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'''Taxonomic rank''' ('''rank''', '''category''', taxonomic category) is abstract term used in [[taxonomy]] used in [[scientific classification]] of organism. Taxonomic rank indicates the level of [[taxon]] in taxonomic hierarchy. Taxons ranked in certain taxonomic ranks are real groups of real organisms at real classification level.

Definition of taxonomic rank (there called only a rank) in International Code of Zoological Nomenclature:
{{cquote|The level, for nomenclatural purposes, of a taxon in a taxonomic hierarchy (e.g. all families are for nomenclatural purposes at the same rank, which lies between superfamily and subfamily). The ranks of the family group, the genus group, and the species group at which nominal taxa may be established are stated in Articles 10.3, 10.4, 35.1, 42.1 and 45.1.|||International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1999) International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Fourth Edition. - International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, XXIX + 306 pp.}}

== History ==
[[Carl Linnaeus]] devised [[Linnaean taxonomy]] and he used five ranks: class, order, genus, species, and variety.

Today, nomenclature is regulated by [[Nomenclature Codes]], which allows names divided into exactly defined ranks. Despite this there are slightly different [[Rank (zoology)|ranks for zoology]] and different [[Rank (botany)|ranks for botany]].

== Ranks in zoology and in botany ==
{{Main|Rank (zoology)|Rank (botany)}}
There are definitions of the following taxonomic ranks in [[International Code of Zoological Nomenclature]]: superfamily, family, subfamily, tribe, subtribe, genus, subgenus, species, subspecies.

There are definitions of the following taxonomic ranks in [[International Code of Botanical Nomenclature]]: kingdom (regnum), subregnum, division or phylum (divisio, phylum), subdivisio or subphylum, class (classis), subclassis, order (ordo), subordo, family (familia), subfamilia, tribe (tribus), subtribus, genus (genus), subgenus, section (sectio), subsectio, series (series), subseries, species (species), subspecies, variety (varietas), subvarietas, form (forma), subforma.

There are definition of following taxonomic ranks in [[International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants]]: cultivar group, cultivar.

== Main taxonomic ranks ==
There are 8 main taxonomic ranks: domain, kingdom, phylum or division<sup>1</sup>,class, order, family, genus, species.
{{Cleanup|date=February 2008}}
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|align="center" style="width:90px;" bgcolor="#E0EEE0" | Arabic
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||''regnum''||[[kingdom (biology)|kingdom]]||&nbsp;||Reich||reino||règne||βασίλειο||مملكة||&nbsp;||界
|-
||''phylum''||[[phylum]]<sup>1</sup>||Giới||Stamm||filo||phylum||συνομοταξία|&nbsp;||門 (動物)
|-
||''divisio''||[[division (biology)|division]]<sup>2</sup>||Ngành||Abteilung||división||embranchement||||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||門 (植物)
|-
||''classis''||[[class (biology)|class]]||Lớp||Klasse||clase||classe||ομοταξία||&nbsp;||綱
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||''ordo''||[[order (biology)|order]]||Bộ||Ordnung||orden||ordre||τάξη||目||目
|-
||''familia''||[[family (biology)|family]]||Họ||Familie||familia||famille||οικογένεια||عائلة||科||科
|-
||''genus''||[[genus]]||Chi||Gattung||género||genre||γένος||جنس||属||屬
|-
||''species''||[[species]]||Loài||Art||especie||espèce||είδος||نوع||&nbsp;||種
|}

;Notes to table: <sup>1</sup> Phylum is used in zoology. It is at the same level as division in botany. <sup>2</sup> Preferred before to phylum in botany, that is accounted as identical.

== Examples ==
The usual classifications of five species follow: the [[Drosophila melanogaster|fruit fly]] so familiar in genetics laboratories (''Drosophila melanogaster''), [[human]]s (''Homo sapiens''), the [[pea]]s used by [[Gregor Mendel]] in his discovery of [[genetics]] (''Pisum sativum''), the "fly agaric" mushroom ''[[Amanita muscaria]]'', and the bacterium ''[[Escherichia coli]]''. The eight major ranks are given in bold; a selection of minor ranks are given as well.

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|- style="background:palegrey; border: 1px;"
!style="width:16%; background:#f3f3f3;"|Rank
!style="width:16%; background:#f3f3f3;"|[[Drosophila melanogaster|Fruit fly]]
!style="width:16%; background:#f3f3f3;"|[[Human]]
!style="width:16%; background:#f3f3f3;"|[[Pea]]
!style="width:16%; background:#f3f3f3;"|[[Amanita muscaria|Fly Agaric]]
!style="width:16%; background:#f3f3f3;"|''[[Escherichia coli|E. coli]]''
|-
|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|'''[[Domain (biology)|Domain]]'''
|[[Eukaryote|Eukarya]]
|[[Eukaryote|Eukarya]]
|[[Eukaryote|Eukarya]] 
|[[Eukaryote|Eukarya]]
|[[Bacteria]]
|-
|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|'''[[Kingdom (biology)|Kingdom]]'''
|[[Animal]]ia
|[[Animal]]ia
|[[Plant]]ae 
|[[Fungus|Fungi]]
|[[Monera]]
|-
|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|'''[[Phylum]]''' or '''[[Division (biology)|Division]]'''
|[[Arthropod]]a
|[[Chordate|Chordata]]
|[[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
|[[Basidiomycota]]
|[[Proteobacteria]]
|-
|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|[[Subphylum]] or subdivision
|[[Hexapoda]]
|[[Vertebrate|Vertebrata]]
|[[Magnoliophytina]]
|[[Agaricomycotina]]
|
|-
|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|'''[[Class (biology)|Class]]'''
|[[Insect]]a
|[[Mammal]]ia
|[[Magnoliopsida]] 
|[[Agaricomycetes]]
|[[Gammaproteobacteria]]
|-
|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|Subclass
|[[Pterygota]]
|[[Theria]]
|[[Magnoliidae]]
|[[Agaricomycetidae]]
|
|-
|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|'''[[Order (biology)|Order]]'''
|[[Fly|Diptera]]
|[[Primate]]s
|[[Fabales]]
|[[Agaricales]]
|[[Enterobacteriaceae|Enterobacteriales]]
|-
|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|Suborder
|[[Brachycera]]
|[[Haplorrhini]]
|[[Fabineae]]
|[[Agaricineae]]
|
|-
|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|'''[[Family (biology)|Family]]'''
|[[Drosophilidae]]
|[[Great ape|Hominidae]]
|[[Fabaceae]]
|[[Amanitaceae]]
|[[Enterobacteriaceae]]
|-
|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|Subfamily
|[[Drosophilinae]]
|[[Homininae]]
|[[Faboideae]] 
|[[Amanitoideae]]
|
|-
|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|'''[[Genus]]'''
|''[[Drosophila]]''
|''[[Homo (genus)|Homo]]''
|''[[Pisum]]'' 
|''[[Amanita]]''
|''[[Escherichia]]''
|-
|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|'''[[Species]]'''
|''[[Drosophila melanogaster|D. melanogaster]]''
|''[[Human|H. sapiens]]''
|''[[Pea|P. sativum]]''
|''[[Amanita muscaria|A. muscaria]]''
|''[[Escherichia coli|E. coli]]''
|}

'''Table Notes:'''
*The ranks of higher taxa, especially intermediate ranks, are prone to revision as new information about relationships is discovered. For example, the traditional classification of primates (class Mammalia — subclass Theria — infraclass Eutheria — order Primates) has been modified by new classifications such as McKenna and Bell (class Mammalia — subclass Theriformes — infraclass Holotheria) with Theria and Eutheria assigned lower ranks between infraclass and the order Primates. See [[mammal classification]] for a discussion. These differences arise because there are only a small number of ranks available and a large number of branching points in the fossil record.

*Within species further units may be recognised. Animals may be classified into [[subspecies]] (for example, ''Homo sapiens sapiens'', modern humans) or [[Polymorphism (biology)|morph]]s (for example ''Corvus corax varius'' morpha ''leucophaeus'', the Pied Raven). Plants may be classified into subspecies (for example, ''Pisum sativum'' subsp. ''sativum'', the garden pea) or varieties (for example, ''Pisum sativum'' var. ''macrocarpon'', snow pea), with cultivated plants getting a [[cultivar]] name (for example, ''Pisum sativum'' var. ''macrocarpon'' 'Snowbird'). Bacteria may be classified by [[strain (biology)|strains]] (for example [[Escherichia coli O157:H7|''Escherichia coli'' O157:H7]], a strain that can cause [[Foodborne illness|food poisoning]]).

*A mnemonic for remembering the order of the taxa is: '''D'''o '''K'''oalas '''P'''refer '''C'''hocolate '''O'''r '''F'''ruit, '''G'''enerally '''S'''peaking? Another easy one is '''D'''amn, '''K'''inky '''P'''eople '''C'''an '''O'''ften '''F'''ind '''G'''reat '''S'''ex. Other [[mnemonic]]s are available at<ref>[http://www.mnemonic-device.eu/biology mnemonic-device.eu]</ref> and.<ref>[http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/KPCOFGS thefreedictionary.com].</ref>

==Terminations of names==
[[Taxon|Taxa]] above the genus level are often given names based on the [[type genus]], with a standard termination. The terminations used in forming these names depend on the kingdom, and sometimes the phylum and class, as set out in the table below.

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|-
!style="background:#f3f3f3;"|Rank
!style="background:#f3f3f3;"|[[Plant]]s
!style="background:#f3f3f3;"|[[Algae]]
!style="background:#f3f3f3;"|[[Fungus|Fungi]]
!style="background:#f3f3f3;"|[[Animal]]s
! style="background:#f3f3f3;" |[[Bacteria]] <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060621212756/http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/classificationgenera.html Bacteriologocal Code (1990 Revision)]</ref>
|-
|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|'''Division/Phylum'''
| align="center" colspan="2" | -phyta
| -mycota
|
|
|-
|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|'''Subdivision/Subphylum'''
| align="center" colspan="2" | -phytina
| -mycotina
|
|
|-
|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|'''Class'''
| -opsida
| -phyceae
| -mycetes
|
| -ia 
|-
|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|'''Subclass'''
| -idae
| -phycidae
| -mycetidae
|
| -idae 
|-
|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|'''Superorder'''
|align="center" colspan="3"| -anae
|
|
|-
|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|'''Order'''
|align="center" colspan="3"| -ales
|
| -ales 
|-
|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|'''Suborder'''
|align="center" colspan="3"| -ineae
|
| -ineae 
|-
|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|'''Infraorder'''
|align="center" colspan="3"| -aria
|
|
|-
|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|'''Superfamily'''
|align="center" colspan="3"| -acea
| -oidea
|
|-
|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|'''Epifamily'''
| 
|
|
| -oidae
|
|-
|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|'''Family'''
|align="center" colspan="3"| -aceae
| -idae
| -aceae
|-
|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|'''Subfamily'''
|align="center" colspan="3"| -oideae
| -inae
| -oideae 
|-
|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|'''Infrafamily'''
| 
|
|
| -odd{{Verify source|date=December 2007}}
|  
|-
|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|'''Tribe'''
|align="center" colspan="3"| -eae
| -ini
| -eae 
|-
|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|'''Subtribe'''
|align="center" colspan="3"| -inae
| -ina
| -inae 
|-
|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|'''Infratribe'''
|
|
| 
| -ad
|  
|}

Table notes:
* In botany and mycology names at the rank of family and below are based on the name of a genus, sometimes called the [[type genus]] of that taxon, with a standard ending. For example, the rose family [[Rosaceae]] is named after the genus ''Rosa'', with the standard ending "-aceae" for a family. Names above the rank of family are formed from a family name, or are descriptive (like [[Gymnosperm]]ae or [[Fungus|Fungi]]).

* For animals, there are standard suffixes for taxa only up to the rank of superfamily.<ref>ICZN article 27.2</ref>

* Forming a name based on a generic name may be not straightforward. For example, the [[Latin]] "''homo''" has the genitive "''hominis''", thus the genus "''Homo''" (human) is in the [[Great ape|Hominidae]], not "Homidae".

* The ranks of epifamily, infrafamily and infratribe (in animals) are used where the complexities of phyletic branching require finer-than-usual distinctions. Although they fall below the rank of superfamily, they are not regulated under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and hence do not have formal standard endings. The suffixes listed here are regular, but informal.<ref>As supplied by Eugene S. Gaffney & Peter A. Meylan (1988), "A phylogeny of turtles", in M.J. Benton (ed.), ''The Phylogeny and Classification of the Tetrapods, Volume 1: Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds'' 157-219 (Oxford: Clarendon Press).</ref>

== All taxonomic ranks ==

There are written all taxonomic ranks including those ones that are not in use today or those ones that are identical with another ranks.

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|align="center" style="width:90px;" bgcolor="#E0EEE0" | Latin
|align="center" style="width:90px;" bgcolor="#E0EEE0" | English
|align="center" style="width:90px;" bgcolor="#E0EEE0" | German
|align="center" style="width:90px;" bgcolor="#E0EEE0" | French
|align="center" style="width:90px;" bgcolor="#E0EEE0" | Notes
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||&nbsp;||[[Domain (biology)|superdomain]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||regio||'''[[Domain (biology)|domain]]'''||Domäne||domaine||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[subdomain]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[infradomain]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
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||imperium||[[empire]]||&nbsp;||empire||&nbsp;
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||superregnum||[[Domain (biology)|superkingdom]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[suprakingdom]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[midkingdom]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||regnum||[[Kingdom (biology)|kingdom]]||Reich||règne||&nbsp;
|-
||subregnum||[[Kingdom (biology)|subkingdom]]||Unterreich||sous-règne||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[interkingdom]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[branch]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[infrakingdom]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||superphylum||super[[phylum]]||Stammgruppe, Überstamm||super-phylum||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[supraphylum]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[midphylum]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||phylum||'''[[phylum]]'''||Stamm||phylum ||&nbsp;
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||subphylum||[[subphylum]]||Unterstamm||sous-phylum||&nbsp;
|-
||infraphylum||[[subphylum]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||divisio||'''[[division (biology)|division]]'''||Abteilung||embranchement, division||&nbsp;
|-
||subdivisio||[[Subphylum|subdivision]]||Unterabteilung||sous-embranchement||&nbsp;
|-
||claudius||[[claudius (biology)|claudius]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||superclassis||[[Class (biology)|superclass]]||Überklasse||super-classe||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||grade||Reihe||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||classis||'''[[class (biology)|class]]'''||Klasse||classe||&nbsp;
|-
||subclassis||[[Class (biology)|subclass]]||Unterklasse||sous-classe||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[Class (biology)|infraclass]]||&nbsp;||infra-classe||&nbsp;
|-
||parvclassis||[[Class (biology)|parvclass]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||superdivisio||[[superdivision]]||Überabteilung||super-embranchment||&nbsp;
|-
||divisio||[[Division (biology)|division]]||Abteilung||embranchement, division||&nbsp;
|-
||subdivisio||[[Subphylum|subdivision]]||Unterabteilung||sous-embranchement||&nbsp;
|-
||sectio||[[Rank (botany)|section]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[Rank (botany)|subsection]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||group||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[subgroup]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[superlegion]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||legio||[[legion (biology)|legion]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[sublegion]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[infralegion]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||supercohos||[[supercohort]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||cohors||[[Cohort (taxonomy)|cohort]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||subcohors||[[subcohort]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
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||&nbsp;||[[Order (biology)|magnorder]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||superordo||[[Order (biology)|superorder]]||Überordnung||superordre||&nbsp;
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||&nbsp;||[[Series (botany)|series]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[Rank (botany)|subseries]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[grandorder]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[gigaorder]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[megaorder]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[mirorder]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||ordo||''[[order (biology)|order]]''||Ordnung||ordre||&nbsp;
|-
||hyperordo||[[hyperorder]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||subordo||[[Order (biology)|suborder]]||Unterordnung||sous-ordre||&nbsp;
|-
||infraordo||[[Order (biology)|infraorder]]||Infraordnung||infraordre||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[Order (biology)|parvorder]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||falanx||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||cohors||[[Cohort (taxonomy)|cohort]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||superfamilia||[[Family (biology)|superfamily]]||Überfamilie||superfamille||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[family group]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||familia||'''[[family (biology)|family]]'''||Familie||famille||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[subfamily group]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||subfamilia||[[Family (biology)|subfamily]]||Unterfamilie||sous-famille||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[infrafamily]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||supertribus||[[supertribe]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||tribus||[[tribe (biology)|tribe]]||Tribus||tribu||&nbsp;
|-
||subtribus||[[Tribe (biology)|subtribe]]||Subtribus||sous-tribu||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[infratribe]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||supergenus||[[supergenus]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[genus group]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||genus||'''[[genus]]'''||Gattung||genre||&nbsp;
|-
||subgenus||[[subgenus]]||Untergattung||sous-genre||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[infragenus]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||supersectio||[[supersection]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||sectio||[[Rank (botany)|section]]||&nbsp;||section||&nbsp;
|-
||subsectio||[[Rank (botany)|subsection]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[infrasection]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[superseries]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||series||[[Series (botany)|series]]||&nbsp;||série||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[Rank (botany)|subseries]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[infraseries]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||superspecies||[[Cryptic species complex|superspecies]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[Complex (taxonomy)|complex]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[Rank (zoology)|species group]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||species subgroup||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||aggregate||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[synklepton]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||species||'''[[species]]'''||Art||espèce||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[microspecies]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||klepton||[[klepton]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[aggregate (biology)|aggregate]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||subspecies||[[subspecies]]||Unterart (Rasse)||sous-espèce||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[Rank (zoology)|infraspecies]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||group||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||hybrid||[[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||convarietas||[[convariety]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||supervarietas||[[supervariety]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||varietas||[[Variety (botany)|variety]]||Varietät||variété||&nbsp;
|-
||subvarietas||[[subvariety]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[infravariety]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||[[natio]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||superforma||[[superform]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||forma, morpha||[[form]]||Zuchtform||forme||&nbsp;
|-
||subforma||[[subform]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[infraform]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[cultivar group]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[cultivar]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[group of breeds]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[section of breeds]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[breed]], [[Race (biology)|race]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[strain (biology)|strain]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||aberratio||aberration||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[serogroup]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[serotype]]||&nbsp;||sérovar||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[biotype]]||&nbsp;||biovar||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[pathotype]]||&nbsp;||pathovar||&nbsp;
|-
||&nbsp;||[[population]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
||lusus||[[lusus]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|}

;Notes to table: Level in plant taxonomy. Level in animal taxonomy.

== References ==
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