Who is the father of Taxonomy? Name the book written by him.
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Carl Linnaeus, also known as Carl von Linne or Carolus Linnaeus, is often called the Father of Taxonomy. His system for naming, ranking, and classifying organisms is still in wide use today (with many changes).
An organism feeds on dead matter. Which kingdom is it most likely to belong to?
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Some of these are scavengers - macro-organisms that feed on dead or decaying matter, e.g. flies, cockroaches, earthworms. Others are decomposers, generally microscopic bacteria and fungi, that break down wastes. Organisms which feed on dead and decaying matter are commonly called as saprotrophs or saprophytes.
Name the group of plants that belongs to the division Thallophyta.
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Thallophyta is a former division of plant kingdom that includes simple plant, i.e. with no leaves, stems or roots (plants body known as thallus.) It includes algae, fungus, lichens and occasionlly bacteria, bryophytes, etc. Some of examples includes are: Algae- Ulva, Spirogyra, Chara, Ulthoria, cladophoria etc. Fungi- Rhizopus, Mucor, etc.