Subgenus: alternatives and connections

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Subgenus

A subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species which differ from other species of the genus in some important character or characters; as, the azaleas now constitute a subgenus of Rhododendron.

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Containing group 1

Genus 70% connected

A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; on…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Class noun · 78% connection

(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders