Title: taxonomy
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - taxonomy
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.15090
Status: current

Definition
Science applied to the allocation of biological names and the rules of naming.

Note
Classification (systematics) is the process of rank ordering of taxa according to presumptive evolutionary (phylogenetic) relationships.

Related Terms
- phylogenetic: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/14913
- systematics: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/15088

Source
- PAC, 2009, 81, 829. 'Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)' on page 954 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-08-07-09)

Other Outputs
- html: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/15090/html
- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/15090/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/15090/xml

Citation: Citation: 'taxonomy' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.15090
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