Q.The Classification system of Carolus Linnaeus is ________.

Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778), the 'Father of Taxonomy', outlined an artificial 'sexual system' of classification in Species Plantarum (1753), listing and describing 7,300 species sorted into 24 classes almost entirely by the number, union (adhesion/cohesion), length and distribution of a flower's STAMENS - e.g. Monandria (one stamen), Decandria (ten stamens), Monoecia (monoecious plants), Cryptogamia (flowerless plants); the classes were further split into orders based on carpel characters. It persisted for over a century after Linnaeus's death purely for its simplicity and ease of quick identification, but ultimately failed as a real classification for two reasons: (1) totally unrelated plants were grouped together while closely related plants were scattered apart - e.g. the monocot family Zingiberaceae and the dicot family Anacardiaceae were both placed un …