Genus

: ''See genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics.'' : ''See genus (music) for the use of the term in music.'' : ''See Genus (comic) for the furry comic book. In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphology similar species (biology). In the common binomial nomenclature, the name of an organism is composed of two parts: its genus (always capitalized) and a species modifier. An example is ''Homo sapiens'', the name for the human which belongs to the genus ''Homo (genus)''. See scientific classification for more details of this system. The Biological types of a taxon is usually the first genus to be named and described. Family (biology), and in plants all taxa up to Division (biology), are named after the type genus. The genus and these higher taxa are typified by a specimen that shows the characteristics of the genus. The specimen used to describe this species is preserved as the holotype and designated as a generitype in a zoological museum or a herbarium to be available for further study. A generic name in one kingdom (biology) is allowed to bear the same name as a genus or other taxon name in another kingdom. For instance, ''Anura'' is a genus of plants as well as the order of frogs; ''Aotus'' is both a pea and a monkey; Wheatear and Water dropwort are genera of birds and plants respectively, as are Accentor and Self-heal. It is, however, not allowed for two genera within the same kingdom to have the same name. This explains why the platypus is called ''Ornithorhynchus'' - although ''Platypus'' was originally chosen for it, that name had already been given to the ambrosia beetle, an invertebrate. Invertebrates are in the same kingdom as the platypus, Animalia, so that name could not be used for a second animal genus. ==See also== *Linnaean taxonomy *Cladistics *List of genera by name Scientific classification la:Genusms:Genus

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this explains why the platypus is called Ornithorhynchus. As somebody reasonably well-educated on the subject of biology and taxonomy, this statement is false. I have no idea what the preceding paragraph has to do with the platypus. Can anybody either use a different example or explain why--I can't see a logical connection at all. User:Tokerboy ---- This annoyed me for a couple days because it seemed nonsensical. Then I got the bright idea to check the platypus article, and sure enough it was explained there. I added the info to this page. User:Tokerboy 19:43 Oct 3, 2002 (UTC)

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