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Taxonomic rank in botany
In
botany and
plant taxonomy, a series is a subdivision of a
genus, a
taxonomic rank below that of
section (and
subsection) but above that of
species.
[1]
Sections and/or series are typically used to help organize very large
genera, which may have hundreds of species.
Cultivar marketing
The term "series" is also used (in seed marketing) for groupings of
cultivars, but this term has no formal status with that meaning in the
ICNCP.
[2]
References
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^ Article 4 in McNeill, J.; Barrie, F.R.; Buck, W.R.; Demoulin, V.; Greuter, W.; Hawksworth, D.L.; Herendeen, P.S.; Knapp, S.; Marhold, K.; Prado, J.; Prud'homme Van Reine, W.F.; Smith, G.F.; Wiersema, J.H.; Turland, N.J. (2012).
International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code) adopted by the Eighteenth International Botanical Congress Melbourne, Australia, July 2011. Vol. Regnum Vegetabile 154. A.R.G. Gantner Verlag KG.
ISBN
978-3-87429-425-6.
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^ Glossary in Brickell, C.D.; Alexander, C.; David, J.C.; Hetterscheid, W.L.A.; Leslie, A.C.; Malecot, V.; Jin, X.; Editorial committee; Cubey, J.J. (2009).
International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP or Cultivated Plant Code) incorporating the Rules and Recommendations for naming plants in cultivation, Eighth Edition, Adopted by the International Union of Biological Sciences International Commission for the Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants (PDF). International Association for Plant Taxonomy and International Society for Horticultural Science.