Illustrate the taxonomical hierarchy with suitable examples of a plant and an animal.
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The system of arrangement of various taxa in a hierarchical order that indicates various levels of similarities is called taxonomical hierarchy.
The hierarchy order of organisms is:
Species → Genus → Family → Order → Class → Phylum → Kingdom.
For example:
Classification of a plant say Mango is as follows:-
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Angiospermae
Class: Dicotyledons
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Genus: Mangifera
Species: indica.
Classification of an animal say Human being is as follows:-
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primata
Family: Hominidae
Genus: Homo
Species: sapiens
Answer:
The arrangement of various taxa in a hierarchical order is called taxonomic hierarchy.
In this hierarchy, species is present at the lowest level whereas kingdom is present at the highest level.
Classification of a plant :
As an example, let us classify Solanum melongena, (Brinjal).
Kingdom – Plantae
Division – Angiospermae
Class – Dicotyledonae
Order – Solanales
Family – Solanaceae
Genus – Solanum
Species – melongena
Classification of an animal :
As an example, let us classify man.
Kingdom – Animalia
Phylum – Chordata
Class – Mammalia
Order – Primate
Family – Hominidae
Genus – Homo
Species – Sapiens
Explanation: Hope the above answer may help you.