subtribe

Division within tribe

A subtribe is a division within a tribe—a smaller group sharing closer kinship or territory while belonging to a larger tribal structure.

In biological taxonomy, a subtribe is a rank between tribe and genus, used to group closely related genera: The subtribe Bombina includes several toad genera.

taxonomy

taxon

Classificatory group of organisms

  • rankPosition in hierarchy
  • cladeMonophyletic taxonomic group
  • genusTaxonomic rank above species

subfamily · family · order · nomenclature · systematics · cladistics · phylogenetics · binomial · classification · hierarchy

lineage

clan

Related group sharing ancestry

division · branch · offshoot · segment · kindred · kinfolk · house · bloodline · genealogy · heritage

botany

genus

Taxonomic rank above species

angiosperms · herbarium · botanical · cultivar · orchids · grasses · legumes · composites · nomenclature · inflorescence

zoology

genus

Taxonomic rank above species

animalia · insects · primates · ants · bees · wasps · beetles · mammals · vertebrates · invertebrates

Categories
Opposites
taxonomic hierarchy

subtribetribe

Social group sharing ancestry

family · subfamily · superfamily · order · class

social/organizational scope

subtribetribe

Social group sharing ancestry

nation · confederation · people · ethnic group · clan

Family

tribe, tribal, tribalism, tribune, intertribal, tribally

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