form genus meaning

Noun: form genus  form 'jeenus

1. (biology) an artificial taxonomic category for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure 
2. An artificial taxonomic category established on the basis of morphological resemblance for organisms of obscure true relationships especially fossil forms

Derived forms: form genera

Type of: genus

Encyclopedia: Form genus

[Medicine]
n : an artificial taxonomic category established for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure due to incomplete knowledge of structure (as in some fossils) or of development or life history (as in the imperfect fungi and various animal parasites)

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1. They are united by the possession of a distinctive pollen type assigned to the form genus " Classopollis ".
2. In Brazil, fossil of form genus " Pecopteris " was located in outcrop " Morro Papal� " in the city of Mariana Pimentel.
3. "Epichlo� coniophiala " was originally described as an " Acremonium " species and later moved to the anamorphic form genus " Neotyphodium ".
4. However, they have been placed instead in the form genus " Hepaticites ", used for fossils believed to be liverworts but without confident affiliation with any extant order.
5. However details of the shape of the form genus " Dawsonites ", so Fairon-Demaret transferred the species to a new genus, " Sartilmania ".