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Tribe (biology)
In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic classification in between family and genus. It is typically used to help organize very large families, which may have hundreds of genera.
Below is an example of a single species of orchid and its classification.
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- Subclass: Liliidae
- Order: Orchidales
- Suborder:
- Family: Orchidaceae
- Subfamily: Epidendroideae
- Tribe: Epidendreae I - New World
- Subtribe: Pleurothallidinae
- Genus: Restrepia
- Species: R. antennifera
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