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The International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN) is a set of rules regarding the botanical names given to plants. These rules are not the same as those for zoological nomenclature. The order of taxa (in descending order) for plants is thus: kingdom, division, class, series, order, family, tribe, genus, species. There are also specific endings for the names of certain taxa. For instance, the names of divisions would end with "phyta", classes with "ae", and families with "aceae".
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The International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN) is a set of rules regarding the botanical names given to plants. These rules are not the same as those for zoological nomenclature. The order of taxa (in descending order) for plants is thus: kingdom, division, class, series, order, family, tribe, genus, species. There are also specific endings for the names of certain taxa. For instance, the names of divisions would end with "phyta", classes with "ae", and families with "aceae".
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