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Which scientist is regarded as the founder of the current system of taxonomy?
Which scientist is regarded as the founder of the current system of taxonomy?
What is the principal rank in modern taxonomy that is sometimes used in botany in place of phylum?
What is the principal rank in modern taxonomy that is sometimes used in botany in place of phylum?
What is the scientific study of naming, defining, and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics called?
What is the scientific study of naming, defining, and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics called?
Which taxonomic rank can be aggregated to form a more inclusive group of higher rank, thus creating a taxonomic hierarchy?
Which taxonomic rank can be aggregated to form a more inclusive group of higher rank, thus creating a taxonomic hierarchy?
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Who developed a ranked system known as Linnaean taxonomy for categorizing organisms and binomial nomenclature for naming organisms?
Who developed a ranked system known as Linnaean taxonomy for categorizing organisms and binomial nomenclature for naming organisms?
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