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Who is father of taxonomy?


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Taxonomy: Taxonomy is the branch of science that deals with the study of classifying organisms.

Carolus Linnaeus is regarded as the father of taxonomy for his extensive contributions to classifying and naming organisms.

  1. Classical taxonomy gives the explanation of classification of species in which species is considered as basic unit.
  2. In this, an organism is classified into kingdoms, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species.
  3. In this classification, the organism is classified using both morphology and phylogeny.

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