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Definition of Subgenera
1. subgenus [n] - See also: subgenus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subgenera
Literary usage of Subgenera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1899)
"In the case of such purely conventional groups as genera and subgenera, utility
is clearly their chief raison d'ttre, and this may be judged largely by the ..."
2. The Cactaceae: Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose (1919)
"We group the species known to us into 3 subgenera, 46 series, and with the
following characteristics: KEY TO subgenera AND SERIES OF OPUNTIA. ..."
3. A Treatise on Geology by John Phillips (1837)
"subgenera OF AMMONITES ACCORDING TO VoN BUCH AND MUNSTER. These are aH extinct
forms, and while the greater number of species and subgenera abound in ..."
4. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1834)
"on the subject of classification, that my plan is " to distinguish subgenera by
signs or letters." I beg to state that he has misunderstood me entirely. ..."
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