Classification of organisms

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Classification of organisms

18 Nov 2019

Introduction

Diversity in living organisms

Classification of organisms - taxonomy

The five kingdom Classification, characteristic features and differences.

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Classification is the need to get proper clarity about anything or any topic and Organism is any individual entity or life form that embodies the property of life. So, the classification of an organism is a necessity for better information and categorization. Let’s take the example of a school or any department, every where we will find classification like a school is further classified into the wing, then classes, then sections, then roll no and names. Similarly there are a number of species having the number of qualities, similarities, differences, and furthermore detailing which one can only find if we have classified data of that organism in the form of records or formats. This need for identification brought about the invention of the classification of organism.

• This classification or categorization will make our work easy.

• The process of classification of organisms is known as taxonomy.

• The Theory of Modern Taxonomy was gazetted by Swedish Botanist Carolus Linnaeus. ( 1707-1778 )

• This is the hierarchical system of categorization on the basis of presumed natural relationships among organisms.

• It starts with a two-name system called a Binomial Naming system.

• The binomial naming system tells about the genus which will be the first name and the species, which will be the second name of any plant and animals. For example- Human is known as Homo sapiens.

• Classification of the group to distinguish between similarities and differences in hierarchal order, called Taxon.

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