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Taxonomy is the branch of biology that involves classifying organisms into hierarchical groups based on similar characteristics. Carl Linnaeus developed the system of binomial nomenclature for consistently naming organisms using their genus and species. Taxonomic identification involves comparing an unknown organism's traits to known species classifications to determine where it belongs in the taxonomic hierarchy, which includes kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species. Modern classification systems have expanded on Linnaeus' work, with some dividing organisms into three domains and five or six kingdoms.

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Taxonomy - Infographic

Taxonomy is the branch of biology that involves classifying organisms into hierarchical groups based on similar characteristics. Carl Linnaeus developed the system of binomial nomenclature for consistently naming organisms using their genus and species. Taxonomic identification involves comparing an unknown organism's traits to known species classifications to determine where it belongs in the taxonomic hierarchy, which includes kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species. Modern classification systems have expanded on Linnaeus' work, with some dividing organisms into three domains and five or six kingdoms.

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TAXONOMY

branch of biology which literally means "arrangement law" is the


science of naming and classifying organisms to classification
systems with each organism placed into more and more
inclusive groupings

History of Taxonomy
Taxonomy, which derives from the Greek words "taxis" (arrangement)
and "-nomia" (method), is the scientific study of identifying, defining,
circumscribing, and classifying groups of biological species based on
similar features. Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist, is recognized as
the father of taxonomy since he developed a ranked system known as
Linnaean taxonomy for categorizing organisms and binomial
nomenclature for naming each type of organism a genus and species.

Binomial Nomeclature
Binomial nomenclature is a biological method for naming organisms in
which the name is made up of two terms, the first of which indicates the
genus and the second the species of the organism. Carl Linnaeus' naming
system contributes to a universal and consistent method of identifying and
communicating about organisms.

Taxonomic Identification
Is the recognition of an organism's identity or essential quality,
which necessitates knowledge of the morphology of the species in
issue and, as a result, relies on technical terminology. It entails
comparing the characteristics of an unknown organism to those of
known species in a taxonomic classification system in order to
establish its position within that system.

Biological
Classification Hierarchy of Biological
It is the process of classifying Classification
living and extinct organisms
Scientific Name of SPECIES Animalia
into groups based on
Philippine Eagle : GENUS Chordata
common traits. Linnaeus used
Pithecophaga Jefferyi FAMILY Aves
this method to classify almost
ORDER Accipitriformes
4,000 species. Based on their
appearance, he divided CLASS Acciptridae

creatures into seven classes. PHYLUM Pithecophaga

Organisms are categorized into KINGDOM Jefferyi

kingdoms, phyla, and classes.


Classifications include order, family, genus, and species. The
highest rank is Kingdom and the lowest rank is Species.

Advances in
Taxonomy
5-Kingdom Scheme
This system classifies organisms that are divided into five groups
Systema Naturae based on cell structure, mode of nutrition, thallus organization,
Linnaean System phylogenetic relationships, and reproduction. Monera, protista,
The Origin of Species fungi, plantae, and animalis are examples of kingdom
Tree of Life classifications. The five-kingdom classification scheme was
Speciation and Taxonomic suggested by Robert Whittaker in 1969.

3-Interrelated Parts of
Taxonomy 3-Domain Scheme
CLASSIFICATION Carl Woese devised the three-domain classification
- Arrangement into system in 1977, and it was completely adopted in 1990.
groups This approach divides creatures into three domains and
NOMENCLATURE six kingdoms. Archaea, Bacteria, and
- Assignment of Names Eukarya are the three domains classified.

IDENTIFICATION Several taxonomic ranks


- Determining Identity were created by Linnaeus,
but the domain rank—
3 Domain System which is a very recent
development—was not one
EUBACTERIA
of them. In 1990, more than
250 years after Linnaeus
- Gram positives, Gram negative, Spirochetes, created his categorization
Cyanobacteria system in 1735, the term
"domain" was first used.
ARCHEA The three-domain
- Methanogens, Halophiles, Thermoacidophiles approach for
categorization was
EUCARYA created after that.
- Protista, Animalia, Fungi, Plantae

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