Bionta

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Coined by Lee Barker Walton in 1930

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Bionta

  1. (archaic) The taxonomic superempire of all living things.

Usage notes[edit]

It was subdivided into three taxonomic empires; Protistodeae (unicellular life, or protists), Metaphytodeae (multicellular plants), and Zoodeae (multicellular animals). In modern usage, plants are organized into the taxonomic kingdom Plantae, animals into Animalia, fungi into Fungi, while unicellular organisms are variously divided.

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