Ascending or descending arrangement of taxonomic categories is known as
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Hierarchy
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The ascending or descending arrangement of taxonomic categories is known as a hierarchy. The hierarchy classifies organisms in a definite sequence of taxonomic units in a descending order starting from the kingdom. The hierarchy is classified into seven obligate categories that are; kingdom, division, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.
A taxon, on the other hand, refers to a group of similar and genetically related individuals with certain characterestic that are different from other groups. All the insects for example form taxonomy as they have some common characters which are different from other groups.
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Descending arrangement of categories is called hierarchy and ascending arrangement of categories is called as key.
It can also be called as the taxonomic hierarchy or Linnaean hierarchy or Taxonomic classification. The concept was proposed by Carl Linnaeus. Hierarchy of the categories is classification of an organism in a particular sequence of categories in descending order beginning from the kingdom.