Classification of organism based on

evolutionary relationships
GLOSSARY OF TERMS RELATED TO CLASSIFICATION AND
NAMING OF ORGANISMS:

CLASSIFICATION – A SYSTEM OF NAMING OBJECTS OR

ENTITIES BY COMMON CHARACTERISTICS. IN A BIOLOGICAL
SENSE, CLASSIFICATION IS THE SYSTEMATIC GROUPING OF
ORGANISMS BASED ON STRUCTURAL OR FUNCTIONAL
SIMILARITIES OROR EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. A PROCESS
OF ESTABLISHING, DEFINING, AND RANKING TAXA WITHIN
HIERARCHICAL SERIES OF GROUPS.
Taxonomy – the classification of
organisms into a system that indicates
natural relationships (evolutionary
relationships); the theory and practice of
describing, naming, and classifying
organisms.
Systematics – the systematic classification
of organisms and the evolutionary
relationships among them; taxonomy.
Phylogeny – the evolutionary history of a
group or lineage.
 Nomenclature – the system of scientific
names applied to taxa (groups of
organism)