Nonea is a genus of the borage family Boraginaceae.

Cryptantha is a genus of hairy plants in the borage family ( Boraginaceae ).

Borago ( Bo-rá-go ), common name borage, is a genus of two species of herbs with large, hairy leaves that taste mildly of cucumber, and star-shaped purple-blue flowers which are prized for their flavour.

The genus Anchusa L. belongs to the tribe Boragineae of the borage family ( Boraginaceae ).

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.

Along with the other genus in the Boryaceae family, Alania, these xerophytic plants are native to Australia.

Blandfordia is the only genus in the family Blandfordiaceae, with four species distributed in eastern Australia.

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

The genus Cyanastrum is sometimes placed in its own family Cyanastraceae.

The two species of Doryanthes, the only genus of the family, are huge rosette-forming herbs that are a conspicuous element of the flora in the vicinity of Sydney, Australia, being hard not to notice when in flower.

The family consists of a single genus Xeronema with two species, one found only on the Poor Knights islands in New Zealand and the other in New Caledonia.

The most conspicuous genus in the family is Aloe.

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.

The family Haliotidae contains only one genus, Haliotis.

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.

Alder is the common name of a genus of flowering plants ( Alnus ) belonging to the birch family Betulaceae ).

These trees differ from the birches ( Betula, the other genus in the family ) in that the female catkins are woody and do not disintegrate at maturity, opening to release the seeds in a similar manner to many conifer cones.

Although the family ( Amaranthaceae ) is distinctive, the genus has few distinguishing characters among the 70 species included.

Ailanthus (; derived from ailanto, an Ambonese word probably meaning " tree of the gods " or " tree of heaven ") is a genus of trees belonging to the family Simaroubaceae, in the order Sapindales ( formerly Rutales or Geraniales ).

The APG III system ( 2009 ) places the genus in the family Xanthorrhoeaceae, subfamily Asphodeloideae .< ref >

* Aotus ( monkey ), the genus of night monkeys in the family Aotidae.

* Arene ( gastropod ), a genus of marine snails in the family Areneidae

* Ash ( Fraxinus ), genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family

* Prickly Ash ( Zanthoxylum ), genus of about 250 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs in the citrus or rue family, Rutaceae

* Sorbus, genus of about 100 – 200 species of trees and shrubs in the subfamily Maloideae of the Rose family Rosaceae

Bluetongue is caused by the pathogenic virus, Bluetongue virus ( BTV ), of the genus Orbivirus, of the Reoviridae family.

The zebrafish is a derived member of the genus Danio, of the family Cyprinidae.

Symphytum is a genus in the Boraginaceae family.

Myosotis (; from the Greek: " mouse's ear ", after the leaf ) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae ( or Cynoglossum family ) that are commonly called Forget-me-nots.

The lungworts are the genus Pulmonaria of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, native to Europe and western Asia, with one species ( P. mollissima ) east to central Asia.

Nama is a genus of herbaceous plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.

* Carmona ( genus ), a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae

Lithospermum is a genus of plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.

We are concerned not with the genus communism nor with other species of the genus: Platonic, Stoic, early Christian, monastic, canonist or theological communism ; ;

Most references to " amoebas " or " amoebae " are to amoeboids in general rather than to the specific genus Amoeba.

Giant salamanders of the genus Andrias, as well as Ceratophrine and Pyxicephalus frogs possess sharp teeth and are capable of drawing blood with a defensive bite.

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.

Other Asterales are Rousseaceae ( 4 genera ), Campanulaceae ( 84 genera ) and Pentaphragmataceae ( 1 genus ).

The pacas ( genus Cuniculus ) are placed by some authorities ( Woods, 1993 ; McKenna and Bell, 1997 ) in the Dasyproctidae, but molecular studies have demonstrated that they do not form a monophyletic group ( Rowe and Honeycutt, 2002 ).

Amaranths are recorded as food plants for some Lepidoptera ( butterfly and moth ) species including the nutmeg moth and various case-bearer moths of the genus Coleophora: C. amaranthella, C. enchorda ( feeds exclusively on Amaranthus ), C. immortalis ( feeds exclusively on Amaranthus ), C. lineapulvella and C. versurella ( recorded on A. spinosus ).

Plants of the genus Amaryllis are known as belladonna lily, Jersey lily, naked lady, amarillo or, in South Africa, March lily.

Members of the southeast Asian planthopper genus Ancyra are well known for having a pair of prolonged filaments at the tips of the forewings that arise near a pair of small glossy spots ; this creates the impression of a pair of antennae, with corresponding " eyes " ( a remarkable case of automimicry ).

Many individual names are formed by adding the suffix " ine " to the species or genus name.

In Aristotle, substances are to be clarified by stating their definition: a note expressing a larger class ( the genus ) followed by further notes expressing specific differences ( differentiae ) within the class.

The species, the genus and the difference are all equally being: a being is a being that is being.

Like other members of the genus, all three are aerobes capable of producing endospores.

Fossil remains of beavers are found in the peat and other superficial deposits of Britain and the continent of Europe ; while in the Pleistocene formations of Britain and Siberia, remains of a giant extinct beaver have been found, Trogontherium cuvieri, representing a genus by itself.

These characteristics originally defined the genus, but not all such species are closely related, and many have been moved to other genera.

Like other genera associated with the early history of microbiology, such as Pseudomonas or Vibrio, members of the Bacillus genus ( 266 species ) are found ubiquitously, and it is one of the genera with the largest 16S diversity and environmental diversity.

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

Sponges are known from spicules and anchor ropes, and include various forms such as the Calcispongea Cotyliscus and Girtycoelia, the demosponge Chaetetes, and the genus of unusual colonial glass sponges Titusvillia.