genus

Term name
genus

Definition
The full scientific name of the genus in which the taxon is classified.

Recommendation
Recommended

Guidelines

 * spell out the full scientific name [KCP: should we add "starting with a capital letter"?]
 * preferably without authorship, but not restricted by the definition. Ask TDWG [KCP: is there a link here we can provide?]

Controlled vocabulary
Use standardized institution codes such as:


 * taxonRank = controlled vocabulary: http://vocabularies.gbif.org/vocabularies/taxon_rank [NOTE KCP: this link does not seem to work?]

Other resources
LINKS TO RESOURCES, PERHAPS WITH EXPLANATION