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The Living World - Part 2 - Coggle Diagram
The Living World - Part 2
6. Taxonomic categories
Kingdom
Division/Phylum
Class
- Order primata and carnivora in class mammalia
Order
- Convolvulaceae, Solanaceae - order Polymoniales - Floral characters
Family
- Solanum, Petunia and Datura - family Solanaceae, Panthera and Felis (cats) in the family Felidae
Genus
- potato and brinjal - genus Solanum, Lion (Panthera leo), leopard (P. pardus) and tiger (P. tigris) - Panthera
Species
- Mangifera indica, Solanum tuberosum (potato) and Panthera leo (lion
all categories together - taxonomic hierarchy
- each taxon is a rank/unit of classification
7. Taxonomical Aids
Herbarium
Dried, pressed and preserved plant specimens
date and place of collection,English, local and botanical names, family, collector’s name, etc
quick referral systems in taxonomical studies
Botanical gardens
collections of living plants for reference
Grown for identification purposes and each plant is labelled indicating its botanical/scientific name and its family
Kew (England), Indian Botanical Garden, Howrah (India) and at National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow (India)
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Museum
Collections of preserved plant and animal specimens for study and reference
Insects in insect boxes after collecting, killing and pinning
Larger animals like birds and mammals - stuffed and preserved
Zoological Parks
protected environments
under human care
enable us to learn about their food habits
and behaviour
Key
similarities and dissimilarities
contrasting characters generally in a pair called couplet
Each statement in the key is called a lead
Keys are generally analytical in nature.
Flora
actual account of habitat and distribution of plants of a given area
Manuals
Provides information for identification of names of species found in an area
Monographs
information on any one taxon.