Taxonomy Flashcards
Taxonomy 3
deals with identification classification and naming of organisms
arranging of organisms into groups based on similarities
Classification -
the naming of organisms
Nomenclature –
the determination of an organism
Identification -
Aristotle’s System
Plants or animals
- Bloodless or red-blooded
- morphology such as plant structure and size as trees, shrubs, or herbs
- Habitat such as air, water, or land dweller.
Aristotle’s qccepted?
No
P2. Linnaeus’s system
Classification based on morphology and behavior.
Linnaeus’ method of naming of organisms
Binomial nomenclature:
It gives species scientific name that has two parts
Genus name and Specific epithet.
- linneaus Language used is
Latin
Writing Scientific name
First capital, second small, both italisized, first can be abbreviated
Why use scientific name
- Common name varies from places to places and languages.
- Common name may refer to organisms belonging to different species.
study of diversity and the evolutionary history relationships among organisms.
Systematics:
inferred evolutionary history and relationships
phylogeny (
a branching diagram that represents the proposed phylogeny or evolutionary history of a species of group.
•Cladogram–
