Hypertext Webster Gateway: "subgenera"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Subgenus \Sub*ge"nus\, n.; pl. {Subgenera}. (Biol.)
A subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species
which differ from other species of the genus in some
important character or characters; as, the azaleas now
constitute a subgenus of Rhododendron.


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