PLANTS
CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS
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Question
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6 Kingdoms
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2 groups
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4 Kingdoms
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20 groups
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Detailed explanation-1: -Beside this one more level of classification named domain was added above the kingdom. It was American scientist Carl Woese who proposed six-kingdom classification.
Detailed explanation-2: -Today all living organisms are classified into one of six kingdoms: Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, or Animalia.
Detailed explanation-3: -Kingdoms are divided into categories called phyla, each phylum is divided into classes, each class into orders, each order into families, each family into genera, and each genus into species.
Detailed explanation-4: -Presents a brief history of what new information caused the classification of living things to evolve from the original two kingdom classification of animals and plants by Linnaeus in the 18th century to the present-day six kingdoms: Animal, Plant, Fungi, Protista, Eubacteria, and Archaebacteria.