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Who, among the following, is known as the Father of Taxonomy?
Who, among the following, is known as the Father of Taxonomy?
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The correct option is D Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus is honoured as the father of taxonomy. Taxonomy is the science of identifying, naming and classifying organisms.
Ernst Haeckel was a German scientist who proposed the three-kingdom system of classification. He classified all organisms into three groups - Animalia, Plantae, and Protista.
Robert Whittaker was the first to propose the five-kingdom taxonomic classification of the world's biota into the Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, and Monera in 1969.
Eichler classified all plants into cryptogams and phanaerogams.
Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus is honoured as the father of taxonomy. Taxonomy is the science of identifying, naming and classifying organisms.
Ernst Haeckel was a German scientist who proposed the three-kingdom system of classification. He classified all organisms into three groups - Animalia, Plantae, and Protista.
Robert Whittaker was the first to propose the five-kingdom taxonomic classification of the world's biota into the Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, and Monera in 1969.
Eichler classified all plants into cryptogams and phanaerogams.
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