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Trinomial nomenclature

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63: 52: 277:, and more ranks can be made by using the prefix "sub" to make subspecies, subvariety, subforma. Very rarely even more forms are created, such as supersubspecies. Not all of these ranks need to be specified, for example, some authors prefer to divide plant species into subspecies, while others prefer to use varieties. 238:
While binomial nomenclature came into being and immediately gained widespread acceptance in the mid-18th century, it was not until the early 20th century that the current unified standard of trinominal nomenclature was agreed upon. This became the standard mainly because of tireless promotion by
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McNeill, J.; Barrie, F.R.; Buck, W.R.; Demoulin, V.; Greuter, W.; Hawksworth, D.L.; Herendeen, P.S.; Knapp, S.; Marhold, K.; Prado, J.; Prud'homme Van Reine, W.F.; Smith, G.F.; Wiersema, J.H.; Turland, N.J. (2012).
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publication, a name is incomplete without an author citation and publication details. This indicates who published the name, in what publication, and the date of the publication. For example: "
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For algae, fungi, plants, and their fossils, there is an indeterminate number of infraspecific ranks allowed below the level of species. The secondary ranks below the species rank are
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If the generic and specific name have already been mentioned in the same paragraph, they are often abbreviated to initial letters. For example, one might write: "The great cormorant
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International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code) adopted by the Eighteenth International Botanical Congress Melbourne, Australia, July 2011
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name. All three names are typeset in italics, and only the first letter of the generic name is capitalised. No indicator of rank is included: in
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Hamilton, C.W.; Reichard, S.H. (1992). "Current practice in the use of subspecies, variety, and forma in the classification of wild plants".
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is not the same as a classification, and the name of this plant is a trinomial with only three parts, the two parts of the species name
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Index

taxa
rank
species
zoology
botany


critically endangered
zoological nomenclature
subspecies
Savage
western lowland gorilla
Gorilla
western gorilla
Cross River gorilla
Linnaeus
plains bison
Bison
American bison
wood bison
generic name
specific name
subspecific name
binomen
species
zoology
red-tailed hawk
taxonomic
great cormorant
James Francis Stephens

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