congeneric
- adjective
- /ˌkɒnˈdʒɛnərɪk/
- Specialized
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congénero
- Even more interesting is that the introduced European insects have been able to colonize new congeneric plants even though such American species diverged from their common ancestral Euramerican root stocks more than 38 million years ago (Graham 1993, Rohrig 1991).
- congeneric and confamilial
- congeneric plants
Examples
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This supports the contention that phytophage establishment in a new environment depends on an abundance of ancestral (congeneric, confamilial) host material.
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The conservation efforts focused on reintroducing congeneric animals to restore the ecosystem.
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Until I see the paper, I won't know how different the DNA is from the congeneric species, and whether that difference supports species.
Blog text (25) -
Fitted one-factor congeneric measurement models were developed for both constructs.
Academic text (2008) -
Large epidemics most commonly erupt in systems with a proportionally higher density of the congeneric species D. pulicaria.
Academic text (2010) -
LISREL8 was used to establish fitted one-factor congeneric measurement models to assess item reliability, determine scale reliability, and develop factor score regression values for computing constructs.
Academic text (2008) -
In addition, unrelated plant species occurring in the same habitat as the target plant and having morphological or chemical similarities to the weed, as well as host plants of congeneric insect species, are included in the test-plant list of a biocontrol candidate, which usually consists of more than 50 plant species.
Academic text (2001) -
The biologist studied the traits of the congeneric plants to understand their evolutionary relationship.
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Researchers discovered that the two congeneric species of insects share similar feeding habits.
Synonyms
Belonging to the same genus, a group of closely related species
Belonging to the same genus of animals or plants
How Closely Related
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Congeneric comes from con- 'together' and genus 'kind', the same root as generate. So it means 'of the same kind' and is used to describe species that belong to the same genus.