Subfamily
The hierarchy of biological classification's eight major taxonomic ranks. Intermediate minor rankings are not shown.
In
biological classification,[1] a subfamily (Latin: subfamilia, plural subfamiliae) is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae",[2] and zoological names with "-inae".[1]
See also
- International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
- Rank (botany)
- Rank (zoology)
Sources
- ^ a b International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1999). "Article 29.2. Suffixes for family-group names". International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (Fourth ed.). International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, XXIX. p. 306.
- ISBN 978-3-87429-425-6. Article 19.
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