Sentence examples for small genus from inspiring English sources

Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera) is a small genus of Brazilian cactus that grow in the jungle shade, mostly attached to trees.

Snowflake (genus Leucojum), small genus of flowering plants in the amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae).

The small genus Avicennia contains at least eight species of ecologically important mangroves.

Calendula, Any herbaceous plant of the small genus Calendula, in the Asteraceae family, found in temperate regions.

There are parts of the world where the insect fauna is so imperfectly known that with less than a month of collecting by an expert, a "small" genus of half a dozen species can be revealed to be the most species-rich genus in the dipteran fauna.

Despite being a relatively small genus, the taxonomy of the paper mulberry genus Broussonetia remains problematic.

Carpenter thought this specimen represented a separate, smaller genus of tyrannosaurid, which he called Maleevosaurus novojilovi.

Lovebird, any of nine species of small parrots, genus Agapornis (subfamily Psittacinae), of Africa and Madagascar.

The sheaths are uniformly closed except in the small African genus Coleochloa.

Box, In botany, an evergreen shrub or small tree (genus Buxus) of the box family (Buxaceae), best known for the ornamental and useful boxwoods.

A small new genus uniting surprisingly disparate cheilanthoid ferns (Pteridaceae).