Sentence examples for genus in from inspiring English sources

"It turns out its closest relative is another genus in Tanzania.

Antedon is the best known genus in the Atlantic.

Ulmus (elms) is the largest genus in the family.

Woodland milkweed (A. exaltata) is a rather unusual member of the genus in that it likes shade.

The magnolia, for example, is the largest genus in its family, Magnoliaceae, and contains about 120 species.

(Kumquat actually is a close relative of citrus, moved from that genus in 1915 to the closely related genus Fortunella).

The palaeontologist Othniel Charles Marsh hastily declared Brontosaurus to be a new genus in 1879, two years after naming another bulky long-necked specimen, the Apatosaurus (deceptive lizard).

Ficus (about 750 species) is the largest genus in the family.

Plantago, a genus in the family Plantaginaceae (order Lamiales) with about 265 species.

The largest genus in Buxaceae is the widely cultivated Buxus (boxwood), with about 70 species.

The genus in turn is named for Leonhard Fuchs, a 16th-century botanist and physician.