User:Hesperian/Notes/Ranks

This is a list of prospective categories in a categorisation of plant taxa by rank.


 * Current scope:
 * Only flowering plants are addressed.
 * Only major ranks are listed.


 * Shorthand:
 * [blank] means a logically impossible category
 * "Category:Angiosperm families (300, split)" means ''would contain about 300 members, so is an appropriate category so long as it can be suitable subcategorised.
 * "Category:Angiosperm orders (60, leaf)" means would contain about 60 members, so is an appropriate category for creation, with no need for subcategories
 * "Magnoliid orders (4)" means would contain only 4 members, so not an appropriate category for creation/
 * "Monocot orders (10, leaf)" means would contain about 10 members, so is an appropriate category for creation, with no need for subcategories; but it would require splitting a higher-level leaf category.
 * "Eremosynaceae genera" means not an appropriate category for creation, for some other reason.
 * "Category:Asterales families (?)" means I haven't got around to examining this prospective category yet.

Less than 10 members means a category should not be created. 10 or more members is an acceptable category for creation; 100 or more members means the category should be split if possible.
 * Criteria


 * Progress
 * List is complete down to order rank, plus families unplaced at order rank.
 * Categorisation is complete down to family level.
 * Dealing with genera will require expansion to family level of those orders to be split at genus level. This is complete down to (not including) Caryophyllales.
 * Population of genus categories is complete down to (not including) Caryophyllales.


 * The list