How many kingdoms are there according to Haeckel and Whittaker?

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Dr Birendra Kumar Mishra
May 13, 2017

Three Kingdoms by Haeckel, while the five Kingdoms by R H Whittaker.

Explanation:

  1. Haeckel classified the organisms into the Kingdoms of Animalia, Plantae and Protista. The prokaryotes, fungi and protozoa are classified under the Kingdom Protista.
  2. R H Whittaker (1966) classified the organisms into five kingdoms. The five Kingdoms of the R H Whittaker classification are Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia. Thank you
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