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Five Kingdom Classification

ICSE · Class 9 · Biology

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1. Levels of Classification

  • The taxonomic hierarchy from highest to lowest is: Kingdom → Phylum → Class → Order → Family → Genus → Species.
  • Species is the lowest category and kingdom is the largest division of living beings.
  • All individuals of a species can normally interbreed among themselves.
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2. Species and Scientific Naming

  • Species means an organism of a particular kind whose members can interbreed among themselves to produce fertile young ones.
  • All house cats belong to one species: Felis domesticus.
  • All mankind belongs to one species: Homo sapiens.
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3. Drawbacks of the Old Two-Kingdom Classification

  • The old classification divided living organisms into Plantae and Animalia.
  • Bacteria and fungi are not plants because they have no chlorophyll and do not carry out photosynthesis.
  • Some unicellular organisms such as Euglena cannot be called only plant or only animal.
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4. The Five Kingdoms

  • The five kingdoms are Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia.
  • Monera organisms are unicellular and prokaryotic.
  • Monera have no organized nucleus and no membrane-bound organelles.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Classification of living organisms into five kingdoms based on cell structure, body organisation, and mode of nutrition

SpeciesGenusFamilyOrderClassPhylumKingdomOld two kingdom classification

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