The table below shows the ranks accepted by Rhakhis. All names provided should have one of these ranks. The value in the ‘Name’ column should be used to denote the rank in data submitted for import. Values in other columns are used to maintain data integrity and in parsing name strings during matching.

Ranks

Level Name Abbreviation Plural Aliases Can contain
0 code ICN Code   kingdom, phylum
1 kingdom King. Kingdoms   subkingdom, phylum
2 subkingdom subking. Subkingdoms   phylum, class, order, family, superorder
3 phylum phylum Phyla   class, order, family, superorder
4 class class Classes   subclass, order, family, superorder
5 subclass subclass. Subclasses   order, family, superorder
6 superorder superord. Superorders   order
7 order ord. Orders   suborder, family
8 suborder subord. Suborders   family
9 family fam. Families   supertribe, subfamily, tribe, genus
10 subfamily subfam. Subfamilies   supertribe, tribe, genus
11 supertribe suptr. Supertribes supertrib. tribe
12 tribe tr. Tribes trib. subtribe, genus
13 subtribe subtr. Subtribes subtrib., subtrib genus
14 genus gen. Genera   subgenus, section, series, species
15 subgenus subg. Subgenera subgen. section, series, species
16 section sect. Sections sect, nothosect. subsection, series, species
17 subsection subsect. Subsections   series, species
18 series ser. Series   subseries, species
19 subseries subser. Subseries   species
20 species sp. Species nothospecies, spec. subspecies, variety, form, prole, lusus
21 subspecies subsp. Subspecies nothosubspecies, nothosubsp., subsp., subsp, ssp, ssp., subspec. variety, form, prole, lusus
22 prole prol. Proles race, proles  
23 variety var. Varieties nothovar., var., var subvariety, form, prole, lusus
24 subvariety subvar. Subvarieties subvar form
25 form f. Forms forma, f subform
26 subform subf. Subforms subforma  
27 lusus lus. Lusus lus, lusus naturae  
28 unranked unranked Unranked unr., infraspec., infrasec., infragen.