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Genus vs Trinomen - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between genus and trinomen

is that genus is (biology|taxonomy) a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank while trinomen is (taxonomy|zoology) a scientific name at the rank of subspecies: an expansion of a binomial name (a genus and a species) combined with the name of the subspecies; for example homo sapiens sapiens .

genus

English

Noun

(genera)
  • (biology, taxonomy) a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank
  • All magnolias belong to the genus ''Magnolia .
    Other species of the genus ''Bos'' are often called cattle or wild cattle.
    There are only two genera and species of seadragons .
  • *
  • Müller criticized the division of the "Jubuleae" into two families and he cited Jubula as an annectant genus .
  • A group with common attributes.
  • *1945 , (Bertrand Russell), A History of Western Philosophy , p. 655:
  • *:Recollection is one of a whole genus of effects which are more or less peculiar to the phenomena that we naturally call "mental."
  • (topology) A number measuring some aspect of the complexity of any of various manifolds or graphs
  • (semantics) Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * summum genus

    See also

    * generic name * class * division * kingdom * order * phylum * species * (semantics) differentia

    trinomen

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia trinomen) (trinomina)
  • (taxonomy, zoology) A scientific name at the rank of subspecies: an expansion of a binomial name (a genus and a species) combined with the name of the subspecies; for example Homo sapiens sapiens .
  • Synonyms

    *ternary name *three-part name *trinomial name

    See also

    *binomen *binomial name