Question

System Naturae was written by
A) Lamarck
B) Cuvier
C) Aristotle
D) Linnaeus

Answer 1

A hierarchical classification or taxonomy of the three kingdoms of nature: stones, plants and animals was provided in this folio volume of only 11 pages. Classes, orders, genera, species, and varieties were subdivided into each kingdom.

Complete answer:
Linnaeus completed his exams a few days after arriving in the Dutch town of Harderwijk in May 1735, and obtained his medical degree after submitting a paper he had written in advance on the subject of intermittent fevers.
Linnaeus and Sohlberg then travelled to Leiden, where Linnaeus sought patronage for his various manuscripts to be written. He was immediately popular, and his Systema Naturae (System of Nature) was published just a few months later, with financial help from Leiden Senator Jan Frederik Gronovius and the Scottish physician Isaac Lawson.
Classes, orders, genera, species, and varieties were subdivided into each kingdom. This taxonomic rank hierarchy replaced conventional biological classification systems which were based on classes, or dichotomies, which were mutually exclusive. In biology, Linnaeus's classification scheme has survived, although additional ranks have been added to accommodate the numbers of species, such as families.
He proposed a new classification for the plant kingdom in the 10th edition of this book, in which a new sexual classification of elaborately organised species belonging to a similar number of stamens belongs to the same group. A new classification was also submitted to the animal kingdom, which for the first time categorised humans along with groups of monkeys and grouped whales from fish into groups of mammals.
Published in 1770, the 13th edition of this book consists of 3000 pages. Due to its major shift in classification, it has attracted more interest among taxonomists and botanists.

The correct answer is option (D) Linnaeus.

Note: Nothing comparable to Systema Naturae in recent times, because species are now too numerous to be put in one book and new species have been discovered and identified as an important part of biology in the Systematic discipline.