NEETBotanyBiological Classification

Who proposed the Five Kingdom Classification?

Options

AR.H. Whittaker
BCharles Darwin
CLinnaeus
DGregor Mendel

Correct answer

A. R.H. Whittaker

Step-by-step solution

R.H. Whittaker (1969) proposed a Five Kingdom Classification. Thekingdoms defined by him were named Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantaeand Animalia. The main criteria for classification used by him include cellstructure, body organisation, mode of nutrition, reproduction andphylogenetic relationships.

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