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.