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Question
Karl Von Linne was involved with which branch of science?
Options
Morphology
Taxonomy
Physiology
Medicine
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Solution
Taxonomy
Explanation -
Carolus Linnaeus (Carl von Linne), a Swedish botanist, is known as the Father of Taxonomy. He developed the most widely applicable binomial system of nomenclature of organisms. ‘Systema Naturae was one of his major publications. The first edition of this book was printed in the Netherlands (in 1735), which was a twelve-page work. By the time, it reached its 10th edition (in 1758), it classified 4400 species of animals and 7700 species of plants.
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