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Who proposed an 'Artificial system' for classifying plants that focused on reproductive traits, often referred to as the sexual system of classification?

1. George Bentham
2. Carl Linnaeus
3. Joseph Dalton Hooker
4. Theophrastus

Correct answer: Carl Linnaeus

Solution

Linnaeus proposed the artificial system of classification based on sexual characters, which is why it is also referred to as the sexual system of plant classification.

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