A group of closely related plants or animals that contains one or more different species.
A group of closely related species.
A group of closely related plants containing one or more species.
A category of biological classification ranking between the family and the species, comprising structurally or phylogenetically related species or an isolated species exhibiting unusual differentiation, and being designated by a Latin or latinized capitalized single noun.
A Latin botanical term meaning a plant family.
A group of related species or sometimes an individual species.
A closely related group of species in one plant family. The genus name is a proper noun and is always capitalized, i.e., Piper. It is Latinized and usually written in italics or underlined.
A group of similar species; the taxonomic rank below family and above species.
A group of similar and related species, usually all more closely related to each other than any of the species is to a member of another genus.
A grouping of species in the same family with important features of flower, fruit, and sometimes vegetative characters in common.
A group of species which have sufficient in common to be classed as closely related; the name is always Latin. For example, roses are members of the genus Rosa, and both the smoking and ornamental tobaccos are of the genus Nicotiana.
A group of related species, such as the genus Solidago, encompassing the goldenrods.
In biology, a group of closely related species clearly marked off from other groups.
A category of related living organisms.
A category of biological classification between the species and family levels; the first word in a Latin name indicates the genus.
The next major unit of plant classification above species—thus a group of species with many features in common may be grouped together and named as a genus. The name given to a genus is of Latin form (or Latinised Greek). A genus name can stand on its own, referring then to all its members, but a species name must always consist of 2 words, the first being the genus name. All roses belong to the genus Rosa, which consists of about 150 species including Rosa canina and Rosa rugosa.
A category used in the classification of animals and plants. A genus consists of several closely related and similar species; for example the genus canis includes the dog, wolf, and jackal.
In taxonomy, the classification between the family and the species.
A biological classification made up of closely related but distinct species and given a common name. The genus is denoted by the first word in the botanical name.
A unit of biological classification made up of closely related but distinct species and given a common name; genera are grouped into families. The genus is denoted by the first word in the scientific name.