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An often underestimated role of taxonomy is that it not only provides names and classifications for organisms, it also provides the means for identifying them. In fact, for many users of taxonomy this may be its most important function.
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All biologists are involved in identification… but the taxonomist is especially concerned, since he produces or alters the classifications of organisms as well as providing the tools by which his fellow-scientists can identify their specimens. Walters (1975)
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Quicke, D.L.J. (1993). Keys and Identification. In: Principles and Techniques of Contemporary Taxonomy. Experimental and Clinical Neuroscience. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2134-7_5
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