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subgenus
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subgenus /sub·ge·nus/ (sub´je-nus) a taxonomic category between a genus and a species.
sub·ge·nus (sbjns)
n. pl. sub·gen·e·ra (-jnr-)
A taxonomic category ranking between a genus and a species.

subge·neric (-j-nrk) adj.

subgenus [sub-je´nus]
a taxonomic category sometimes established, subordinate to a genus and superior to a species.

subgenus
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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The different species of Blechnum have been tentatively classified into subgeneric groups (Tryon and Tryon, 1982), but their evolutionary relations remain poorly understood.
Two other generic or subgeneric names have been applied to these species (Tricropterus Rafinesque, 1810 and Carangus Girard, 1858), but both are junior synonyms of Caranx because the type species of these nominal taxa is also Scomber carangus Bloch.
 
 
 
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