This list is for high-level IDing of "Unknown" and your own observations. :)
NOTE: this is a Work In Progress - terminology is potentially incorrect, typos, and changes/updates/corrections likely
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Random reminders... :)
Purple plant at Brisbane on the curvy arbor: Bougainvillea
Sticky flowering plant Heidi got from neighbour's garden when cat-seeking: Plumbagos
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Overview of main Taxonomy Tree levels
Kingdom
- Animals
- Plants
- Fungi & Lichens
- Protista
- Archaea
- Bacteria
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Tribe
Genus
Species
- Plants
- Palms
- Ferns
- Flowering Plant
- Grasses Sedges & etc
- Eucalypts
- Myrtace Family
- Daisy Family
- Orchids
- Arthropods (millipede, spiders, insects) - Phylum: Arthropoda
- Arachnids - Class: Arachnida
- Spiders - Order: Araneae
- Insects - Class: Insecta
- Winged / once winged insects (anything with wings & 6 legs - moths, butterflies, grasshoppers, flies, crickets, mozzies, beetles, cockroach, ants) - Subclass: Pterygota
- Butterflies & Moths (including caterpillar, cocoons, pupas) - Order: Lepidoptera
- Bees, Wasps, Ants - Order: Hymenoptera
- Flies - Order: Diptera
- Crickets, Grasshoppers, Katidids - Order: Orthoptera
- Stick Insects - Order: Phasmida
- Mantises - Order: Mantodea
- Dragonflies & Damselflies - Order: Odonata
- Fish (Eels, rays, sharks, dolphins, whales) - Class: Actinopterygii
- Snails, slugs - Class: Gastropoda
- Earthworms and Allies - Subclass: Oligochaeta
- Reptiles (lizards, skinks, snakes, frogs) - Class: Reptilia
- Snakes & Lizards - Order: Squamata
- Turtles & Tortoises - Order Testudines
- Frogs & Toads - Order: Anura
- Mammals (Quolls, Numbats, Possums, Bilbies, Bandicoots, Platypus, Echidnas, Humans) - Class: Mammalia
- Kangaroos, Wallabies, Possums, Wombats, Gliders - Order: Diprotodontia
- Bats & flying foxes - Order: Chiroptera
- Mice, Rats, Squirrels, Hamptsers, Guinea Pigs - Order: Rodentia
- Rabbits & Hares - Family: Leporidae
- Birds - Class: Aves
- Owls - Order: Strigiformes
- Hawks, Kites, Eagles - Order: Accipitriformes
- Perching birds - Order: Passeriformes
- Water birds (ducks, geese, swans) - Order: Anseriformes
- Parrots - Order: Psittaciformes
Posted on
May 21, 2023 03:36 PM
by
thistlemouse
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