Ch 18 Classification and Systematics

Levels of Taxonomic Categories

Cladistics

Understanding Cladograms

Cladograms and Taxonomic Categories

Other Types of Classification Systems

Artificial Systems of Classification

Classification System for Fossils

Taxonomic Studies

The Major Lines of Evolution

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species

most fundamental level of classification

set of individuals closely related by descend from a common ancestor

genera (genus)

closely related species are grouped together

family

level above genus

composed of one, several, or many genera

Levels above family

order

class division

kingdom

species epithet

word that distinguishes species from other species

taxon

refers to any of the above groups

method of analyzing phylogenetic evolutionary relationships

cladogram

diagram that shows evolutionary patterns by means of a series of branches

node

each point which the cladogram branches

clad

any node and all the branches that lead from it

apomorphy

derived condition

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basal angiosperms

several clades of angiosperms that arose before the rest of the angiosperm diverged into monocots and eudicots

rest of the dicots are called eudicots

basis of classification

easy to observe

form genera

all fossils with same basic form or structure are grouped together

type specimen

single preserved plant that truly carries the name

Grade classification

old classification of Protista

Protistans were placed together because they had a low level of evolutionary advancement

Kingdom Plantae

isotype specimen

specimen obtained from the same plant or clone as the type specimen

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