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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.  2001-07.
 
Examples of Systematic Classification (table)
 
 
Common NameSpecies NameGenusFamilyOrderClassPhylum (Division)Kingdom
HumansHomo sapiensHomoHominidaePrimatesMammaliaChordataAnimalia
Rhesus monkeyMacaca mulattaMacacaCercopithecidae
Leopard frogRana pipiensRanaRanidaeAnuraAmphibia
Wood frogRana sylvatica
Long-winged grasshopperDissosteira longipennisDissosteiraAcrididaeOrthopteraInsectaArthropoda
Black widow spiderLatrodectus mactansLatrodectusTheridiidaeAraneaeArachnida
White cloverTrifolium repensTrifoliumLeguminosaeRosalesMagnoliopsidaMagnoliophytaPlantae
Black cherryPrunus serotinaPrunusRosaceae
Wood lilyLilium philadelphicumLiliumLiliaceaeLilialesLiliatae
Ponderosa pinePinus ponderosaPinusPinaceaeConiferalesPinopsidaPinophyta
Ginkgo treeGinkgo bilobaGinkgoGinkgoaceaeGinkgoalesGinkgoopsida
Haircap mossPolytrichum juniperumPolytrichumPolytrichaceaePolytrichalesMusciBryophyta
 
 
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