Who wrote the book ‘Systema Naturae’ and ‘Species Plantarum’?

Bentham and Hooker

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Linnaeus

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John Ray

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Engler and Prantl

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Solution

The correct option is B Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus wrote the books ‘Systema Naturae’ and ‘Species Plantarum’.

Bentham and Hooker published the book ‘Genera plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis kewensibus servata definita’.

John Ray coined the term "species" for a group of morphologically similar organisms and also tried to differentiate between genus and species.
Engler and Prantl wrote the book ‘Die naturlichen pflanzen familien’ .

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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