Question

What is the first step in taxonomy?

Answer 1

Taxonomy:

1. Taxonomy is based on characteristics, all living organisms can be classified into different taxa.
2. External and internal structure, along with the structure of the cell, development process, and ecological information of organisms are essential and form the basis of modern taxonomic studies.
3. Hence, characterization, identification, classification, and nomenclature are the processes that are basic to taxonomy.
4. The first step in taxonomy is the identification of the organism.