 			<cfset shouldUsuallyHave="scientific_name,subspecies,species,genus,kingdom">
 
 			<!--- see what we can glean from what we have ---->
+
+			<cfset probGenus="">
 			<cfset probSpecies="">
 			<cfset probSubSpecies="">
 			<cfset probSciName="">

					<cfif shouldHaveTermType is "subspecies" and len(probSubSpecies) gt 0>
						<cfset thisTermVal=probSubSpecies>
					</cfif>
					<cfset queryAddRow(mClassTerms,{
						"POSITION_IN_CLASSIFICATION"="#availablePosition#",
						"TERM_TYPE"="#shouldHaveTermType#",

						' ' & listGetAt(thisname.scientific_name,2,' ')
						 & ' ' & listGetAt(thisname.scientific_name,3,' ')>
				</cfif>
			</cfif>
			<!--- if for some crazy reason we got here and don't have genus....---->

			<cfquery name="ggen" dbtype="query">
				select * from hasclass where term_type='genus'
			</cfquery>
			<cfif len(ggen.term) gt 0>
				<cfset probGenus=ggen.term>
			<cfelse>
				<cfset probGenus=listGetAt(thisname.scientific_name,1,' ')>
			</cfif>
			<!--- make a table I can mess with, leave some gaps ---->
			<cfquery name="mClassTerms" dbtype="query">
