AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-2001

  • question_answer
    In which book, "Binomial nomenclature" has been used for the first time?

    A)                  Historia Plantarum         

    B)  Historia Naturalis

    C)                  Systema Naturae           

    D)  Histoirae Naturelle

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                     Binomial Nomenclature is the method of scientific naming given by C Linnaeus (1735) in his book Systema Naturae and later in Species Plantarum (1753). He used two latin words for any organism, the first being generic name and the second is specific name. In Historia Plantarum, plants were described by Theophrastus (Father of Botany). Historia Naturalis was published by Pliny.


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