In his landmark publications, such as the Systema Naturae, Carl Linnaeus used a ranking scale limited to kingdom, … See more

There are definitions of the following taxonomic ranks in the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature: superfamily, family, subfamily, tribe, subtribe, genus, subgenus, species, subspecies.
The Interna… See more

Botanical ranks categorize organisms based on their relationships. They start with Kingdom, then move to Division (or Phylum), Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species. Each rank reflects shared characterist… See more

Classifications of five species follow: the fruit fly familiar in genetics laboratories (Drosophila melanogaster), humans (Homo sapiens), the peas used by Gregor Mendel in his discovery of genetics (Pisum sativum), the "fly aga… See more

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) … See more