The classification of organisms in an ordered system that indicates natural relationships
Taxonomy is the biological discipline that is concerned with the classification of living organisms into groups based on the shared possession of characteristics
practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc
n 1 The classification of organisms in an ordered system that indicates natural relationships 2 The science, laws, or principles of classification; systematics 3 Division into ordered groups or categories
The scientific classification of organisms based on their similarities and differences
Taxonomy is the process of naming and classifying things such as animals and plants into groups within a larger system, according to their similarities and differences. taxonomies the process or a system of organizing things into different groups that show their natural relationships, especially plants or animals. In biology, the classification of organisms into a hierarchy of groupings, from the general to the particular, that reflect evolutionary and usually morphological relationships: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species. The black-capped chickadee, for example, is an animal (kingdom Animalia) with a dorsal nerve cord (phylum Chordata) and feathers (class Aves: birds) that perches (order Passeriformes: perching birds) and is small with a short bill (family Paridae), a song that sounds like "chik-a-dee" (genus Parus), and a black-capped head (species atricapillus). Most authorities recognize five kingdoms: monerans (prokaryotes), protists, fungi (see fungus), plants, and animals. Carolus Linnaeus established the scheme of using Latin generic and specific names in the mid-18th century; his work was extensively revised by later biologists
the science and methodology of classifying organisms based on physical and other similarities Taxonomists classify all organisms into a hierarchy, and give them standardized Latin or Latinized names There are seven main levels of classification in the hierarchy They are, from most to least inclusive: Kingdom; Phylum (or Division for algae, fungi, and plants); Class; Order; Family; Genus; and Species Taxonomists describe new species, classify organisms, and study speciation, the evolution of new species
n: The classification of living organisms according to the heirarchy of relationships
The science, laws, or principles of classifying living organisms in specially named categories based on shared characteristics and natural relationships
The science dealing with the identification, naming, and classification of plants and animals
That division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals and plants; the laws or principles of classification
The study and practice of naming and classifying organisms, as done by taxonomists
The science or principles of classifying organisms (plants) in established categories according to similarities or evolutionary relationaships
The science of classifying organisms; the arrangement of organisms into systematic groups such as species, genus, family, and order It is the theoretical study of classification including its bases, principles, procedures, and rules
The study of the general principles of scientific classification, especially the orderly classification of plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships
a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc
practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships
Classification of organisms, including identification and nomenclature, according to a natural (chiefly morphological) system that seeks to depict evolvement Hence taxon, any designated group within a classification (for example, a cultivar, a species)
The study of the classification of plants and animals according to the differences and similarities between them
A scheme that partitions a body of knowledge and defines the relationships among the pieces It is used for classifying and undertranding the body of knowledge [22]
Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get; what you get is classical alpha-taxonomy which is, very largely and for sound reasons, in disrepute today.
The branch of taxonomy that uses mathematical methods to evaluate observable differences and similarities between taxonomic groups. Also called taximetrics