Taxonomy

Definition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomy)

Taxonomy is the academic discipline of defining groups of biological organisms on the basis of shared characteristics and giving names to those groups. Each group is given a rank and groups of a given rank can be aggregated to form a super group of higher rank and thus create a hierarchical classification. (Wikipedia)

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This term is used for the following terms: 
Systematics

Approved Date
26-Oct-2012

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