Taxonomic Categories
Chapter Name : The Living World |
Sub Topic Code : 103_11_01_03_04 |
Topic Name : Taxonomic Categories |
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Sub Topic Name : Order |
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Introduction
Order – it is a taxa or a rank in the taxonomical classification that groups families that exhibit similar characters together
Pre-Requisites:
What is taxonomic classification?
Activity:
Go to a botanical garden and find out two genera of plants, Solanaceae and Convolvulaceae, see that both of these belong to different genera based on some dissimilarities but belong to same order based on some floral similarities.
Real Life Question:
Do all the organisms have an Order? Do we have an order we are grouped into?
Key Words / FlashCards
| Key Words | Definitions (pref. in our own words) |
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| Family Taxonomic Classification Genera (sing.- genus) Taxon (plu. - taxa) | A taxon in the taxonomic classification that groups similar genera together. Classification of organisms in a hierarchy based on similarities/dissimilarities. A taxon in taxonomic classification, just below family. A rank in the hierarchy of taxonomic classification. |
Learning aids / Gadgets
| Gadgets | How it can be used |
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| Museums, Zoos, Botanical Gardens, Key & Herbarium | Helps in identification of relation between organisms |
Places to visit :
Botanical Gardens, Zoos, Museums.
Practical examples around us
| Examples | Explainations |
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| Brinjal and the Morning Glory Flower, belong to different genera based on some dissimilarities but belong to same order based on some floral similarities. |
What you learn in Theory:
What is an order and how can organisms be classified to belong to an order.
What you learn in Practice:
How an ornamental flower, the morning glory and a vegetable, brinjal, can belong to the same order.