Darwin Core taxon rank
ID dwc_taxon_rank
DatatypeNot PIIcategoricalDraft
This record is a draft: it has not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong. Do not rely on it for compliance decisions. Help improve it (see CONTRIBUTING.md).
Taxonomic rank of a scientific name (Darwin Core term taxonRank): kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species and the ranks between and below them (subfamily, tribe, subspecies, variety, form). GBIF writes them in upper case (SPECIES, GENUS); checklists also use lower case or abbreviations (sp., var.).
- Parent datatype
- Category
category - Categories
- Scientific
- Countries
- Global (not tied to a country)
- Languages
- Common to most languages
- Quality
- 85/100 · missing: mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), translation
- Metacrafter rules
- 2 rules (1 by field name, 1 by value)
dwctaxonrankknownfield, common/science.yamldwctaxonrankvaluedata, common/science.yaml
- Supported by tools
- metacrafter
Regular expression
^(?:DOMAIN|SUPERKINGDOM|KINGDOM|SUBKINGDOM|SUPERPHYLUM|PHYLUM|SUBPHYLUM|SUPERCLASS|CLASS|SUBCLASS|INFRACLASS|SUPERORDER|ORDER|SUBORDER|INFRAORDER|SUPERFAMILY|FAMILY|SUBFAMILY|TRIBE|SUBTRIBE|GENUS|SUBGENUS|SECTION|SERIES|SPECIES|SUBSPECIES|VARIETY|SUBVARIETY|FORM|SUBFORM|CULTIVAR|STRAIN|UNRANKED|domain|superkingdom|kingdom|subkingdom|superphylum|phylum|subphylum|superclass|class|subclass|infraclass|superorder|order|suborder|infraorder|superfamily|family|subfamily|tribe|subtribe|genus|subgenus|section|series|species|subspecies|variety|subvariety|form|subform|cultivar|strain|unranked|Domain|Superkingdom|Kingdom|Subkingdom|Superphylum|Phylum|Subphylum|Superclass|Class|Subclass|Infraclass|Superorder|Order|Suborder|Infraorder|Superfamily|Family|Subfamily|Tribe|Subtribe|Genus|Subgenus|Section|Series|Species|Subspecies|Variety|Subvariety|Form|Subform|Cultivar|Strain|Unranked)$Python re syntax.
Examples
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| SPECIES | GBIF occurrence |
| GENUS | GBIF occurrence |
| subspecies | Checklist |
| Family | Checklist |
| ACCEPTED invalid | Taxonomic status |
Sources
- doc: https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dwc:taxonRank
- wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomic_rank
Use this record
- Page URL:
https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/dwc_taxon_rank - JSON: API v1 · legacy shape (used by metacrafter) · Markdown (for LLMs)
- Improve it: edit
data/datatypes/any/science/dwc_taxon_rank.yamlon GitHub