Editing Subfamily

{{short description|Intermediate taxonomic rank below family}}
{{For|the protein classification|Protein subfamily}} 
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In [[biological classification]],<ref name="ICZN" /> a '''subfamily''' ([[Latin]]: ''{{lang|la|subfamilia}}'', plural ''{{lang|la|subfamiliae}}'') is an auxiliary (intermediate) [[taxonomic rank]], next below [[family (biology)|family]] but more inclusive than [[genus]]. Standard [[nomenclature]] rules end [[Botany|botanical]] subfamily names with "-oideae",<ref name=ICN/> and [[Zoology|zoological]] subfamily names with "-inae".<ref name=ICZN/>

[[Detarioideae]] is an example of a botanical subfamily. Detarioideae is a subdivision of the family [[Fabaceae]] (legumes), containing 84 genera.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=de la Estrella |first1=M. |last2=Forest |first2=F. |last3=Klitgard |first3=B. |last4=Lewis |first4=G. P. |last5=Mackinder |first5=B. A. |last6=de Queiroz |first6=L. P. |last7=Wieringa |first7=J. J. |last8=Bruneau |first8=A. |date=2 May 2018 |title=A new phylogeny-based tribal classification of subfamily Detarioideae, an early branching clade of florally diverse tropical arborescent legumes |url=https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41598-018-24687-3 |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=8 |issue=6884|page=6884 |doi=10.1038/s41598-018-24687-3 |pmid=29720687 |bibcode=2018NatSR...8.6884D |s2cid=256962983 |pmc=5932001 }}</ref>

Stevardiinae is an example of a zoological subfamily. Stevardiinae is a large subdivision of the family [[Characidae]], a diverse [[clade]] of [[freshwater fish]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Thomaz |first1=Andréa T. |last2=Arcila |first2=Dahiana |last3=Ortí |first3=Guillermo |last4=Malabarba |first4=Luiz R. |date=2015-07-21 |title=Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits |journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=146 |doi=10.1186/s12862-015-0403-4 |issn=1471-2148 |pmc=4509481 |pmid=26195030 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2015BMCEE..15..146T }}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants]]
* [[International Code of Zoological Nomenclature]]
* [[Rank (botany)]]
* [[Rank (zoology)]]

== References ==
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<ref name=ICN>{{cite book |author1=McNeill, J. |author2=Barrie, F.R. |author3=Buck, W.R. |author4=Demoulin, V. |author5=Greuter, W. |author6=Hawksworth, D.L. |author7=Herendeen, P.S. |author8=Knapp, S. |author9=Marhold, K. |author10=Prado, J. |author11=Prud'homme Van Reine, W.F. |author12=Smith, G.F. |author13=Wiersema, J.H. |author14=Turland, N.J. |year=2012 |volume=Regnum Vegetabile 154 |title=International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code) adopted by the Eighteenth International Botanical Congress Melbourne, Australia, July 2011 |publisher=A.R.G. Gantner Verlag KG  |isbn=978-3-87429-425-6 |url=http://www.iapt-taxon.org/nomen/main.php?page=title }} Article 19.</ref>
<ref name=ICZN>{{cite book |chapter=Article 29.2. Suffixes for family-group names|author=International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature |year=1999 |title=International Code of Zoological Nomenclature |edition=Fourth |publisher=International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, XXIX |pages=306|url=http://iczn.org/iczn/index.jsp}}</ref>
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