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    NCBI Taxonomy · November 5, 2026. Missing ranks leave empty columns. Animalia is the recorded synonym of Metazoa; green plants use Viridiplantae. Full source ancestry is available in Advanced classification.

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    Pinus sylvestris

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    Scots pine

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    1. LifeLife
    2. DomainEukaryota
    3. KingdomViridiplantae
    4. PhylumStreptophyta
    5. ClassPinopsida
    6. OrderPinales
    7. FamilyPinaceae
    8. GenusPinus
    9. SpeciesPinus sylvestris
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    Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

    1. cellular organisms cellular root
    2. Eukaryota domain
    3. Viridiplantae kingdom
    4. Streptophyta phylum
    5. Streptophytina subphylum
    6. Embryophyta clade
    7. Tracheophyta clade
    8. Euphyllophyta clade
    9. Spermatophyta clade
    10. Acrogymnospermae clade
    11. Pinopsida class
    12. Pinidae subclass
    13. Conifers I clade
    14. Pinales order
    15. Pinaceae family
    16. Pinus genus
    17. Pinus subgen. Pinus subgenus
    18. Pinus sylvestris species

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