Two-kingdom system of classification: Characters, Disadvantages, and Dual Organisms
Five-kingdom system of classification: Definition and Characters
Hello, dear students today we will discuss the Five-kingdom system of classification, it was R.H. Whittaker in 1969 classified organisms into Kingdom Plantae, Kingdom Animalia, Kingdom Protista, Kingdom Monera, and New one Kingdom Fungi.
Characters for 5 kingdom classification
1. The organism is pro-karyotic or eu-karyotic
2.The organism is unicellular or multicellular
3. The living being is auto-trophic or hetero-trophic, if the living being is hetero-trophic it is three types A. parasitic B. saprophytic C. holozoic
4. Reproduction refers to whether the individual perform asexually, sexually or both
5. Evolutionary relationship describes how a new individual evolved from an older one, how creation took place
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