Template:Full biological kingdom classification

Linnaeus
1735[1]
Haeckel
1866[2]
Chatton
1925[3][4]
Copeland
1938[5][6]
Whittaker
1969[7]
Woese et al.
1977[8][9]
Woese et al.
1990[10]
Cavalier-Smith
1993[11][12][13]
Cavalier-Smith
1998[14][15][16]
2 kingdoms 3 kingdoms 2 empires 4 kingdoms 5 kingdoms 6 kingdoms 3 domains 8 kingdoms 6 kingdoms
(not treated) Protista Prokaryota Monera Monera Eubacteria Bacteria Eubacteria Bacteria
Archaebacteria Archaea Archaebacteria
Eukaryota Protoctista Protista Protista Eucarya Archezoa Protozoa
Protozoa
Chromista Chromista
Vegetabilia Plantae Plantae Plantae Plantae Plantae Plantae
Fungi Fungi Fungi Fungi
Animalia Animalia Animalia Animalia Animalia Animalia Animalia



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