About Principles of Taxonomy
The course deals with the historical development of taxonomy as a science, principles, procedures, and rules of taxonomy, rules of botanical and zoological nomenclatures, and the hierarchy of classification, with examples from both plant and animal kingdoms. Classification systems, taxonomic structures, taxonomic evidence, code of nomenclature and purpose of giving names to organisms and nomenclatural codes, taxonomic techniques and the application of taxonomic result in different disciplines are discussed in details