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What was the title of Linnaeus's publication that reflected the systematic arrangement of organisms?

Options

  1. ATaxonomy of Nature
  2. BSystematicus Naturae
  3. CSystema Naturae
  4. DNaturae System

Correct answer

C. Systema Naturae

Step-by-step solution

In early days, human beings needed to find sources for their basic needs of food, clothing and shelter. Hence, the earliest classifications were based on the ‘uses’ of various organisms. Human beings were, since long, not only interested in knowing more about different kinds of organisms and their diversities, but also the relationships among them. This branch of study was referred to as systematics. The word systematics is derived from the Latin word ‘systema’ which means systematic arrangement of organisms. Linna

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