NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Carolus Linnaeus is the father of taxonomy, which is the system of classifying and naming organisms. One of his contributions was the development of a hierarchical system of classification of nature. Today, this system includes eight taxa: domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.

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: -Linnaeus’s most lasting achievement was the creation of binomial nomenclature, the system of formally classifying and naming organisms according to their genus and species.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Linnaean system of classification consists of a hierarchy of groupings, called taxa(singular, taxon). Taxa range from the kingdom to the species (see Figure below). The kingdom is the largest and most inclusive grouping.