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Petrophagia velutina (Petrophagia velutina)

Description

This is the species record for Petrophagia velutina which is generally accepted as the lowest biological taxon or classification for this form of life.The record is generally titled using the binomial,or two-part name,constructed from the genus;Petrophagia,the first part and the species;velutina,the second part.However things are never that straight forward and variation within the species can add subspecies (in the case of zoology) and variety,sub variety and formae (in the case of botany) to the later part of the binomial name in order to determine an exact classification.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Caryophyllales

            • Family: Caryophyllaceae

              • Genus: Caryophyllales