Question

Write about classification of Carl Linneaus.

Answer 1

• In 1758, Carl Linneaus proposed a system that has dominated classification for centuries. 
• Linneaus gave each organism two names denoting genus and species. 
• He grouped genera into families, families into orders, orders into classes, classes into Phyla, and Phyla into kingdoms. 
• Linneaus identified two kingdoms. Animalia (animals) and Plantae (plants). 
• Linneaus classified organisms on the basis of the similarities and differences.