Question

Tenth edition of Systema Naturae was published in
(a)1758
(b)1764
(c)1765
(d)1858

Answer 1

Hint: Systema Naturae is one of the major works of Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist, zoologist, and physician. He divided the Animal Kingdom into six classes in the tenth edition of Systema Naturae.

Complete answer:
Carl Linnaeus introduced the Linnaean taxonomy through Systema Naturae. Today this system is widely known as binomial nomenclature and was partially developed by the Bauhin brothers, Gaspard and Johann, 200 years ago. Linnaeus was the first person to use it consistently throughout his book. The first edition was published in 1735 and the 10th edition was published in 1758, which was the most important one. The title of the 10th edition was as follows: "System of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, and species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places".

Additional Information: Linnaeus's work had a huge impact on science. The work he produced was indispensable as a foundation for biological nomenclature which is now regulated by the Nomenclature Codes. Two of his works, the first edition of the Species Plantarum (1753) for plants and the 10th edition of the Systema Naturæ (1758), are the most important and accepted among the starting points of nomenclature. Practically, the names for species and genera were published by him at very early dates, and thus take priority over those of other, later authors. His talent for attracting skillful young students and sending them abroad to collect specimens made his work far more influential and impactful than that of his contemporaries. At the end of the 18th century, his system had become one of the standard systems for biological classification.
So, the correct answer is ‘1758’.

Note: He divided the Animal Kingdom into six classes; in the tenth edition (1758), these were:
Mammalia
Aves
Amphibia
Pisces
Insecta
Vermes