Tribe (biology)

Tribe (biology)

In biology, a tribe—or infrafamily—is a taxonomic rank between family and genus.

ee also

* Rank (botany)
* Rank (zoology)
*International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
*International Code of Zoological Nomenclature


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