#classification notes

Kingdom = Animalia

Phylum = Chordata

Class = Mammalia

Order = Artiodactyla

Infraorder = Cetacea

Family = Delphinidae

Genus = Stenella

Species = S. clymene

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-- seven categories

-- from broadest to most specific:      1. kingdom      2. phylum      3. class      4. order      5. family      6. genus      7. species

-- autotrophs are produces

-- heterotrophs are consumers

-- the endosymbiotic theory says eukaryotic cells came from a symbiotic partnership of prokaryotic cells

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Kingdom = Animalia

Phylum = Chordata

Class = Mammalia

Order = Carnivora

Family = Canidae

Genus = Canis

Species = C. rufus

Myxini -- hagfish

Petromyzontida -- lampreys

Chondrichthyes -- sharks -- rays -- chimaeras

Actinopterygii -- ray-finned fishes

Actinistia -- coelacanths

Dipnoi -- lungfishes

Tetrapoda -- amphibians -- reptiles -- mammals

Asterales are an order of flowering plants.

They are organized by molecular phylogenetics, meaning that they organized by genetic evolutionary relationships and not by physical attributes alone.

Genetic evolutionary relationships refers to a plants evolutionary history, and their hereditary molecular differences. It relies on the idea that plants all have shared ancestors that evolved differently and therefore have somewhat different and somewhat similar genetics.  By analyzing a plants genetics it allows for an understanding of who shared ansestors and where divergent evolutionary moments took place and uses DNA to illustrate plants different genetic relationships to each other.

The order of Asterales contains 11 families, 1,743 genera, and nearly 27,000 species. Asterales seem to have all evolved from one common ancestor, because they all share physical and chemical characteristics. Members of the Asterales order are found all over the world, including desert and arctic areas, creating a large amount of diversity in the various species. the two largest families that make up a huge chunk of the Asterales are the Asteraceae and the Campanulaceae. The Asteraceae family contains 23,000 of the Asterales and the only other family on earth that contains a similar amount of species is the Orchidaceae, the orchid family. Notable Asterales are sunflowers, dandelions, daisys, ragweed, thistles, lettuces, artichokes and many many more. There are a number of Asterales that are not only important food crops, but also ornamental and chemical producing crops that are used in various ways in the world. 

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Caryophyllales are an order of flowering plants.

They are organized by molecular phylogenetics, meaning that they organized by genetic evolutionary relationships and not by physical attributes alone.

Genetic evolutionary relationships refers to a plants evolutionary history, and their hereditary molecular differences. It relies on the idea that plants all have shared ancestors that evolved differently and therefore have somewhat different and somewhat similar genetics.  By analyzing a plants genetics it allows for an understanding of who shared ansestors and where divergent evolutionary moments took place and uses DNA to illustrate plants different genetic relationships to each other.

The order of Caryophyllales contains 33 families, 692 genera, and more than 11,000 species, making it a monumental family that contains a very wide and divers number of species. 

This includes many carnivorous plants, like the Venus Flytrap and the Pitcher Plant to all of the Cacti as well as the Carnations. Many Caryophyllales have developed characteristics to survive harsh environments, like desert or salty environments, or even low available nutrient environments. This lead to the development of unique characteristics, like CAM photosynthesis (used in succulents to survive dry conditions) or C4 photosynthesis (a more highly productive version of photosynthesis) and even carnivorous digestion (alternative source of nutrients). Caryophyllales include a number of important food crops as well as various ornamental species making them important economically, culturally, as well as ecologically.

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