type genus of the Sphyrnidae.
The daffodil belongs to the genus Narcissus.
type genus of the Cottidae: sculpins.
type genus of the family Zeidae.
a genus of echinoderms of the family Antedonidae; formerly called genus Comatula.
For years, this genus enjoyed primo dinosaur status.
a dicot genus of the family cucurbitaceae including watermelons.
type genus of the Pittidae; a large genus of birds of southern Asia and Australia and adjacent islands.
The parasites concerned are protozoa belonging to the Trypanosoma genus.
A single-celled microorganism, especially a flagellate protozoan of the genus Monas.
This species, found in Madagascar, is the first new addition to the genus since 1879.
One species of ant belongs to a genus that is only found alive today in Australia.
Another study found 7, 000 new genus of bacteria in the Western English Channel alone.
type genus of the family Ulvaceae; green seaweed having a thallus two cells thick: sea lettuce.
Any of several brightly banded, highly venomous snakes of the genus Bungarus of southeast Asia and adjacent islands.
The natural host of the virus has been identified as being fruit bats of the Pteropodidae Family, Pteropus genus.
RVF virus is a member of the Phlebovirus genus, one of the five genera in the family Bunyaviridae.
So, this discovery pushes the existence of the Nephila back to the Jurassic Period, making them the longest ranging spider genus known.
Initially named Equine Morbilivirus, Hendra virus is a member of the genus Henipavirus, a new class of virus in the Paramyxoviridae family.
The new species of the Oreoglanis genus, was found in rocky, fast-flowing streams all over Thailand, and is thought to be present in neighbouring countries as well.
The miniature creature, from the Brookesia genus, was spotted on an expedition in Amber Mountain Park, Madagascar, by British wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas.
Dieffenbachia: any of several plants of the genus dieffenbachia native to tropical America having stout jointed stems and large variegated leaves and wide ly cultivated as an indoor plant.
Any of several evergreen shrubs or small trees of the genus Camellia native to eastern Asia, especially nica, having shiny leaves and showy roselike flowers that are usually red, white, or pink.
In Australia, members of this genus were found to be feeding almost exclusively on spiders that are gleaned from webs hanging over small forest paths or between the foliage.
If it is to reflect its evolutionary origins (as taxonomists would prefer) the genus needs to be divided up into many more smaller genera in which the species have similar characteristics.
Groups of closely related species belong to the same genus, which in turn are clustered into families, then orders, then classes, then phyla, and finally into kingdoms (such as the animal kingdom).
"Any of the 60 plant species that make up the genus Vitis (family Vitaceae), native to the northern temperate zone, including varieties that may be eaten as table fruit, dried to produce raisins, or crushed to make grape juice or wine."
