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单词 subgenus
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Definition of subgenus in English:

subgenus

nounPlural subgenera ˈsʌbdʒɛnəsˈsʌbdʒiːɛnəsˈsəbˌdʒinəs
Biology
  • A taxonomic category that ranks below genus and above species.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Species and not genera or subgenera are considered the most appropriate units in biodiversity studies.
    • Popov's monograph of Cenozoic cardiid shell microstructure includes more than 62 genera and subgenera and 150 species.
    • These ingroup species were chosen to represent each of the proposed subgenera and genera from previous phylogenetic studies.
    • In the gastropods groups I surveyed, 124 taxa at the subgenus and species-group level occurred in the Gatunian Province during the late Miocene and early Pliocene.
    • The lowest taxonomic rank is species (genera / subgenera in mollusks) and the highest is family.

Derivatives

  • subgeneric

  • adjective ˌsʌbdʒɪˈnɛrɪkˌsəbdʒəˈnɛrɪk
    Biology
    • Relating to or denoting a subgenus.

      a subgeneric classification of the genus in four sections
      Example sentencesExamples
      • surveys of the fauna indicate that subgeneric diversity has been underestimated
      • Estimates of the number of species world-wide range into the hundreds, but most of the 35-40 oak species in deciduous forests of eastern USA can be placed into one of two subgeneric groups.
      • This fact complicates the usage of subgeneric categories established within the genus Palaeozygopleura.
      • The mid-E extinction showed no selectivity according to subgeneric size, regardless of how size was measured.
 
 

Definition of subgenus in US English:

subgenus

nounˈsəbˌdʒinəsˈsəbˌjēnəs
Biology
  • A taxonomic category that ranks below genus and above species.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the gastropods groups I surveyed, 124 taxa at the subgenus and species-group level occurred in the Gatunian Province during the late Miocene and early Pliocene.
    • Popov's monograph of Cenozoic cardiid shell microstructure includes more than 62 genera and subgenera and 150 species.
    • The lowest taxonomic rank is species (genera / subgenera in mollusks) and the highest is family.
    • These ingroup species were chosen to represent each of the proposed subgenera and genera from previous phylogenetic studies.
    • Species and not genera or subgenera are considered the most appropriate units in biodiversity studies.
 
 
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