taxonomic group

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Analyzing the genetic sequence of this strain, they found that R. marina does not align with its previously assumed taxonomic group but is closely related to chlorarachnid algae within the phylum Cercozoa.

From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2023

Aurantioideae is a titanic taxonomic group encompassing more than 33 genera of fruit-bearing plants found throughout Asia, Africa and Polynesia.

From Scientific American • Oct. 11, 2023

One of the oldest observed patterns in ecology is that species biodiversity in almost every taxonomic group increases as latitude declines.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

As a taxonomic group, fungi are both ubiquitous and diverse, including molds, yeast, mushrooms, and a variety of other organisms.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2021

This, however, did not include an account of some of the most interesting symbiotic relations, namely, those of the ants to other species of their own taxonomic group and to termites.

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra