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Taxonomy is the science of classifying organisms and naming them in a systematic way. It involves describing, identifying, naming, and classifying species into groups based on their evolutionary relationships. The goal is to produce a formal system for naming and grouping species to facilitate communication about their order and presumed natural relationships.

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Taxonomy is the science of classifying organisms and naming them in a systematic way. It involves describing, identifying, naming, and classifying species into groups based on their evolutionary relationships. The goal is to produce a formal system for naming and grouping species to facilitate communication about their order and presumed natural relationships.

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tax·on·o·my | \ tak-ˈsä-nə-mē  \ n.

species into larger groups, and


giving those groups names, thus
Term: Taxonomy producing a classification. (Judd,
(Gr. taxis, arrangement, + nomos, law) et al. 2007).
 A field of science (and major
Dictionary component of systematics) that
1: the study of the general principles of encompasses description,
scientific classification: SYSTEMATICS identification, nomenclature, and
classification (Simpson, 2010).
2: CLASSIFICATION especially : orderly  The science of classification, in
classification of plants and animals biology the arrangement of
according to their presumed natural organisms into a classification
relationships (Kirk, 2008).
From Merriam Webster  "The science of classification as
applied to living organisms,
3: the study of the principles of scientific including study of means of
classification; systematic ordering and formation of species, etc.”
naming of organisms. (Walker, 1988).
4: produces a formal system for naming  "The analysis of an organism's
and grouping species to communicate characteristics for the purpose of
this order. classification (Lawrence, 2005).
 "Systematics studies phylogeny
From the Integrated Principles of to provide a pattern that can be
Zoology translated into the classification
5: the practice of recognizing and and names of the more inclusive
classifying organisms; frequently used in field of taxonomy (Wheeler,
a sense equivalent to systematics 2004).

6: Refers to the day-to-day practice of


dealing with the kinds of organisms. This
includes the handling and identification
of specimens, the publication of the
data, the study of the literature, and the
analysis of the variation shown by the
specimens.
From Biological Systematics
Principles and Applications Second
Edition
 The word taxonomy comes from
the Greek word taxis meaning
arrangement and nomos meaning
law (Merriam Webster).
 Theory and practice of grouping
individuals into species, arranging

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