Pistacia vera often is confused with other species in the genus Pistacia that are also known as pistachio.

Pistacia lentiscus () ( Mastic ) is a dioecious evergreen shrub or small tree of the Pistacio genus growing up to tall which is cultivated for its aromatic resin, mainly on the Greek island of Chios.

Pistacia is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae.

Well known species in the genus Pistacia include P. vera, the pistachio, grown for its edible seeds ; P. terebinthus, from which terebinth resin, a turpentine, is produced ; P. lentiscus, source of the plant resin mastic ; and P. chinensis, the Chinese pistache, cultivated as an ornamental tree.

A kind of aphid is specified in the genus Pistacia.

Pistacia chinensis ( Chinese pistache ), the most frost-tolerant species in the genus, is grown as an ornamental tree, valued for its bright red autumn leaf colour.

The genus Pistacia has sometimes been separated into its own family, Pistaciaceae, based on the reduced flower structure, differences in pollen, and the feathery style of the flowers.

Pistacia chinensis ( English: Chinese Pistache ; ) is a small to medium-sized tree in the genus Pistacia in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae, native to central and western China.

The aardvark is not closely related to the pig ; rather, it is the sole recent representative of the obscure mammalian order Tubulidentata, in which it is usually considered to form one variable species of the genus Orycteropus, the sole surviving genus in the family Orycteropodidae.

The challenge to the status has focused on the Agnostina partly because juveniles of one genus have been found with legs greatly different from those of adult trilobites, suggesting they are not members of the lamellipedian clade, of which trilobites are a part.

The genus Borya contains tree-like species which behave as " resurrection plants ".

The Latin name ' Asteraceae ' is derived from the type genus Aster, which is a Greek term, meaning " star ".

The name is derived from the type genus Apium, which was originally used by Pliny the Elder circa 50 AD for a celery-like plant.

The type species, A. sarcophagus, was apparently restricted in range to the modern-day Canadian province of Alberta, after which the genus is named.

In Central and South America, the alligator family is represented by five species of the genus Caiman, which differs from the alligator by the absence of a bony septum between the nostrils, and the ventral armour is composed of overlapping bony scutes, each of which is formed of two parts united by a suture.

For many years there was confusion amongst botanists over the generic names Amaryllis and Hippeastrum, one result of which is that the common name " amaryllis " is mainly used for cultivars of the genus Hippeastrum, widely sold in the winter months for their ability to bloom indoors.

These include, for example, the beta-lactam antibacterials, which include the penicillins ( produced by fungi in the genus Penicillium ), the cephalosporins, and the carbapenems.

and reiterates in no uncertain terms: " Nothing, then, which is not a species of a genus will have an essence – only species will have it ...."

Scientific classification in botany is a method by which botanists group and categorize organisms by biological type, such as genus or species.

Indian-born Ananda Chakrabarty, working for General Electric, had developed a bacterium ( derived from the Pseudomonas genus ) capable of breaking down crude oil, which he proposed to use in treating oil spills.

The bongo belongs to the genus Tragelaphus, which includes the sitatunga ( Tragelaphus spekeii ), the nyala ( Tragelaphus angasii ), the bushbuck ( Tragelaphus scriptus ), the mountain nyala ( Tragelaphus buxtoni ), the Lesser Kudu ( Tragelaphus imberbis ) and the greater kudu ( Tragelaphus strepsiceros ).

The Bacillus-specific study with the most diversity covered is by Xu and Cote ' using 16S and the ITS region, where they divide the genus into 10 groups, which includes the nested genera Paenibacillus, Brevibacillus, Geobacillus, Marinibacillus and Virgibacillus.

It is a member of the subgenus Rhinella of the genus Bufo, which includes many different true toad species found throughout Central and South America.

Nearly all the descriptive words used to justify the genus division were relative terms without a reference measure, and the argument did not take into account the size differences between the species, which can be considerable.

The genus name Aquilegia is derived from the Latin word for eagle ( aquila ), because the shape of the flower petals, which are said to resemble an eagle's claw.

Chipmunks may be classified either as a single genus, Tamias, or as three genera: Tamias, which includes the eastern chipmunk ; Eutamias, which includes the Siberian chipmunk ; and Neotamias, which includes the 23 remaining, mostly western, species.

These include inhibitors of oxidosqualenecyclase and squalene synthase, cysteine protease inhibitors, dermaseptins collected from frogs in the genus Phyllomedusa ( P. oreades and P. distincta ), the sesquiterpene lactone dehydroleucodine ( DhL ), which affects the growth of cultured epimastigote – phase Trypanosoma cruzi, inhibitors of purine uptake, and inhibitors of enzymes involved in trypanothione metabolism.

The scholastic philosophers claimed that the highest genera ( the so-called ten generalissima ) cannot be defined, since we cannot assign any higher genus under which they may fall.

It is the only extant member of the genus Cuon, which differs from Canis by the reduced number of molars and greater number of teats.

The family includes a single genus, Ixiolirion, with four species distributed from Egypt to central Asia.

The genus Allium includes some of the most widely used edible plants, such as onion and shallot ( varieties of Allium cepa ), garlic ( A. sativum and A. scordoprasum ), leek ( Allium ampeloprasum var.

Wormwood, a genus that includes the sagebrush, is used as a source of flavoring for absinthe, a bitter classical liquor of European origin.

The genus Candida includes about 150 different species ; however, only a few are known to cause human infections.

This genus includes the species bovine stool associated circular virus and chimpanzee stool associated circular virus.

The order also includes some edible fruits, including kiwi fruit ( Actinidia deliciosa ), persimmon ( genus Diospyros ), blueberry, huckleberry and cranberry, Brazil nut, and Mamey sapote.

* Order Perissodactyla ( In addition to Equidae, Perissodactyla includes four species of tapir in a single genus, as well as five living species ( belonging to four genera ) of rhinoceros.

# a genus ( or family ): A pre-defined term that includes the species defined as a subtype.

The genus includes annual or short-lived herbaceous perennial plants, and suffruticose perennials, subshrubs or small shrubs.

The family also includes Vanilla ( the genus of the vanilla plant ), Orchis ( type genus ), and many commonly cultivated plants such as Phalaenopsis and Cattleya.

The genus includes the widespread common pawpaw Asimina triloba, which bears the largest edible fruit indigenous to the continent.

Loris is one genus in this subfamily and includes the slender lorises, while Nycticebus is the genus for the slow lorises.

This genus includes the largest extant mosquitoes, the larvae of which prey on the larvae of other mosquitoes.

Cannabis (; Cán-na-bis ) is a genus of flowering plants that includes three putative varieties, Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, and Cannabis ruderalis.

The genus is native to the Northern Hemisphere, and includes deciduous and evergreen species extending from cool temperate to tropical latitudes in Asia and the Americas.

Implicitly it includes a system for naming genera, since the first part of the name of the species is a genus name.

The genus Allium, which includes onions and garlic as well as shallots, is now classified in the plant family Amaryllidaceae, but was formerly considered to belong to the separate family Alliaceae.