Artificial system of classification was first used by
A.
Linnaeus
B.
De Candolle
C.
Pliny the Elder
D.
Bentham and Hooker
Answer :
Pliny the Elder
Solution :
During the early period in taxonomy, only external morphology (the characters observable with naked eye) were the sole criteria to classify plants and animals. Theophrastus gave names and description of 480 plants in his book “Historia plantarum”, on the basis of their habit but Pliny the Elder introduced first artificial system of classification in his book Historia Naturalis. He classified both plants and animals.
Releted MCQ Question on Botany >> Biological Classification
Releted Question 1
Pick up the wrong statement
A.
Protista have photosynthetic and heterotrophic modes of nutrition
In the five-kingdom system of classification, which single kingdom out of the following can include blue green algae, nitrogen-fixing bacteria and methanogenic archaebacteria?