Systematics and Taxonomy

• Organizations
• Software

• The "Nuts and Bolts" of Taxonomy and Classification  - Presents an introduction to taxonomy and organism classification, the role of taxonomy, the rules involved, and the Linnaean Hierarchy.
• Classification of Living Things  - Serves as a primer on the principles of taxonomy, focusing on human classification categories.
• Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL)  - Global initiative established to develop DNA barcoding as a standard for the identification of biological species.
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)  - Online source for authoritative taxonomic information for all organisms including plants, animals, fungi, and microbes.
• The NCBI Taxonomy Homepage  - Compiles information on a number of organisms commonly used in molecular research projects.
• uBio  - Comprehensive and collaborative catalog of names of all known or identified living organisms.
• World Taxonomist Database  - Online directory providing updated information on taxonomists worldwide.