AP BIOLOGY

CLASSIFICATION

THE THREE DOMAIN CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who first proposed binomial nomenclature as a way of classifying organisms?
A
Carl Linnaeus
B
Carl’s Jr.
C
Charles Darwin
D
Henry Groseclose
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Swedish naturalist and explorer Carolus Linnaeus was the first to frame principles for defining natural genera and species of organisms and to create a uniform system for naming them, known as binomial nomenclature.

Detailed explanation-2: -Linnaeus came up with the binomial system of nomenclature, in which each species is identified by a generic name (genus) and a specific name (species). His 1753 publication, Species Plantarum, which described the new classification system, marked the initial use of the nomenclature for all flowering plants and ferns.

Detailed explanation-3: -Carolus Linnaeus proposed the Binominal nomenclature system in 1753. Binominal was introduced in ‘Species Plantarum’ written by Linnaeus. Binominal nomenclature or binary nomenclature is a system of naming species used for identifying species.

Detailed explanation-4: -Carl Linnaeus is most famous for creating a system of naming plants and animals-a system we still use today. This system is known as the binomial system, whereby each species of plant and animal is given a genus name followed by a specific name (species), with both names being in Latin.

Detailed explanation-5: -Carl Linnaeus (/lɪˈniːəs, lɪˈneɪəs/; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈkɑːɭ fɔn lɪˈneː] ( listen)), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms.

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