Carolus linnaeus is known as the father of
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Carolus Linnaeus is known as The Father of Taxonomy.
TAXONOMY
- Taxonomy is the branch of biology which deals with the description, identification and nomenclature of various organisms .
- Each organisms is given a scientific name by Taxonomist ( A person who performs Taxonomy ) .
- It is done in order to study about each organisms in detail.
- Nomenclature of Plants is done by International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN).
- Nomenclature of animals is done by The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) .
- Scientific name of each organisms has two components first part is the Genus to which the species belongs and the second part is the species name of the organism.
- This system is called The Binomial nomenclature and was given by Carolus Linnaeus 1750s .
- Some scientific names of organisms are - Homo sapiens ( Human), Mangifera indica (Mango) , Felis catus ( Cat ) , Naja naja ( Cobra ) , Panthera leo (Lion) , Triticum vulgaer ( Wheat ) .
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