who was the earliest to attempt a scientific basis for classification?
Aristotle
What was the basis of classification of plants by Aristotle?
Aristotle used simple morphological characters to classify plants into
1. trees
2. shrubs
3. herbs
On what basis did Aristotle classify animals?
Aristotle divided animals into two groups
1. those which had red blood
2. those which did not have red blood
Who gave Two kingdom classification ?
Carolus Linnaeus
Who is known as the father of Biology ?
or
Who is known as the father of Zoology?
Aristotle
Who is known as the father of taxonomy?
Carolus Linnaeus
What kingdoms lie under Two Kingdom Classification?
- Plantae
- Animalia
On what basis did Linnaeus give the two kingdom classification?
On the basis of cell wall only
Demerits of Two Kingdom Classification?
- It placed the following organisms together:
* prokaryotes and eukaryotes
* unicellular and multicellular
* heterotrophic and autotrophic
* cellulosic cell wall and chitinous cell wall - Large number of organisms did not fall into either plantae or animalia
Identify whether UNICELLULAR or MULTICELLULAR
Chlamydomonas & Chlorella
Unicellular
