intraspecificEpithet

Darwin Core

Term name

infraspecificEpithet

Definition

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

Apple Core

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?

Usage examples

Example #	scientificName	kingdom	family	genus	subgenus	specificEpithet	intraspecificEpithet	taxonRank	scientificNameAuthorship
1	Senecio fuchsii C.C.Gmel. subsp. fuchsii var. expansus (Boiss. & Heldr.) Hayek	Plantae	Asteraceae	Senecio		fuchsii	expansus	variety	(Boiss. & Heldr.) Hayek
2	Cryptomeria japonica 'Elegans'	Plantae	Taxodiaceae	Cryptomeria		japonica		cultivar
3	Pyrocrataegus ×willei L.L.Daniel	Plantae	Rosaceae	Pyrocrataegus		×willei		nothospecies/species?	L.L.Daniel
4	Agrostis stolonifera L. × Polypogon monspeliensis (L.) Desf.	Plantae	Poaceae	?		?		hybridFormula?
5	Asplenium rhizophyllum × ruta-muraria	Plantae	Aspleniaceae	Asplenium				hybridFormula?
6	Mentha aquatica L. × M. arvensis L. × M. spicata L.	Plantae	Example	Mentha				hybridFormula?
7	Maxillaria sect. Multiflorae Christenson	Plantae	Orchidaceae	Maxillaria				section	Christenson
8	Amaranthus subgenus Albersia (Kunth) Grenier & Godron	Plantae	Amaranthaceae	Amaranthus	Amaranthus subgenus Albersia				(Kunth) Grenier & Godron
9	Amaranthus albus Linnaeus	Plantae	Amaranthaceae	Amaranthus	Amaranthus subgenus Albersia	albus		species	Linnaeus
10	Amanita muscaria	Fungi	Amanitaceae	Agaricus		muscaria		species	(L.) Pers.
11	Achnanthidium minutissimum	Protista	Achnanthidiaceae	Achnanthidium		minutisssimum		species	(Kützing) Czarnecki

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