Who classified plants into annuals, biennials and perennials?

Aristotle

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Theophrastus

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John Ray

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Carl Linnaeus

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Solution

The correct option is B
Theophrastus

Theophrastus is the father of botany. He classified plants into annuals, biennials, and perennials. John Ray coined the term species. Carl Linnaeus found the binomial system of nomenclature.

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Give two examples of each.

Column A	Column B
(A) Genera Plantarum (3 volumes)	(1) Aristotle
(B) Species Plantarum	(2) Linnaeus
(C) Historia Generalis Plantarum	(3) Bentham and Hooker
(D) Scala Naturae	(4) Plato
	(5) John Ray

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