Define a taxon. What is meant by taxonomic hierarchy? Give a flow diagram from the lowest to highest category for a plant and an animal. What happens to the number of individuals and numbers of shared characters as we go up the taxonomical hierarchy?
Define a taxon. What is meant by taxonomic hierarchy? Give a flow diagram from the lowest to highest category for a plant and an animal. What happens to the number of individuals and numbers of shared characters as we go up the taxonomical hierarchy?
Taxon is a scientific term used for different categories of classification.
Taxonomic hierarchy is position of different taxonomic categories is ascending order, which describes the complete systematic position of any living organism.
Given below is the flow diagram of taxonomic hierarchy
TaxonPlantAnimalKingdom↑This~ is~ the~highest~ category~ofKingdom-Plantaee.g.,kingdom-Animalia.classification,~which~includes~allorganism~ that~ share~ a~ set~ ofdistinguishing~ common~ characters.Phylum/Division↑It~ includes~ different~ classes~ having~aDivision~is~used~inPhylum~is~used~in~animalsfew~common~characters.plantse.g.,Chordata~includesclass~like~Pisces,Amphibia,Reptilia,Avesand~MammaliaClass↑Represents organisms of relatedFound only inComprises of relatedorders.flowering plants,i.e.,orders i.e.,class−MonocotyledoneaeMammaliaand dicotyledoneae.OrderIt is an assemblage of familiese.g.,dicotyledoneaee.g.,class−Mammaliaresembling oneanother in fewconsists of orderincludes order chiroptera,characters.These characters are lessrosales polemoniales,marsupialia, rodentia,similar as compared to characters ofsapindales, ranales etc.cetacea,carnivora.Genus↑ It is the first higher category abovee.g.,e.g.,hlidae comprises ofthe species level. It is a group ofFamily−Solanaceaegenus panthera (lion,species, which are related and havecomprises of genustiger) and Felis(cats)fever characters in common asSolanum.compared to species.Species↑ It is a group of individuals withe.g., Solanum nigrume.g., The genus pantherasimilar morphological characters,(brinjal)andSolanumincludes species leo(lion)which are able to interbreed andtuberosum. HereandPanthera tigiris (tiger).produce individuals of their ownare two species ofkind.Solanum genus.
As we move up in the taxonomic hierarchy the number of shared characters become less.
Taxon is a scientific term used for different categories of classification.
Taxonomic hierarchy is position of different taxonomic categories is ascending order, which describes the complete systematic position of any living organism.
Given below is the flow diagram of taxonomic hierarchy
TaxonPlantAnimalKingdom↑This~ is~ the~highest~ category~ofKingdom-Plantaee.g.,kingdom-Animalia.classification,~which~includes~allorganism~ that~ share~ a~ set~ ofdistinguishing~ common~ characters.Phylum/Division↑It~ includes~ different~ classes~ having~aDivision~is~used~inPhylum~is~used~in~animalsfew~common~characters.plantse.g.,Chordata~includesclass~like~Pisces,Amphibia,Reptilia,Avesand~MammaliaClass↑Represents organisms of relatedFound only inComprises of relatedorders.flowering plants,i.e.,orders i.e.,class−MonocotyledoneaeMammaliaand dicotyledoneae.OrderIt is an assemblage of familiese.g.,dicotyledoneaee.g.,class−Mammaliaresembling oneanother in fewconsists of orderincludes order chiroptera,characters.These characters are lessrosales polemoniales,marsupialia, rodentia,similar as compared to characters ofsapindales, ranales etc.cetacea,carnivora.Genus↑ It is the first higher category abovee.g.,e.g.,hlidae comprises ofthe species level. It is a group ofFamily−Solanaceaegenus panthera (lion,species, which are related and havecomprises of genustiger) and Felis(cats)fever characters in common asSolanum.compared to species.Species↑ It is a group of individuals withe.g., Solanum nigrume.g., The genus pantherasimilar morphological characters,(brinjal)andSolanumincludes species leo(lion)which are able to interbreed andtuberosum. HereandPanthera tigiris (tiger).produce individuals of their ownare two species ofkind.Solanum genus.
As we move up in the taxonomic hierarchy the number of shared characters become less.
