Allow users to enter parenthesized subgenus species in the search box: genus (subgenus) species

Platform(s) mobile, website

Description of need:
There is no way to identify bracketed subgenus species in the search box right now, each search needs to delete the subgenus, which I think is cumbersome.

Feature request details:
Allow users to enter parenthesized subgenus species in the search box: genus (subgenus) species.

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Since iNaturalist will already find the correct species if the subgenus is omitted, the easiest way to implement this might be to just have the taxon search ignore any and all words in parentheses.

Same way it would be good to have the search ignore rank designators like “subsp.”

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