Subspecies (commonly abbreviated subsp. or ssp.) in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, or a taxonomic unit in that rank (plural: subspecies). A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one.

ExamplesEdit

• Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris var. vulgaris (Beetroot)
• Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. atrosepticum (Blackleg of potato)

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On WikiGardener species and genera are always written in italics.

See alsoEdit

• Form (f.)
• Forma specialis (f.sp. or ff. spp.)
• Species (sp. or spp.)
• Subforma (subf.)
• Subvariety (subvar.)
• Variety (var.)

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