TAXONOMY

Taxonomy

Theory and practice of classifying organisms.

Systematics

Orderly arrangement of organisms into groups.

Emperor Shen Nung

classified plants based on practical uses like food and medicine.

Linnaean Taxonomy

Join the similar to the similar, and to separate the dissimilar from the dissimilar in nature.

Nomenclature

Formal naming of taxa according to standardized systems.

Identification

Process of associating an unknown taxon with a known one.

Classification

Method of grouping organisms to provide a system for cataloguing and expressing relationships.

Description

Assignment of features or attributes to a taxon.

Hierarchy

System of organizing groups into ranks according to status or importance.

Aristotle's Classification

Criteria based on habitat, water absorption, nature of stem.

Biodiversity

Variations or different groups of organisms.

Kingdom Systems

Ernst Haeckel, Herbert Copeland, Robert H. Whittaker, Carl Woese proposed different kingdom systems.

Dichotomous Key

Tool to identify unknown organisms to taxonomic levels.

Ernst Haeckel

Proposed the third kingdom system- protista

Herbert Copeland

Proposed the fourth kingdom system - Monera

Robert H. Whittaker

Proposed the fifth kingdom system - fungi

Carl Woese

Proposed the most highest category - domain