Question

what is the main criteria in Whittaker's classification ?

Answer 1

He was the first to propose the five-kingdom taxonomic classification of the world's biota into the Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, and Monera in 1969. He also proposed the Whittaker Biome Classification, which categorized biome-types upon two abiotic factors: temperature and precipitation.

Answer 2

classifying the organisms based on mode of nutrition, presence or absence of cell wall, autotrophic/heterotrophic,cell type, nuclear membrane and body organization.criterias:-cell structure Thallus organisation,mode of nutrition,reproduction, phylogenetic relationships.