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taxonomy

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006272

The science of classification of organisms; the arrangement of organisms into systematic groups such as species, genus, family, and order.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-006272
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
Synonymsbiological classification; biological systematics; biosystematics; classification (organisms); systematics (organisms)
ReferencesSchwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsoherbaria; classification; biological nomenclature; plant taxonomy; phylotype; species identification; morphospecies; homonym; chemotaxonomy; taxon descriptions; taxonomic ranks; insect taxonomy; type collections; molecular systematics; new taxa; new status; numerical taxonomy; taxonomic revisions; taxonomic keys; animal taxonomy
TranslationsSpanish: taxonomía
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006272",
  "term": "taxonomy",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The science of classification of organisms; the arrangement of organisms into systematic groups such as species, genus, family, and order.",
  "synonyms": [
    "biological classification",
    "biological systematics",
    "biosystematics",
    "classification (organisms)",
    "systematics (organisms)"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "herbaria",
    "classification",
    "biological nomenclature",
    "plant taxonomy",
    "phylotype",
    "species identification",
    "morphospecies",
    "homonym",
    "chemotaxonomy",
    "taxon descriptions",
    "taxonomic ranks",
    "insect taxonomy",
    "type collections",
    "molecular systematics",
    "new taxa",
    "new status",
    "numerical taxonomy",
    "taxonomic revisions",
    "taxonomic keys",
    "animal taxonomy"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Schwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "taxonomía"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/taxonomy/"
}

Record 6,272 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.