genuses

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Almost 300 biologists have banded together and redrawn the tree of life for flowering plants, enabling a 15-fold increase in the number of genuses represented and highlighting new milestones in diversification.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 24, 2024

There are more than 100 species of Nepenthes, which is one of the many genuses of carnivorous plants found around the world.

From New York Times • May 18, 2022

Anemone and Aster are large genuses in their own right, filled with poppy- and daisy-like blooms.

From Slate • May 17, 2016

Paleontologists have documented five new genuses of dinosaurs and six previously unknown species since research began in the 1980s in partnership with French scientists.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2010

The large tribe, of the marmots, which includes the three large genuses of Arctomys, Cynomys, and Spermophilus, is still more sociable and still more intelligent.

From Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution by Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kniaz