Taxonomy is the science of naming, defining and classifying organisms into evolutionarily related groups. It gives biologists a common language.

Taxonomy and phylogeny are two closely related terms that are sometimes mistakenly used interchangeably. While taxonomy is the study of how organisms are classified, a phylogeny – sometimes known as a ...

Taxonomy: the classification of living organisms, typically using the hierarchical system invented by Carolus Linnaeus. References and Recommended Reading Alexeev, V. P.

Taxonomy tells us how animals, ... Over the past two centuries, taxonomists have also named an estimated 1.9 million species of animals, plants and micro-organisms, ...

Taxonomy is more than just naming things; it is the art and science of classification. Frank Zachos, who helped develop the principles at the workshop in Australia, describes taxonomy as perhaps ...

That’s kind of like taxonomy, the science of classifying, naming, and describing organisms. Taxonomy gives scientists all over the world a common language for talking about living things, like ...

The classification of complex organisms is in chaos. Stephen T. Garnett and Les Christidis propose a solution.

This taxonomic research, said Hugenholtz, helps understand how living things are connected. "Taxonomy helps us classify living things by arranging them in a hierarchy from closely to distantly related ...

All characters and terms are clearly explained for ease of use by those unfamiliar with the algae. This non-hierarchical, user-friendly key will be linked to web pages containing a wealth of resources ...

In the field of taxonomy, we run into flaws like this all the time. A recent paper by French biologists at the University of Montpellier shows just how nebulous the concept can be, detailing the ...

Taxonomy, or the naming of species, is surprisingly complicated – and contentious. It doesn't take much scientific expertise to divide lions from tigers, or pigeons from flamingos, but details ...