Specific categories of entries

TREES AND FRUITS (OR OTHER PLANT PRODUCTS)

There should always be two distinct entries: one for the tree/plant and one for the fruit (or other product, e.g. root) of that tree/plant.1

The Latin term should be included only in the entry for the tree/plant, and Latin should always be the anchor language for that entry.

For the entry concerning the fruit/other product, the anchor language will usually be EN (or FR). Add this entry to the collection ‘EU-LA-TAXONOMY_LA_EMPTY’, as well as the following note at language level (LL):

‘Please do not add LA to this entry. This entry concerns the fruit {or other product of that tree/plant}. Latin should only be added to the entry concerning the plant/tree bearing the fruit, cf. {insert name of plant/tree with an entry-to-entry hyperlink here}. The term field must remain empty.’ 2

The domain should be ‘Plant product‘ (under no circumstances should ‘Animal taxonomy’ or ‘Plant taxonomy’ be used). The two entries should be cross-referenced to each other.
PATHOGENIC AGENTS AND DISEASES

There should always be two distinct entries: one for the pathogenic agent (virus or bacterium) and one for the disease.3 The two entries should be cross-referenced to each other.

PATHOGENIC AGENTS

The Latin term should be included only in the entry for the pathogenic agent and Latin should always be the anchor language for that entry.

For entries concerning Bacteria and Fungi, the domain should under no circumstances be ‘animal taxonomy’ or ‘plant taxonomy’, as bacteria and fungi are separate from these two taxonomic kingdoms. For these, the domain should be ‘microorganism’.4

Depending on the case, add an ‘is part of’ cross-reference to the IATE entry for Bacteria, Fungi or Virus.

Add the following note at LL:

  • For Fungi: ‘Fungi constitute a separate taxonomic kingdom from animals and plants’.5
  • For Bacteria: ‘Depending on which classification system is used, Bacteria are considered as a kingdom or a domain (this latter rank is also known as ‘superkingdom’ or ‘superregnum’ in a classification system with three domains). In the three-domain system, the other two domains are Archaea and Eukaryota. Bacteria are considered to be separate from the animal and plant kingdoms’.
  • For Viruses: ‘This is the virus species name. It is the scientific name of the species. It begins with a capital letter and the entire name must be italicised. It should not be confused with the virus name, which may be more commonly used and known, begins with a capital letter only when the first word is a proper noun, and is never italicised’. Read more about Domains.
DISEASES

For the entry concerning the disease, the anchor language will usually be EN (or FR). Add this entry to the collection ‘EU-LA-TAXONOMY_LA_EMPTY’, as well as the following note at LL on the LA side of the entry (with ‘-‘ as term):

‘Please do not add LA to this entry. This entry concerns the disease. Latin should only be added to the entry concerning the pathogenic agent causing the disease, cf. {insert name of the agent with an entry-to-entry hyperlink here}.’

FOOTNOTES
  1. See entries Citrus maxima, tree and pummelo, fruit or Zingiber officinale, plant and ginger, edible root. ↩︎
  2. Whenever the { } brackets appear in this document, they should be removed (and their content replaced with the relevant information) when the note/comment is added in IATE. ↩︎
  3. See entries Synchytrium endobioticum and potato wart disease. ↩︎
  4. This solution has been adopted because there is no Eurovoc domain for ‘bacteria’. The entry should
    nevertheless be added to the collection ‘EU-LA-TAXONOMY’. See entry Ralstonia solanacearum. ↩︎
  5. See entries Synchytrium endobioticum or Agaricus bisporus. ↩︎

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