Carl Linnaeus classified organisms into more levels under the hierarchy.
This hierarchy replaced traditional systems of classification based on dichotomies.
Who was Carl Linnaeus?
Carl Linnaeus was Swedish Botanist, Zoologist, Taxonomist and Physician who formalized Binomial Nomenclature.
He is also known as the Father of Modern Taxonomy.
He published his masterpiece called Systema Naturae which presented hierarchical classification of three kingdoms i.e. stones, plants and animals.
Each kingdom was subdivided into classes, orders, genes, species and varieties.
This hierarchy replaced traditional systems of biological classification based on mutually exclusive divisions, or dichotomies.
Linnaeus classification ( from increasing order) - Genus-Family-Order-Class-Phylum-Kingdom
Linnaeus also introduced the concept of Binomial Nomenclature which is the formal classification and naming of organisms according to their genus and species.
This naming system was also implicitly hierarchical, as each species is classified within a genus.
What is Taxonomical Hierarchy?
Taxonomical hierarchy is the process of arranging various organisms into successive level of biological classification in decreasing or increasing order from kingdom to species.
Each level is called as rank in Hierarchy.
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