Name Part

The name part recognizes uninomials, binomials and trinomials. The first epithet must start with a capital letter; all other words (except for infrageneric epitheta) can only contain lower-case letters. Only latin letters are allowed in names (except for ï). The name part parser differentiates 6 different syntaxes.

Uninomials

One word starting with a capital letter. As the rank is usually ambiguous for uninomials, the rank represents the parser's best guess and a warning is returned to check the rank.

Example: Cichorieae

Infrageneric Names

Capital word followed by the infrageneric marker followed by the infrageneric epitheton. Valid markers are:

• subgen.
• subg.
• sect.
• subsect.
• ser.
• subser.
• t.infgen.

Example: Desmometopa subg. LitoXXX

Species Aggregates

Species aggregates are recognized similarly to species except they are followed by a group marker. Valid markers are:

• aggr.
• agg.
• group

Example: XXX

Species

Species names have a genus part (capital letter) and a species part (lower case letter).

Examples are: Abies alba

Infraspecific names

Infraspecific names have four parts: the genus part, the species part, the infraspecific marker and the infraspecific part. All but the first may not start with a capital letter. Recognized markers are:

• subsp.
• convar.
• var.
• subvar.
• f.
• subf.
• f.spec.
• tax.infrasp.
• tax. infrasp.

Example:

Infraspecific names (old markers)

Some older names (not valid according to the nomenclatural code) use other infraspecific markers. The recognition of these older names is not yet implemented.