The Living World: Characteristics, Nomenclature, Taxonomy

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The Living World

CONTENTS
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 Characteristics Of Living
 Binomial Nomenclature
 Rules Of Nomenclature
 Taxonomic Categories
 Taxonomical Aids
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CHARCTERISTICS OF LIVING
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Growth
Reproduction
Metabolism
Cellular organisation of body
Consciousness
Interaction
BIODIVERSITY
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 The number &types of organisms present on

earth constitute biodiversity.
 Number of species that are known and described
ranges between 1.7 to 1.8 million.
NOMENCLATURE & IDENTIFICATION
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 Nomenclature-naming of a particular organism

in such a manner that it is known by the same
name all over the world.
 Identification-it is the correct description of an
organism and its recognition in its scientific
name.
BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE
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 Given By Carolous Linnaeus

 Each Name Has Two Components
 First Name-generic
 Second Name-specific Epithet
UNIVERSAL RULES OF NOMENCLATURE
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 Names are in Latin and written in italics.They

are Latinised or derived from Latin irrespective
of their origin.
 The first word is genus name and second word
is specific epithet.
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 Both the words when handwritten are

separately underlined or printed in italics to
indicate their Latin origin.
 Genus starts with capital letter while specific
epithet starts with small letter.
 Example-Mangifera indica
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 Name of the appears after specific epithet and

it is written in abbreviated form.
 E.g Mangifera indica Linn.
CLASSIFICATION
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 It is the process by which any thing is grouped

into conventional categories based on some
easily observable characters.
PURPOSE OF CLASSIFICATION
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 Organise vast number of plants,animals etc

into categories that could be named,
remembered & studied.
 Study of one organism of a group gives the
idea about rest of the members of that

group.
TAXA & TAXONOMY
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 It is the scientific term which indicates categories

of organisms at different levels.
 Taxonomy-process of classification taking into
account various characteristics such as external &
internal structure,structure of cell,development
process & ecological information of organisms.
SYSTEMATICS
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 Systema(Latin word)-arrangement of organisms

 It is the study of organisms which include
identification,nomenclature &classification of
organisms.it also takes into account evolutionary
relationships between organisms.
TAXONOMIC CATEGORIES
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 Classification involves hierarchy of steps in

which each step represents a rank or category.
Category is a part of overall taxonomic
arrangement ,called taxonomic category.All
categories together constitute the taxonomic
hierarchy.Each category is termed as taxon.
TAXONOMIC CATEGORIES
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PHYLUM OR DIVISION
CLASS
ORDER
FAMILY
GENUS
SPECIES
SPECIES
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 Group of individuals having fundamental

similarities in characteristics and successful
reproduction takes place among themselves form
a species.
 E.g:Panthera tigris,Panthera leo
Solanum tuberosum, Solanum nigrum.
GENUS
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 It consists of a group of related species which has

more characters in common in comparison to
species of other genera.
 Genera are aggregates of closely related species.
 E.g:Panthera leo ,P pardus (leopard) ,P tigris
 E.g:Solanum tuberosum ,S nigrum
FAMILY
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 It has a group of related genera with less number

of similarities as compared to genus and species.
 E.g:family Solanaceae includes genera
solanum(tomato,potato) , petunia & datura.
 Family Felidae includes genera panthera (lion,
tiger ,leopard) &Felis(cat)
ORDER
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 It is the assemblage of families which include a

few similar characters in comparison to genus,
family etc.
 E.g:order polynomial includes family solanaceae
& convovulaceae.
 E.g: carnivora includes family felidae &
cancidae(dog) .
CLASS
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 It includes all related orders having less numbers

of common characteristics.
 E.g: class mammalia includes order Primata
(monkey, gorilla,gibbon) &carnivora.
 E.g:class Dicotyledonae includes order
polymoniales &sapindales(mango)
PHYLUM or DIVISION
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 It includes related classes.

 E.g:phylum Chordata includes classes fish
,amphibia, reptilia, aves &mammalia.
 Division angiospermae includes class
dicotyledonae & monocotyledonae.
TAXONOMICAL AIDS
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 Herbarium
 Botanical Garden
 Museum
 Zoological Park
 Key
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The Living World

 The number &types of organisms present on

 Nomenclature-naming of a particular organism

 Given By Carolous Linnaeus

 Names are in Latin and written in italics.They

 Both the words when handwritten are

 Name of the appears after specific epithet and

 It is the process by which any thing is grouped

 Organise vast number of plants,animals etc

idea about rest of the members of that

 It is the scientific term which indicates categories

 Systema(Latin word)-arrangement of organisms

 Classification involves hierarchy of steps in

 Group of individuals having fundamental

 It consists of a group of related species which has

 It has a group of related genera with less number

 It is the assemblage of families which include a

 It includes all related orders having less numbers

 It includes related classes.

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