Maharashtra State PSC Model Paper 1

Concept-

• Carolus Linnaeus referred to as the father of taxonomy, father of plant taxonomy, and father of animal taxonomy.
• Linnaeus gave the two-kingdom system classification.
• This system was used till very recently.
• He grouped plants and animals into two kingdoms-
  • Plantae and kingdom Animalia respectively.

Explanation-

• The two-kingdom classification used for a long time was found inadequate because-
  • This system did not distinguish between eukaryotes and prokaryotes.
  • Unicellular and multicellular organisms.
  • Did not distinguish photosynthetically (green algae) and non-photosynthetic (fungi) organisms.
  • A large number of organisms neither fall into plant nor animal kingdom like Lichens.