Taxonomy (biology)
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taxonomy-biology-208-3622185
title:
Taxonomy (biology)
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In biology, taxonomy is the scientific study of naming, defining (circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics. Organisms are grouped into taxa and these groups are given a taxonomic rank; groups of a given rank can be aggregated to form a more inclusive group of higher rank, thus creating a taxonomic hierarchy. The principal ranks in modern use are domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. The Swedish botanist Carl Linna
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Science of naming, defining and classifying organisms
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomy_(biology)
date created:
2001-08-10T02:00:11Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T08:10:15Z
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