Sentence examples for genus of more from inspiring English sources

Whitlow grass (genus Draba), genus of more than 300 species of plants in the mustard family (Brassicaceae).

Cinquefoil (genus Potentilla), genus of more than 300 species of herbaceous flowering plants of the rose family (Rosaceae).

Ganoderma, a genus of more than 300 species of wood-decaying fungi in the family Ganodermataceae (order Polyporales).

Strawberry (genus Fragaria), genus of more than 20 species of flowering plants in the rose family (Rosaceae) and their edible fruit.

Lantana, genus of more than 150 shrubs native to tropical America and Africa and belonging to the verbena family (Verbenaceae), order Lamiales.

Pleurothallis, genus of more than 1,000 species of tropical American orchids, family Orchidaceae, that grow on other plants and range greatly in size.

As more specimens were unearthed at locations such as Koobi Fora in northern Kenya, researchers began to realize that these hominins were anatomically different from Australopithecus, a genus of more-apelike creatures whose remains had been found at many African sites.

The Orchidaceae is the largest family in the plant kingdom and Dendrobium is a sizeable genus consisting of more than a thousand species that are native to South Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania, many of which show evidence of adaptation to stresses imposed by their environments, such as nutrient starvation, heat, cold, drought and wounding [ 70].

Anole (genus Anolis), any of more than 250 species of small tree-dwelling lizards related to iguanas (family Iguanidae).

African spiny mouse (genus Acomys), any of more than a dozen species of small to medium-sized rodents characterized by the harsh, inflexible spiny hairs of their upperparts.

Short-tailed opossum (genus Monodelphis), any of more than 20 species of small, mouse- and shrew-sized, insectivorous and carnivorous, terrestrial opossums (family Didelphidae, subfamily Didelphinae, tribe Marmosini).