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.
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.