Survey of the
Five Kingdoms
,• Systematics – scientific study of the diversity
of organisms and their evolutionary
relationships
• Taxonomy - science of naming, describing,
and classifying organisms
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, Carolus Linnaeus
(Father of Modern Taxonomy)
• Developed a system of
classification of every (then)
known organism
• Kingdom Plantae
• Kingdom Animalia
• Invented binomial
nomenclature to keep track of
group members
➢Scientific name – Greek or Latin
origin
➢Genus species (Homo sapiens)
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Five Kingdoms
,• Systematics – scientific study of the diversity
of organisms and their evolutionary
relationships
• Taxonomy - science of naming, describing,
and classifying organisms
7/10/2024 2
, Carolus Linnaeus
(Father of Modern Taxonomy)
• Developed a system of
classification of every (then)
known organism
• Kingdom Plantae
• Kingdom Animalia
• Invented binomial
nomenclature to keep track of
group members
➢Scientific name – Greek or Latin
origin
➢Genus species (Homo sapiens)
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