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In biology, family is one of the levels of taxonomic classification of organisms. It lies between the less-specific order and the more-specific genus; ie, an order will contain one or more families, and a family will contain one or more genera. Humans, for instance, are of family Hominidae. The standard groupings of taxonomy from most general to most specific are:- Domain
- Kingdom
- Phylum (animals); Division (plants)
- Class
- Order
- Suborder
- SuperfamilyIn biology, a superfamily is a taxonomic grade intermediate between suborder and family. Plant superfamilies end with the suffix acea animal superfamilies end with oidea (although in older books the suffix acea is still used). Superfamily can also refer t
- Family
- Genus
- SubgenusIn biology, a subgenus is a taxonomic grade intermediate between genus and species. The subgeneric name is generally shown in brackets, placed between the genus and species name. It can even be the same as the generic name. the Tiger Cowry of the Indo-Pac
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- SpeciesThis article discusses biological species. Also see combinatorial species for the mathematical meaning of the term. Species is also a movie by Roger Donaldson. In English "species" is both singular and plural. The word " specie" is unrelated and is used t
- SubspeciesIn taxonomy, a subspecies is the taxon immediately subordinate to a species. Members of one subspecies differ morphologically but sometimes only genetically from members of other subspecies of the species. Conventions Conventions regarding infra-specific
- VarietyA variety is a recognised division of a species in botany, next below the rank of subspecies; in zoology, species are only ever divided into subspecies and not into varieties. The pincushion cactus, Escobaria vivipara (Nutt. is a wide-ranging variable spe (plants only)
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- See also: family
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