Tribe (biology)
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In biology
, a tribe is a taxonomic rank
between family
and genus
. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes.
Some examples include the tribes: Canini, Acalypheae
, Hominini
, Bombini, and Antidesmeae
.
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
, a tribe is a taxonomic rank
Taxonomic rank
In biological classification, rank is the level in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, and class. Each rank subsumes under it a number of less general categories...
between family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
and genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes.
Some examples include the tribes: Canini, Acalypheae
Acalypheae
The Acalypheae is a tribe of the subfamily Acalyphoideae, under the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises 12 subtribes and 32 genera.-Genera:...
, Hominini
Hominini
Hominini is the tribe of Homininae that comprises Homo, and the two species of the genus Pan , their ancestors, and the extinct lineages of their common ancestor . Members of the tribe are called hominins...
, Bombini, and Antidesmeae
Antidesmeae
Antidesmeae is a tribe of the family Phyllanthaceae. It comprises 5 subtribes and 19 genera....
.
See also
- Biological classificationBiological classificationBiological classification, or scientific classification in biology, is a method to group and categorize organisms by biological type, such as genus or species. Biological classification is part of scientific taxonomy....
- Rank (botany)
- Rank (zoology)
- International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
- International Code of Zoological NomenclatureInternational Code of Zoological NomenclatureThe International Code of Zoological Nomenclature is a widely accepted convention in zoology that rules the formal scientific naming of organisms treated as animals...