The family also has important ornamentals, mainly from the dominant genus Allium, but also including genera such as Ipheion.

The APG III system ( 2009 ) differs only in that the Limnocharitaceae are combined with the Alismataceae ; it was also suggested that the genus Maundia ( of the Juncaginaceae ) could be separated into a monogeneric family, Maundiaceae, but the authors noted that more study was necessary before Maundiaceae could be recognized.

Heinrich Göppert named the common amber-yielding pine of the Baltic forests Pinites succiniter, but as the wood does not seem to differ from that of the existing genus it has been also called Pinus succinifera.

Aloe, also Aloë, is a genus containing about 500 species of flowering succulent plants.

Antibacterials can also affect the vaginal flora, and may lead to overgrowth of yeast species of the genus Candida in the vulvo-vaginal area.

Zebrafish are also closely related to the genus Devario, as demonstrated by a phylogenetic tree of close species.

Coho and Chinook ( also known as " king ") salmon, and steelhead, all of the genus Oncorhynchus, are ocean fish that migrate up the rivers at the end of their life cycles to spawn.

The genus is native to Europe, Asia and Africa, and is also naturalised in North America.

" Chipmunks have also been referred to as " striped squirrels ," " chippers ," " munks ," " timber tigers ," or " ground squirrels ," although the name " ground squirrel " usually refers to other squirrels, such as those of the genus Spermophilus.

Chagas was also the first to unknowingly discover and illustrate the parasitic fungal genus Pneumocystis, later infamously linked to PCP ( Pneumocystis pneumonia in AIDS victims ).

The term digitalis is also used for drug preparations that contain cardiac glycosides, particularly one called digoxin, extracted from various plants of this genus.

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

* Echidna, junior synonym for Bitis, a genus of African vipers ( also Echidne )

From these early species the Australopithecines arose around diverged into robust ( also called Paranthropus ) and gracile branches, one of which ( possibly A. garhi ) probably went on to become ancestors of the genus Homo.

The Polygalaceae is fairly well researched among plant families, in part due to the large diversity of the genus Polygala, and also due to members of the family, like the Fabaceae, being food plants for various Lepidoptera ( butterfly and moth ) species.

Pinguinus alfrednewtoni was a larger and also flightless member of the genus Pinguinus that lived during the Early Pliocene.

The genus Mesocricetus also forms a clade.

It may also be distinguished from other kumquats by its round leaves that make this species unique within the genus.

Many members of the genus are cultivated extensively in temperate climates as ornamental plants for garden and landscape use, and also commercially for the extraction of essential oils.

Mentha ( also known as Mint, from Greek míntha, Linear B mi-ta ) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae ( mint family ).

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

Proboscideans from the Miocene also included Stegolophodon, an early genus of the disputed family Stegodontidae ; the diverse family of Gomphotheriidae or " shovel tuskers ", such as Platybelodon and Amebelodon ; and the Mammutidae, or mastodons.

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

It contains only one genus, Xanthorrhoea, endemic to Australia.

Allieae contains only one genus Allium ( Milula is merged with Allium in the latest systems ).

* Athene ( owl ), a genus that contains two to four living species of small owls

The family Haliotidae contains only one genus, Haliotis.

That genus contains about four to seven subgenera.

However, the tree constructed by the living tree project, a collaboration between ARB-Silva and LPSN where a 16S ( and 23S if available ) tree of all validated species was constructed, the genus Bacillus contains a very large number of nested taxa and majorly in both 16S and 23S it is paraphyletic to Lactobacillales ( Lactobacillus, Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, Listeria, etc.

* Dinosaur genus list contains data tables on nearly every published Mesozoic dinosaur genus as of January 2011.

The African elephant genus contains two living species ; whereas the Asian elephant species is the only surviving member of the Asian elephant genus, but can be divided into four subspecies.

A member of the Cryptobranchidae family, hellbenders are the only members of the Cryptobranchus genus, and are joined only by one other genus of salamanders ( Andrias, which contains the Japanese and Chinese giant salamanders ) at the family level.

The genus Actinidia contains around 60 species.

Acidithiobacillus contains 5 species and the sole genus in its order Acidithiobacillales

* Phoebis, a genus of Coliadinae that is not itself called the Sulfurs but that contains a number of species which are

The genus Sarcophilus contains two other species, known only from Pleistocene fossils: S. laniarius and S. moomaensis.

The genus contains at least 68 described extant taxa, but the true number of species is a matter of debate.

The genus Salmo contains the Atlantic salmon, found in the north Atlantic.

The genus Oncorhynchus contains eight species which occur naturally only in the north Pacific.

This genus is of great interest since it contains thale cress ( Arabidopsis thaliana ), one of the model organisms used for studying plant biology and the first plant to have its entire genome sequenced.

Magnolia subgenus Magnolia can not be renamed because it contains Magnolia virginiana, the type species of the genus and of the family.

Panthera is a genus of the family Felidae ( cats ), which contains four well-known living species: the tiger, the lion, the jaguar, and the leopard.

The genus Apaloderma contains the three African species.