Name: Taxonomical Aids
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 8 min 52 s
Description: Our planet earth is teeming with about 8.7 million species of living organisms. Taxonomic aid is required for correct identification, classification and stud...

Question

What is meant by identification and nomenclature? How is a key helpful in the identification and classification of an organism?

Accepted Answer

The local names of an organism can vary from one place to another place. To avoid this confusion and to standardize the naming of living organisms in such a way that a particular organism can be known by the same name all over the world nomenclature process has been introduced. This process provides a scientific name to an identified organism. The identification process is used to determine whether a collected organism is entirely new or it is previously known. This process can be executed by comparing the characters among the organisms.

Key can be characterized as taxonomical aid. It is used for the identification of plants and animals based on similarities and dissimilarities. Keys are generally analytical. Keys that are based on the contrasting characters present in a pair are called a couplet. Separate taxonomic keys are required for each taxonomic category including family, genus, and species for identification purposes.

What is meant by identification and nomenclature? How is a key helpful in the identification and classification of an organism?

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