subgen.

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Etymology

Abbreviation of New Latin subgenus or any of its inflected forms.

Noun

subgen.

  1. A subgenus.
    • 2010 March 18, David J. Rosen, “New Species of Eleocharis subgen. Limnochloa (Cyperaceae) from the Old and New World Tropics”, in Novon : a Journal for Botanical Nomenclature, volume 20, number 1 (in English), St. Louis, MO: Missouri Botanical Garden, →DOI, page 73:
      Two new tropical species in Eleocharis subgen. Limnochloa (P. Beauv., ex T. Lestib.) Torr. (Cyperaceae) are described and their relationships with presumably allied species are discussed.
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