kingdom

Term name
kingdom

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

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?]

Usage examples
NOTE KCP: not sure if we need examples here, since the example would always be "Plantae"? How about "Protista" and "Fungi"? Are they to be included here?

Other resources
LINKS TO RESOURCES, PERHAPS WITH EXPLANATION