Philosophy

Saturday, May 07, 2005

 

Biology: Taxonomy

In biology, taxonomy is the classification of organisms in an ordered system that indicates natural relationships. The main basis for classification is morphological and physiological similarities between species, although _______________. Carolus Linnaeus, an 18th-century Swedish botanist, devised the system of binomial nomenclature used for naming species.

Bioclade: a group of lifeforms descended from a single event of life origin

Domain

Kingdom

Phylum

Subphylum

Superclass

Class

Subclass

Order

Infraorder

Superfamily

Family

Genus

Species

Subspecies




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