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Question
5-Kingdom classification has given by
Options
Morgan
R. Whittaker
Linnaeus
Haeckel
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Solution
R. Whittaker
Explanation -
Robert H. Whittaker (1969), an American taxonomist, proposed the most widely applicable 5-kingdom system of classification. This system divides all the organisms into five kingdoms named – as Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia.
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