YOGYAKARTA - In a vast earth, there are certainly various kinds of living creatures. From humans, animals, and plants. To make it easier for us to recognize and study the diversity of living creatures, a classification process needs to be carried out. At this time, the classification of living creatures is carried out to make a wider and complete grouping. Check out the purpose of the complete classification of living creatures below.
What is the System of Classification of Living Things?The classification of living things is a way of grouping living things into groups based on similarities or characteristics of each living thing. The classification system of living things has also been known since ancient civilizations, which was started by the Greek philosopher, Aristotle.
In Biology itself, there is a branch of science that studies the classification of living things in particular, called Taxonomy. Taxonomy is taken from the ancient Greek language, namely taxis and nomia. Taxis itself means arrangement, while nomia has the meaning of method, so when combined it has the meaning of a method of arrangement.
The main purpose of the classification of living things is to make it easier to recognize, compare, and study living things. Reported from the repository.kemdikbud.go.id website, below are other purposes of the classification of living things.
The purpose of classifying living things is to describe the characteristics of a type of living thing to distinguish it from other types of living things. For example, food plants, medicinal plants, to vegetable plants that are described according to their group of characteristics.
Giving Names to Living Things Whose Names Are Not Yet KnownThere are many living creatures in the world that have not yet had a name. Therefore, the purpose of classification is to give names to these types of organisms.
Grouping Living ThingsMany living things have their own characteristics or special traits and become a differentiator from other living things. Thus, the classification of living things aims to group living things according to the similarities and characteristics they have.
The purpose of classifying other living things is to know the kinship relationship between living things. This can be seen from the number of similarities between living things. The more similarities you have, the closer the kinship relationship.
Simplifying the Object of StudyThe purpose of other classifications is so that we can easily study living things. Living things are composed of various kinds and the number is so large that it must be simplified by grouping.
Based on the criteria used, reported by the usd.ac.id website, the classification system of living things is divided into 3 types, namely artificial classification system (artificially), natural classification system (natural), and phylogenetic classification system.
Artificial classification systems mean grouping living things based on their morphological, physiological, reproductive organs, anatomy, and habitat. For example, in the classification of plants there are trees, shrubs, bushes, and weeds. As for where they live, animals can be divided into two, namely animals that live in water and animals that live on land.
Natural Classification SystemNatural classification systems were discovered by Michael Adams and Jean Baptiste de Lamarck who divided living things based on similarities and differences in morphology (the shape of the outside of the body) naturally. For example, like four-legged animals, animals with fins, animals without legs, and others.
Plants can also be grouped by natural classification systems. For example, flowering plants, leafy plants, ribbon-leaved plants, and so on.
- Phylogenetic Classification SystemThe phylogenetic or phylogenetic classification system is carried out by grouping living things based on kinship relationships that occur between organisms and are adjusted to the process or theory of evolution. This theory was first proposed by Charles Darwin in 1859.
The closer the kinship relationship, the more morphological and anatomical similarities between living things. For example, the orangutan is closer in kinship to monkeys than to humans. This is based on biochemical tests, especially on the chromosomes, DNA, and protein composition of the organism.
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