Question

What is the basic unit of taxonomy?

Answer 1

Taxonomy:

1. It is the science of describing, naming, and categorizing organisms.
2. It comprises all the animals, plants, and microbes of the world.
3. Taxonomy term was coined by Augustus de Candolle in 1813.

The basic unit of Taxonomy:

1. The smallest taxon or the basic unit of taxonomy is the species.
2. Species in biology is a taxonomic rank and the fundamental unit of classification, as well as, the unit of biodiversity.
3. The related species sharing structural resemblance with each other, constitute a genus.