n., pl., -gen·e·ra (-jĕn'ər-ə).
An occasionally used taxonomic category ranking between a genus and a species.
subgeneric sub'ge·ner'ic (-jə-nĕr'ĭk) adj.
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n., pl. -gen·e·ra (-jĕn'ər-ə).
n., pl. -gen·e·ra (-jĕn'ər-ə).
A taxonomic category ranking between a genus and a species.
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A taxonomic category sometimes established where the number of specimens is large, but not generally used; subordinate to a genus and superior to a species.
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(biology) taxonomic group between a genus and a species
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In biology, a subgenus is a taxonomic rank directly below genus. See rank (botany) and rank (zoology).
In zoology, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between the generic and specific name: e.g. the Tiger Cowry of the Indo-Pacific, Cypraea (Cypraea) tigris Linnaeus, which belongs to the subgenus Cypraea of the genus Cypraea. However, it is not mandatory, or even customary, when giving the name of a species, to include the subgeneric name.
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