Sentence examples for small genus of 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).

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.

It is a relatively small genus of about six species comprising of erect shrubs or small trees [1, 2].

Crex is a small genus of birds in the rail family.

Phedina is a small genus of passerine birds in the swallow family.

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

As Verticillium is a relatively small genus that consists of ten species of soil-born fungi, only a handful of which are successful plant pathogens [ 107], perhaps the non-pathogenic species display reduced levels of rearrangements and, consequently, do not have the genetic flexibility that allows them to successfully participate in the arms race with plant hosts.

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

Heynh. is a small genus consisting mostly of diploids, but includes both allopolyploids [ 14, 32- 35] and taxonomic autopolyploids [ 36- 41].

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