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• a  of or relating to taxonomy
  taxonomic relations
  a taxonomic designation

• As a onetime student of insects, Kinsey had set out to apply the "taxonomic approach" to human beings.
• Kinsey can study 100,000 insects by the "taxonomic approach," and derive certain principles and laws from their constant behavior.
• Going back to the Jurassic period, researchers analyzed when each genus a taxonomic category just above species disappeared, and whether relatives vanished at the same time.

• taxonomical
• systematic

News & Articles

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• Peculiar, diverse and dangerous to crops: A checklist of the scale insects of Iran
  Largely diverse and economically important group, the scale insects of Iran require further investigation and improvement of knowledge, both from taxonomic and practical point of view. A new detailed checklist of Coccoidea in Iran provides the first steps in the better understanding of the family and a call for future investigations and practical use of knowledge in pest control management.
  Oct. 2, 2013 - Science Daily

Quotes

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• Stephen Meyer in Crosswalk.com
  In the article, titled "The Origin of Biological Information and the Higher Taxonomic Categories," Meyer argues that the theory of intelligent design explains the origin of the genetic information in early animal forms better than current...
• Colin Groves in Independent
  Professor Colin Groves, of the School of Archaeology & Anthropology at the Australian National University, said: "We must congratulate the team on a magnificent discovery, while disputing their assessment of its taxonomic affinities. The new...