TAXONOMY

 

I. Linnaeus & Binomial Nomenclature

      A. Common name

      B. Species name:  Genus specific

II. Classification schemes

      A. Taxa:  Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order,                           Family, Genus, species                  B. Mnemonic:  “King Philip Came Over                      From Germany Saturday”

III. How many Kingdoms?--A History

      A. Aristotle

      B. Linnaeus

      C. von Leewenhoek

      D. Haeckle

      E. Whittaker

      G. Competing Theories: Woese, Virii,                      Margulis

III. The Five Major Kingdoms

      A. Monera

      B. Protista/ Protoctista

      C. Fungi

      D. Plantae 

      E. Animalia