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Who is known as the Father of Taxonomy who gaves the binomial nomenclature?

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a

Robert Hooke

b

Carolus Linnaeus

c

Matthias Schleiden

d

Charles Darwin

answer is A.

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Concept:Binomial nomenclature is the naming system which is used worldwide to name new species.

Carolus Linnaeus gave this uniform system of nomenclature and also mentioned the same in his book; ‘Species Plantarum’ in 1753.

Each name has two parts – the Generic name and the specific epithet. Hence, known as the binomial nomenclature. 

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