Classification Systems

Taxa

Taxa = levels of organization Organized most general to most specific Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species

More ways to classify:

Classify by variety (slightly different versions)

Phylogeny (evolutionary history)Morphology (structures)Patterns of developmentChromosomesCladograms

Six Kingdom system:

ArchaebacteriaEubacteriaProtistaFungiPlantaeAnimalia

Linnaeus’s System

“Binomial System of Nomenclature”This means “a system of two names”First word is the GenusSecond word is the speciesOnly the first letter of the Genus is

capitalized, everything else is lowercaseName is in LatinName is italicizedExample: Homo sapiens