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type genus
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type genusnoun
(biology) genus from which the name of a family or subfamily is formed; it is not necessarily the most representative genus but often the largest or best known or earliest described
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Type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
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type genus
A type genus is a genus that represents the characteristics and defining features of a particular family or other higher group in the biological classifications of taxonomy. It serves as the reference point by which other members of the family or group are defined. It is often the first identified or historically well-known genus of a particular taxonomic group.
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Type genus
In biological classification, a type genus is a representative genus, with regard to a biological family. The term and concept are used much more often and much more formally in zoology than in botany, and the definition is dependent on the nomenclatural Code that applies: ⁕In zoological nomenclature, a type genus is "The nominal genus that is the name-bearing type of a nominal family-group taxon." ⁕In botanical nomenclature, the phrase "type genus" is used, unofficially, as a term of convenience. In the ICN this phrase has no status. The code uses type specimens for ranks up to family, and all ranks must bear the name of the genus in which their types are placed, but the Code does not refer to the genus containing that type as a "Type genus". Names above the rank of family are not under any nomenclatural restriction according to the ICN, except where it comes to their endings.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of type genus in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of type genus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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