DENDROLOGY

TREE IDENTIFICATION

IDENTIFICATION KEYS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
True or False:Carolus Linnaeus was the first person to introduce the idea of classification.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
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None of the above
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: -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-3: -What are the 8 levels of the Linnaean classification system? From lowest to highest, the present taxonomic system contains eight degrees of hierarchy: species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, and domain.

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