Taxonomic vs Bigeneric - What's the difference?
taxonomic | bigeneric |
Of, or relating to taxonomy.
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(botany) Describing an (infertile) cross between plants belonging to different genera.
* 1934 , edition, ISBN 0553278193, page 93:
(taxonomy) Describing a taxonomic group containing only two genera.
As adjectives the difference between taxonomic and bigeneric
is that taxonomic is of, or relating to taxonomy while bigeneric is describing an (infertile) cross between plants belonging to different genera.taxonomic
English
Adjective
(-)- With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get
bigeneric
English
Adjective
(-)- It's a bigeneric hybrid, they don't come in nature like that.