subgenus
- noun
- /sʌbˈdʒiːnəs/
- Specialized
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subgénero
- Considering all sites together, silver maple trees had the highest importance value, followed by ash, primarily green but including a few black ash (Fraxinus nigra), cottonwood, American elm, and the white oak subgenus.
- oak subgenus
Examples
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The blackberries belong to the genus Rubus and are classified under the subgenus Eubatus.
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Name changes can also result from changes in rank (e.g., the elevation of a subgenus to a genus).
Academic text (1998) -
In 1978, Appleston Morris captured definitive proof that the subgenus Gigantopithecus thrives in the modern era.
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He urged a subgenus category for this important New World bamboo so that the familiar G. angustifolia binomial might be retained.
Academic text (1991) -
Researchers have identified a new subgenus of insects that inhabits the rainforests of South America.
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The biologist explained how the subgenus helps in understanding the evolutionary relationships among species.
Compounds
- Specialized
A group of shrubs that belong to Rhododendron plants, with some keeping leaves all year and some losing them
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word subgenus comes from the parts sub- meaning 'under' and genus meaning 'kind' or 'type', and the genus part is the same root as genre, a 'type' of music or book. So, a subgenus is like an 'under-type' — a smaller group inside a genus used to classify related species.
