Classification

Example

Kingdom (Regnum)

Plants

Sub-kingdom

Cryptogamia

Division

Fungi

Sub-division

Eumycotina

Class

Basidiomycetes

Sub-class

Heterobasidiomycetes

Order

Uredinales

Sub-order

Uredineae

Family

Pucciniaceae

Sub-Family

Puccinioideae

Tribe

Puccineae

Sub-tribe

Puccinia

Genus

Puccinia

Sub-genus

Hetero-Puccinia

Section

.

Sub-section

Puccinia graminis

Species

Puccinia graminis var. phlei-pratensis

Sub-species

.

Variety

.

Sub-variety

.

Form

.

Special form (forma specialis)

.

Physiological  race

P. graminis var. phlei-pratensis Race 3