Maximum Taxon names within a single Parent

[Torbjörn Tyler]

There certainly is! The genus Hieracium contains far more than 5000 species, it is routinely devided into subgenera and sections but some of the latter are still very large, e.g. H. sect. Hieracium contains more than 570 species in Sweden alone.

Torbjörn Tyler


At 00.42 +0200 on 2002-05-24, Richard Pyle wrote:


> I have a rather basic question, the answer to which I seem unable to find on
> my own ... so I was hoping to get some feedback from this list.
> 
> I'm trying to find out if there are any cases in Zoology or Botany where
> there are more than 256 "valid" taxon names linked "directly" to a single
> parent taxon name.  In other words, are there any families with more than
> 256 valid generic names within them, where such genera are not routinely
> divided into sets of subfamilies (or, are there any subfamilies with more
> than 256 valid generic names within them)?  Are there any genera with more
> than 256 species, where such species are not routinely divided into sets of
> subgenera (or, are there any subgenera with more than 256 valid species
> names within them)?
> 
> The question relates to a schema-level decision I need to make for a
> taxon-name database I'm currently refining.
> 
> Thanks in advance...
> 
> Aloha,
> Rich
> 
> Richard L. Pyle
> Ichthyology, Bishop Museum
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