The Living World

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Biodiversity refers to the number and types of organisms present on Earth. It represents the wide variety of living organisms found in different habitats. Currently, the number of known and described …

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Nomenclature is the process of standardizing the naming of living organisms so that a particular organism is known by the same name all over the world. It ensures that each organism has only one unive…

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Binomial nomenclature is a naming system where each organism has a scientific name with two components - the Generic name and the specific epithet. This system was introduced by Carolus Linnaeus. For …

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1. Biological names are generally in Latin and written in italics 2. The first word represents the genus, second word is the specific epithet 3. When handwritten, both words are separately underlined …

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ICBN stands for International Code for Botanical Nomenclature - provides agreed principles and criteria for naming plants. ICZN stands for International Code of Zoological Nomenclature - evolved by an…

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Classification is the process by which anything is grouped into convenient categories based on easily observable characters. It's necessary because it's nearly impossible to study all living organisms…

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Taxonomy is the process of classification based on characterization, identification, classification and nomenclature of organisms. Systematics is a broader branch that includes taxonomy but also takes…

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Taxa (singular: taxon) are scientific terms for categories used to classify organisms like 'Dogs', 'Mammals', 'Plants', etc. Taxonomic categories are ranks in the classification system. Each category …