form genus
English
Noun
form
genus
(
plural
form genera
)
(
taxonomy
)
A collection of
organisms
that is given formal recognition at the
rank
of
genus
with a
taxonomic
name
, but which is known to be an
artificial
group rather than a
natural
one.
All fossilized roots of scale trees are assigned to the
form genus
'Stigmaria'.
Related terms
form class
form taxon
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