Biology

The institution that cares for a collection of organisms artifacts and other objects such as artistic, historical, cultural or scientific importance

Characterization of a species by external features and its body shape

Morphological Species Explanation

This concept is applied to both asexual and sexual organisms. It is useful when gene flow information is not known. But […]

Lichen is a composite organisms that arises by the combination of algae (Phycobiont) or cyanobacteria with fungi (Mycobiont) in a symbiotic relationship

A specimen chosen as the type of a species or subspecies if the author of the name fails to designate a type

Kingdom is the highest taxonomic rank just below domain

The duplicate of the holotype is known as Isotype

In-situ conservation of genetic resources in natural populations of plant or animal species, such as forest genetic resources in natural populations of tree species

When the species was formally described it is based on a single physical example of an organism known

Discontinuities emergence (habitat). This is causing population fragmentation and ecosystem decay

Taxonomic rank used in the biological classification

Genus Explanation

The genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus