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#two-kingdom classification

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Why was the traditional two-kingdom classification considered inadequate?

The two-kingdom system did not distinguish prokaryotes from eukaryotes, unicellular from multicellular organisms, or photosynthetic organisms from non-photosynthetic fungi. Many organisms therefore did not fit properly into either Plantae or Animalia.

Ref: NCERT Class 11 Biology Chapter 2: Biological Classification Five Kingdom Classification and Kingdom Plantae Animalia