Who proposed the five kingdom classification? What is the criteria for the basis of classification?

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The five kingdom classification was given by RH Whittaker. He classified the organism into monera, protista, fungi, plantae and animalia. The characteristics used as a basis of classification are:
1) Cell structure
2) Body organisation
3) Mode of nutrition reproduction
4) Phylogenetic relationships

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