Botany”‘, published an artificial system based exclusively on floral characters. Linnaeus sexual system based on floral characters is the most advanced of artificial classification. Linnaeus classifies all the flowering plants under twenty-four classes on the basis of floral character, which includes:
i. A number of stamens present in a flower.
ii. Insertation of floral parts into the thalamus.
iii. Arrangement adhesion and distribution of stamens.
iv. Nature of anther and filaments and their arrangement.