Introduction The purpose of biological classification is to organize the vast number of known plants and animals into categories that could be named and easily remembered and studied. As …
Which one of the following group of taxa does not represent similar category in hierarchy? Potato, brinjal and tomato Tiger, lion and leopard Wheat, monocots and angiosperms Wheat, rice …
TAXONOMICAL AIDS The laboratory and field studies are required for identification of various species and their placement in taxonomical hierarchy. The information thus gathered about the species, needs to …
Types of Species Morphospecies : Species erected on the basis of morphological characters only. Taxonomic species : Species having a definite binomial name. Sibling species : true species which …
TAXONOMIC CATEGORIES Classification is not a single step process. It involves hierarchy of steps in which each step represents a rank or category. The category is a part of …
NOMENCLATURE There is a need to standardize the naming of living organisms, such that a particular organism is known by same name all over the world. A variety of …
Taxonomy and Systematic Taxonomy : the branch of science dealing with the study of principles and procedure of classification is called taxonomy. The term taxonomy was coined by A.P. …
Need for classification There are millions of plants and animals varying greatly in their form, structure and complexity. It is impossible to study all of them individually. To make …
