specificEpithet

Term name
specificEpithet

Definition
The name of the first or species epithet of the scientificName.

Recommendation
Recommended

Guidelines

 * spell out the full scientific name

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