Rank (botany)

In botanical nomenclature, a taxon is usually assigned to a rank in a hierarchy. According to Art 3.1 of the ICBN the most important ranks of taxa are: kingdom, division or phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. According to Art 4.1 the secondary ranks of taxa are tribe, section, series, variety and form. There is an inderminate number of ranks. The ICBN explicitly mentions:

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Taxon - ICBN

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