Vaishnav Publication
Diversity in Living Organisms
Introduction
- We all know that there are abundant of living organisms present on the earth. Many organisms are not identical to each other.
- This variety of living beings present on the earth is called as a Biodiversity.
- Here is a separate branch of Biology called Taxonomy which identifies, names and classifies different organisms present on the earth.
- Carolus Linnaeus is known as the Father of the Modern Taxonomy.
- Binomial nomenclature is the naming of organisms with two names- genus and species.
- It was first established by Carl Linnaeus and later adopted by all scientists for the universal naming of organisms.
- The Law of priority is established if the same name is shared by two different species or two different taxa.
- Taxonomy deals with the identification, nomenclature, and classification of organisms.
