kingdom
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Darwin Core
Term name
Definition
The full scientific name of the kingdom in which the taxon is classified.
Apple Core
Recommendation
Recommended
Guidelines
- spell out the full scientific name [KCP: should we add "names should be capitalized except for the specific and subspecific names"?]
| Rank |
|---|
| kingdom |
| subkingdom |
| phylum |
| subphylum |
| superclass |
| class |
| subclass |
| superorder |
| order |
| suborder |
| infraorder |
| superfamily |
| family |
| subfamily |
| tribe |
| subtribe |
| genus |
| subgenus |
| section |
| subsection |
| speciesAggregate [NOTE KCP: should there be a space between species and aggregate? See next example below] |
| species |
| Subspecific Aggregate |
| subspecies |
| variety |
| subvariety |
| form |
| subform |
| cultivarGroup |
| cultivar |
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
