Class 11 Botany simulations · The Living World

Taxonomic hierarchy

Climb the ladder of taxonomic categories for a human, a housefly, mango and wheat (NCERT Table 1.1).

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What to notice

Each step up groups more organisms together, so the number of shared characters decreases.

Key relation

Species → Genus → Family → Order → Class → Phylum/Division → Kingdom

Try this

Compare mango and wheat: at which level do they first fall into the same taxon?

What you can change

• Organism: choose Man, Housefly, Mango, Wheat
• Taxonomic category (1 = species): 1 to 7

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