[tdwg-content] subgenus as part of higherClassification

["Markus Döring (GBIF)"]

Good question Gail,
I am currently working on integrating million of names from several  
large datasets right now and it seems both ways are equally often used.
Personally I much prefer to cite the subgenus in bracket together with  
the genus, otherwise its hard or even impossible to tell the two apart.

Markus



On Nov 3, 2009, at 22:10, Gail Kampmeier wrote:

> How would you expect to find a subgenus, which in the term subgenus  
> is combined with its genus for disambiguating homonymies, when you  
> cite it as part of the higherClassification?  Do you cite it as you  
> do in the term for subgenus or "naked"?
>
> Aphis (Aphis) glycines
>
> < 
> dwc:higherClassification 
> > 
> Animalia 
> ;Arthropoda 
> ;Insecta;Hemiptera;Sternorrhyncha;Aphidoidea;Aphididae;Aphis;Aphis  
> (Aphis)</dwc:higherClassification>
>
> or
>
> < 
> dwc:higherClassification 
> > 
> Animalia 
> ;Arthropoda 
> ;Insecta;Hemiptera;Sternorrhyncha;Aphidoidea;Aphididae;Aphis;Aphis</ 
> dwc:higherClassification>
>
> considering that there are about 4 other possible ranks in between  
> the subgenus and species?
>
> Thanks!
> Gail
>
>
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