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Taxonomy, or taxonomic science, is the discipline concerned with naming, describing, and classifying living organisms and other organisms based on shared characteristics and evolutionary relationships. It provides a structured framework—often represented as a hierarchical system of ranks such as domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species—that helps researchers communicate about biodiversity and organize biological information. Related activities include alpha taxonomy, which involves discovering and describing new taxa, and the broader field of systematics, which seeks to understand evolutionary relationships.
Historically, taxonomy emerged with Carl Linnaeus in the 18th century, who introduced binomial nomenclature, giving each
Advances in molecular techniques, such as DNA barcoding and genome sequencing, have transformed taxonomy by enabling
Taxonomy plays a central role in biology, ecology, conservation, agriculture, medicine, and bioinformatics, providing a common