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Taxonomy (biology)

In biology, taxonomy (from Ancient Greek τάξις (taxis) 'arrangement' and -νομία (-nomia) 'method') is the scientific study of naming, defining (circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics. Modern approaches prioritize common ancestry and evolutionary relationships.

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Taxonomy (biology)

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the great chain of being in the Western scholastic traditioninstance ofThis included concepts0.80text
again deriving ultimately from Aristotle.The Aristotelian system did not classify plants or fungiinstance ofThis included concepts0.80text
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as per the scala naturaeinstance ofThis included concepts0.80text
Procopiusinstance ofwas taken into consideration in the great chain of being.Advances were made by scholars0.80text
Timotheus of Gazainstance ofwas taken into consideration in the great chain of being.Advances were made by scholars0.80text
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the Catalogue of Lifeinstance ofthere are comprehensive databases0.80text
which attempts to list every documented speciesinstance ofthere are comprehensive databases0.80text

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