Musca - Muscidae - Diptera - Insecta - Annelida

Musca - Muscidae - Diptera - Arachinida - Arthropoda

Musca - Muscidae - Hemiptera - Insecta - Arthropoda

Musca - Homnidae - Diptera - Insecta - Arthropoda

Musca - Muscidae - Diptera - Insecta - Arthropoda

Growth is not a defining property of living organisms.

Reproduction is not an all-inclusive defining characteristic of living organisms.

Cellular organisation of the body is the defining feature of life forms.

Consciousness is not a defining property of living organisms.

Living organisms are self-replicating, evolving and self-regulating interactive systems capable of responding to external stimuli.

1 and 2

4 and 6

2 and 4

5 and 6

2 and 6

– idae

– onae

– aceae

– ae

– ales

Key is taxonomical aid used for identification of plants and animals based on the similarities and dissimilarities.

The keys are based on the contrasting characters generally in a pair called couplet.

It represents the choice made between two opposite options.

Each statement in the key is called a lead and is generally analytical in nature.

Same taxonomic keys are required for all taxonomic categories such as family, genus and species for identification purposes.

One scientific name first consists of a specific and then a generic epithet.

Two names are there; one Latinized, the other of a person.

Two names are there; one scientific, the other local.

One name is given by two scientists.

One scientific name first consists of a generic and then a specific epithet.

Characterisation, identification, classification and nomenclature are the processes that are basic to taxonomy.

The study of different kinds of organisms, their diversities and relationships among them is known as systematics.

The word systematics is derived from the Greek word ‘systema’, which means systematic arrangement of organisms.

Systematics takes into account evolutionary relationships between organisms.

Linnaeus used Systema Naturae as the title of his publication.

Biological names are generally in Latin and written in italics. They are Latinised or derived from Latin irrespective of their origin.

This naming system given by Carolus Linnaeus is practised by biologists all over the world.

First name in binomial nomenclature is genus name and the second name is species name.

Both the words in a biological name, when handwritten, are separately underlined, or printed in italics to indicate their Latin origin.

The first word denoting the genus starts with a small letter, while the specific epithet starts with a capital letter.

Manuals are useful in providing information for identification of names of species found in an area.

Monographs contain information on any one taxon.

Herbarium is a store house of collected plant specimens that are dried, pressed and preserved on sheets.

Museums have collections of preserved plant and animal specimens for study and reference.

Flora provides the index to the animal species found in a particular area.

International Code for Botanical Naming

International Code for Biological Nomenclature

International Council for Botanical Nomenclature

International Code for Botanical Nomenclature

International Commission for Botanical Nomenclature

Chennai

Patna

Bangalore

Lucknow

Howrah

Genus - Family - Order - Division - Class

Genus - Family - Class - Order - Division

Genus - Division - Order - Class - Family

Division - Class - Order - Family - Genus

Family - Genus - Order - Class - Division

i - E, ii - D, iii - B, iv - A, v - C

i - D, ii - C, iii - E, iv - A, v - B

i - B, ii - E, iii - D, iv - A, v - C

i - D, ii - C, iii - E, iv - B, v - A

i - E, ii - C, iii - B, iv - A, v - D

Class

Order

Family

Phylum

Genus

Oryza sativa

Solanum tuberosum

Triticum aestivum

Cocos nucifera

Mangifera indica