Section (biology)
In biology a section (Latin: Sectio) is a taxonomic rank that is applied differently between botany and zoology.
The hierarchy of biological classification's eight major taxonomic ranks. Intermediate minor rankings are not shown.
In botany
Within flora (plants), 'section' refers to a botanical rank below the genus, but above the species:
In zoology
Within fauna (animals), 'section' refers to a zoological rank below the order, but above the family:
In bacteriology
The International Code of Nomenclature for Bacteria states that the Section rank is an informal one, between the subgenus and species (as in botany).[1]
gollark: Wild theory on new people constantly wanting to make an OS: they think something like "Oh wow, CC is so unlike Windows! And I have never seen any desktop OS but Windows! I must make it more like Windows so it is more familiar. Clearly nobody else has done this, or it would already be the default, because this is obviously better." Not explicitly/exactly that obviously, but think this might be close to what's going on.
gollark: You know what, I'll just drop support for any foolish people on old versions.
gollark: Stupid dan200ing dan200...
gollark: Wait, how do I actually *detect* if it supports `write`ing a string?
gollark: I suppose I'll have to add in this as a fallback thing... thanks.
References
- "Chapter 3, Rules of Nomenclature with Recommendations, Rule 11", International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria: Bacteriological Code, 1990 Revision
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