intraspecificEpithet

Term name
infraspecificEpithet

Definition
The name of the lowest or terminal infraspecific epithet of the scientificName, excluding any rank designation.

Recommendation
Recommended

Guidelines

 * Provide name for the lowest rank.
 * this does mean some information will be lost (see example #1)

[KCP: is there no way to create more terms called "intraspecificEpithet1" and "intraspecificEpithet2" to capture the full name?]

[KCP: should the following be included? if yes, we need to find good examples and give recommendations what to do here: Losing information, find examples!
 * If you use all the fields, but not scientificName, there are examples where you cannot differentiate between two names: e.g. the same variety with the same author is used in two subspecies and they mean something different: genusA speciesA subspeciesA varietyA varietyauthorA ≠ genusA speciesA subspeciesB varietyA varietyauthorA
 * If you use all the fields, including scientificName, there might be an example where the same species and author are used in two different genera (with the same name. diff. authors), and they mean something different: genusA genusauthorA speciesA speciesauthorA ≠ genusA genusauthorB speciesA speciesauthorA]

Controlled vocabulary
N/A?

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