NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the 18th century, Carl Linnaeus published a system for classifying living things, which has been developed into the modern classification system.

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: -Carolus Linnaeus, who is usually regarded as the founder of modern taxonomy and whose books are considered the beginning of modern botanical and zoological nomenclature, drew up rules for assigning names to plants and animals and was the first to use binomial nomenclature consistently (1758).

Detailed explanation-4: -Linnaeus introduced a simple binomial system, based on the combination of two Latin names denoting genus and species; similar to the way that a name and surname identify humans.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1758, Linnaeus published the tenth edition of Systema Naturae in which he classified all the animal kingdom into genera and gave all the species two-part names.