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प्रश्न
Illustrate the taxonomical hierarchy with suitable examples of a plant and an animal.
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उत्तर
The arrangement of various taxa in a hierarchical order is called a taxonomic hierarchy.
In this hierarchy, species is present at the lowest level, whereas kingdom is present at the highest level.
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Kingdom ↑ Phylum or division ↑ Class ↑ Order ↑ Family ↑ Genus ↑ Species A Taxonomic hierarchy |
Classification of a plant
As an example, let us classify Solanum melongena (Brinjal).
Kingdom – Plantae
Division – Angiospermae
Class – Dicotyledonae
Order – Solanales
Family – Solanaceae
Genus – Solanum
Species – melongena
Classification of an animal
As an example, let us classify Columba livia (Blue Rock Dove).
Kingdom – Animalia
Phylum – Chordata
Class – Aves
Order – Columbiformes
Family – Columbidae
Genus – Columba
Species – livia
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Give some examples of taxa at different hierarchical levels.
Define and understand the following term:
Order
Define and understand the following term:
Genus
Name one example of the animal which shows the following characteristics:
Star-shaped body:
How are organisms classified?
Which among the following have scales?
- Amphibians
- Pisces
- Reptiles
- Mammals
Amphibians do not have the following
______ has smallest number of organisms with maximum number of similar characters
Fill in the boxes given in Fig. 7.2 with appropriate characteristics/plant group (s)

You are given leech, Nereis, Scolopendra, prawn and scorpion; and all have segmented body organisation. Will you classify them in one group? If no, give the important characters based on which you will separate these organisms into different groups.
Order is a number of related families having common characters placed in an order.
Identity the incorrect statement:
Which one of the following belongs to the family Muscidae?
As we go from species to kingdom in a taxonomic hierarchy, the number of common characteristics ______.
Genus represents ______.
Match the following and choose the correct option:
| Column I | Column II |
| A. Family | i. Tuberosum |
| B. Kingdom | ii. Polymoniales |
| C. Order | iii. Solanum |
| D. Species | iv. Plantae |
| E. Genus | v. Solanacea |
Linnaeus is considered as Father of Taxonomy. Name two other botanists known for their contribution to the field of plant taxonomy?
International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN) has provided a code for classification of plants. Give hierarchy of units of classification botanists follow while classifying plants and mention different ‘Suffixes’ used for the units.
