In biology, taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in an ancestral or hereditary hierarchy. A common system of biological...
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are given a taxonomic rank; groups of a given rank can be aggregated to form a more inclusive group of higher rank, thus creating a taxonomic hierarchy...
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Order (biology) (redirect from Order (taxonomic rank))
hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used...
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Domain (biology) (redirect from Taxonomic domain)
biological taxonomy, a domain (/dəˈmeɪn/ or /doʊˈmeɪn/) (Latin: regio), also dominion, superkingdom, realm, or empire, is the highest taxonomic rank of all...
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independent set Rank of a partition, at least two definitions in number theory Rank of a tensor Rank of a vector bundle Rank statistics Taxonomic rank, in biology...
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Class (biology) (redirect from Class (taxonomy))
class (Latin: classis) is a taxonomic rank, as well as a taxonomic unit, a taxon, in that rank. It is a group of related taxonomic orders. Other well-known...
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Subphylum (redirect from Subdivision (taxonomy))
nomenclature, a subphylum is a taxonomic rank below the rank of phylum. The taxonomic rank of "subdivision" in fungi and plant taxonomy is equivalent to "subphylum"...
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Genus (redirect from Genus (taxonomy))
Genus (/ˈdʒiːnəs/ pl.: genera /ˈdʒɛnərə/) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil...
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Subspecies (redirect from Nominate (taxonomy))
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, the subspecies is the only taxonomic rank below that of species that can receive a name. In botany and mycology...
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Kingdom (biology) (redirect from Taxonomic kingdom)
In biology, a kingdom is the second highest taxonomic rank, just below domain. Kingdoms are divided into smaller groups called phyla (singular phylum)...
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Family (biology) (redirect from Taxonomic family)
familia, pl.: familiae) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. A family may be...
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Tribe (biology) (redirect from Taxonomic tribe)
tribe is a taxonomic rank above genus, but below family and subfamily. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes. By convention, all taxa ranked above species...
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Division (biology) (redirect from Subdivision (rank))
a taxonomic rank in biological classification that is used differently in zoology and in botany. In botany and mycology, division refers to a rank equivalent...
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the same taxonomic rank that pertain to that same taxon. For example, a particular species could, over time, have had two or more species-rank names published...
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Neelipleona (section Taxonomic rank)
(springtails). While their taxonomic rank remains broadly settled as family Neelidae, Neelipleona has been described at order or suborder rank. Eyes are absent...
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Taxon (redirect from Taxonomic group)
encompasses all included taxa of lower rank (q.v.) and individual organisms. [...]" A taxon can be assigned a taxonomic rank, usually (but not necessarily) when...
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Species (redirect from Taxonomic uncertainty)
by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. Other ways of defining...
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Variety (botany) (redirect from Variety (taxonomy))
botanical nomenclature, variety (abbreviated var.; in Latin: varietas) is a taxonomic rank below that of species and subspecies, but above that of form. As such...
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(Latin: subfamilia, plural subfamiliae) is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature...
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Lists of virus taxa (redirect from Taxonomic list of viruses)
lists of virus taxa. List of higher virus taxa, i.e. all taxa above the rank of family List of virus families and subfamilies List of virus genera (also...
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Race (biology) (redirect from Race (taxonomic))
In biological taxonomy, race is an informal rank in the taxonomic hierarchy for which various definitions exist. Sometimes it is used to denote a level...
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Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Subclass may refer to: Subclass (taxonomy), a taxonomic rank below "class" Subclass (computer science) Subclass (set theory)...
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An informal group in taxonomy is a taxonomic rank that is not well defined. This type of group can be paraphyletic or polyphyletic but is kept for ease...
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Section (botany) (redirect from Taxonomic section)
sectio) is a taxonomic rank below the genus, but above the species. The subgenus, if present, is higher than the section, and the rank of series, if...
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underlying such work. Thus a taxonomy can be used to organize species, documents, videos or anything else. A taxonomy organizes taxonomic units known as "taxa"...
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order. A term for rank-based classification of organisms, in general. That is, taxonomy in the traditional sense of the word: rank-based scientific classification...
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classification, is a non-obligatory taxonomic rank within the Linnaean hierarchy sometimes used in zoology. In zoological taxonomy, the legion is: subordinate...
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Conodont (section Nomenclature and taxonomic rank)
used to refer to conodonts, though inconsistencies regarding their taxonomic rank still persist. Bengtson (1976)'s research on conodont evolution identified...
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