Internal sorting/replacing characters

I have a column of scientific names that looks like this:

Canis lupus

Savin ARGeo (haguel)

Plumeria algers

I want to remove all the brackets and their content, so the finished product looks like this:

Canis lupus

ARGeo savin

Plumeria algers

However, I would first sort the column so that all the scientific names that includes parentheses are grouped. Then I can create a new column and a checkbox to indicate the values that previously contained in parentheses.

So I was just wondering if there is a way to 1) sort columns according to the different values of the special characters contain and 2) remove all parentheses and all that they contain. And I would add that the brackets attach all "haguel." There are a lot of different words between brackets.

Thank you.

You can do without sorting by following this example:

In the column A is the original name

B1 = SIERREUR (FIND ("(", A1), 0 "))

It's shorthand dethrone select cell B1 and type (or copy and paste it here) the formula:

SIERREUR = (FIND ("(", A1), 0 "))

C1 = IFERROR (Find (",") ", A1, start-pos), 0)

D1 = if (AND (C1 > 0 > 0, B1), (A1, B1−1) LEFT & RIGHT (A1, LEN (A1) −C1), A1)

Select cells B1 to D1, copy

Select cells B1 at the end of column D, dough

D column now contains the "corrected" names  Select copy of column d.

now select the destination and use the menu item "Edition > paste formula results.

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