Names and Organization of Names

Introduction to the history of the naming of living things.

From a hierarchy of classifications to Linneas and beyond.


Phylogenic Taxonomy

At the dawn of the 21st Century, an alternative approach was taken bilding a system of name without rank that applies to all life and where species and groups of species ae organized into groups that are actually related into "Monophyletic" groups (Monophyletic means they all share a common ancestor) that better illustrates actual evolutionary trends.


Ranked Taxonomy

This is the pre-21st century organization of species and names.