EOLSS - CHARACTERIZATION OF BIODIVERSITY
Table 2. A hierarchy of taxa (ranks), often characterized by defined endings, is typical for biological systematics. Ending are more consistently used in plant systematics.
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"Plants" |
"Animals" |
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Taxa |
Endings |
Taxa |
Endings |
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Domains |
Eukary(ot)a |
Eukary(ot)a |
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Kingdom |
Viridi-(Plantae) |
Animalia |
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Phylum |
Spermatophyta |
- phyta - mycota |
Arthropoda Annelida etc. |
- zoa, - ata and others |
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Class |
Magnoliatae |
- atae - phyceae - mycetes |
Mammalia, Aves etc. |
- alia, -es and others |
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Order |
Rosales |
- ales |
Hymenoptera Perissodactyla/Artiodactyla |
-optera in Insects - yla |
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Family |
Rosaceae |
- aceae |
Apidae |
- idae |
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Genus |
Prunus L. |
Apis Linné |
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Species |
Prunus padus L. |
Apis mellifera Linné 1758 |
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Subspecies |
subsp. borealis (Schübel) Nyman |
ssp. |
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Variety |
var. |
var |
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Form |
f. |
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