Human flora

[Benjamin Barrett]

I can see tossing mushrooms in with plants, but in that case, I'd put bacteria in with animals :)

Also, it seems that "domain" has become quite standard as the taxonomic rank above kingdom. This should probably be included in the OED, which has the older

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c. Used by Pinkerton for a subdivision of the Mineral ‘kingdom’.
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BB

On Dec 22, 2011, at 12:57 AM, Eric Nielsen wrote:

> Fungi were included in the plant kingdom until fairly recently:
>
> "Robert Whittaker
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Whittaker>recognized an
> additional kingdom for the
> Fungi <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungus>. The resulting five-kingdom
> system, proposed in 1969 by Whittaker, has become a popular standard and
> with some refinement is still used in many works and forms the basis for
> new multi-kingdom systems."
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_(biology)
>
> Nomeclature of life forms today is still in flux and is usually based upon
> characteristics such as cellular structure and metabolism--which are not
> obvious to the unaided senses. Most
> people are probably comfortable with the old Aristotelian dichotomy of
> Plant/Animal--Flora/Fauna.
>
> Eric* *
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Benjamin Barrett <GOGAKU at ix.netcom.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> ....The problem is that these flora are not plants or plant life (or at
>> least mostly not so)....
>

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