CHAPTER 17

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"MS. GUIZUBEL, what is Taxonomy?" Tanong sakin ng guro namin sa Biology. Tumayo ako. "Taxonomy is the science of naming, describing and classifying organisms and includes all plants, animals and microorganisms of the world. It come's from the ancient greek word (taxis) which means 'arrangement', and (nomia), means 'method'." "Good, sit down... Then who can give me the main levels of the modern taxonomic classification system?" Nagtaas ng kamay ang classmate kong si Franklin. "Yes, Mr. Cabral?" "From the most inclusive to the most exclusive levels. Those are Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus and Species." "Very good. Thank you, Mr. Cabral. The Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus is regarded as the founder of the current system of taxonomy, as he developed a system known a

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