Tribe (biology)

A tribe (plural tribe or tribes ) is in the classification of Biology a rank between subfamily and genus . If necessary, the subtribe rank is inserted between the tribe and genus .

The scientific name of a tribe ends

in botany on -eae
in zoology to -ini

The scientific name of a sub tribus ends

in botany on -inae
in zoology to -ina

The name is derived from the tribes in ancient Rome .

Web links

Wiktionary: Tribus - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

↑ Duden online: Tribus . According to Duden, the second syllable [… buːs] must be spoken long in the plural, but the stress remains on the first syllable.
^ Gerhard Wagenitz : Dictionary of Botany. The terms in their historical context. 2nd, expanded edition. Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Heidelberg / Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-8274-1398-2 .
↑ See Duden online: Tribus

[1] Duden online: Tribus . According to Duden, the second syllable [… buːs] must be spoken long in the plural, but the stress remains on the first syllable.

[2] Gerhard Wagenitz : Dictionary of Botany. The terms in their historical context. 2nd, expanded edition. Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Heidelberg / Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-8274-1398-2 .

[3] See Duden online: Tribus