Family (biology)
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family-biology-178-11495219
title:
Family (biology)
text:
Family is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as the "walnut family". The delineation of what constitutes
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Taxonomic rank between genus and order
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_(biology)
date created:
2002-06-12T02:08:19Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T14:28:45Z
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