2007-05-09 09:54:06 · 1 answers · asked by ktdbir 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
He didn't "discover" them, really. He just developped a system to _classify_ all things.
"Carolus Linnaeus distinguished two kingdoms of living things: "Animalia" for animals and "Vegetabilia" for plants (Linnaeus also treated minerals, placing them in a third kingdom, "Mineralia"). "
"The Linnaean system classified nature within a hierarchy, starting with three kingdoms."
"Originally, Linnaeus established three kingdoms in his scheme, namely Plantae, Animalia and an additional group for minerals, which has long since been abandoned. Since then, various life forms have been moved into three new kingdoms: Monera, for prokaryotes (i.e., bacteria); Protista, for protozoans and most algae; and Fungi."
2007-05-09 10:12:43 · answer #1 · answered by Erik Van Thienen 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋