AGRO 1001 Chapter : EXPLORATION And SPICES

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15 Mar 2019
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Organisms are arranged or grouped by the science of taxonomy: taxonomy is the branch of biology concerned with naming and classifying the diverse forms of life. You have to come up with and organization scheme- organizing or grouping things helping in dealing with life. (must be efficient and logical) Plants vs. animals- was an early classification system: bacteria, fungi and many protists were considered plants while some of the protists were grouped with animals. Origins of taxonomy date to aristotle, but modern classification is the binomial nomenclature. Linnaeus, 1700s developed binomial nomenclature: two part name. Categories- further divided into smaller grouping creating an organizational hierarchy. 2 categories- genus + species = scientific name for organism. Genus name is capitalized and species name is lowercased. Major taxonomic categories from most inclusive (largest) to least inclusive (smallest) Ex: if you study one species, characteristics may possibly apply to other categories.

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