Taxonomy is the science of classifying, naming, and describing organisms.
Taxonomy is a part of the scientific practice known as systematics, which entails the evolutionary relationships between organisms. The most prevalent naming system is the Linnaeus system, which is binomial system of nomenclature. These two words are listed in italics or underlined in scientific documents. In taxonomy, evolutionary relationships are used in order to classify organisms, however, there are several different methods of classification. In any of these methods of classification, a taxon, or group of organisms, can be specified in several different ways.