#taxonomic_group__taxonomicgroup__taxon animal or plant group having natural relations supertype: #biological_group a group of plants or animals subtype: #Adapid_group__Adapid extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include the lemurs; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins subtype: #Omomyid_group__Omomyid extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; probably gave rise to the tarsiers; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins subtype: #kingdom one of seven biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia subtype: #kingdom_Monera__Monera prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions subtype: #kingdom_Protoctista__Protoctista in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals subtype: #plant_kingdom__plantkingdom__Plantae__kingdom_Plantae the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants subtype: #kingdom_Plantae__Plantae__plant_kingdom__plantkingdom taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants subtype: #kingdom_Fungi__Fungi__fungus_kingdom the taxonomic kingdom of lower plants instance: #kingdom_Animalia__Animalia__animal_kingdom subtype: #subkingdom (biology) a taxonomic group comprising a major division of a kingdom subtype: #subkingdom_Parazoa__Parazoa multicellular organisms having less-specialized cells than in the Metazoa; comprises the single phylum Porifera subtype: #subkingdom_Metazoa__Metazoa multicellular animals having cells differentiated into tissues and organs and usually a digestive cavity and nervous system subtype: #phylum (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes subtype: #phylum_Pyrrophyta__Pyrrophyta a division of lower plants comprising unicellular and biflagellate algae that form starchy compounds subtype: #phylum_Protozoa__Protozoa in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers subtype: #phylum_Cryptophyta__Cryptophyta a phylum in the kingdom Protoctista subtype: #phylum_Chordata__Chordata comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord subtype: #subphylum_Cephalochordata__Cephalochordata lancelets subtype: #subphylum_Urochordata__Urochordata__Urochorda__subphylum_Urochorda__Tunicata__subphylum_Tunicata tunicates subtype: #subphylum_Vertebrata__Vertebrata__Craniata__subphylum_Craniata fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals subtype: #phylum_Arthropoda__Arthropoda jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes subtype: #subphylum_Pentastomida__Pentastomida tongue worms subtype: #phylum_Porifera__Porifera coextensive with the subkingdom Parazoa: sponges subtype: #phylum_Cnidaria__Cnidaria__Coelenterata__phylum_Coelenterata hydras; polyps; jellyfishes; sea anemones; corals subtype: #phylum_Ctenophora__Ctenophora comb jellies; sea acorns; a small phylum formerly considered a class of Coelenterata subtype: #phylum_Acanthocephala__Acanthocephala phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms subtype: #phylum_Chaetognatha__Chaetognatha arrowworms: a group of small active transparent marine worms subtype: #phylum_Platyhelminthes__Platyhelminthes flatworms subtype: #phylum_Nemertea__Nemertea__Nemertina__phylum_Nemertina proboscis worms subtype: #phylum_Pogonophora__Pogonophora beard worms subtype: #phylum_Rotifera__Rotifera a phylum including: rotifers subtype: #phylum_Nematoda__Nematoda__Aschelminthes__phylum_Aschelminthes unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms subtype: #phylum_Annelida__Annelida segmented worms: earthworms; lugworms; leeches subtype: #phylum_Mollusca__Mollusca gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons subtype: #phylum_Phoronida__Phoronida__Phoronidea small phylum of wormlike marine animals subtype: #phylum_Bryozoa__Bryozoa__polyzoa marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids subtype: #phylum_Ectoprocta__Ectoprocta coextensive with or a subphylum of Bryozoa subtype: #phylum_Entoprocta__Entoprocta__Endoprocta sometimes considered a subphylum of Bryozoa subtype: #phylum_Cycliophora__Cycliophora tiny marine organisms each the size of a period found in great numbers on lobsters' lips; identified tentatively in 1995 as a new phylum or as possible link between Entoprocta and Ectoprocta subtype: #phylum_Brachiopoda__Brachiopoda marine invertebrates that resemble mollusks subtype: #phylum_Sipuncula__Sipuncula peanut worms subtype: #phylum_Echinodermata__Echinodermata radially symmetrical marine invertebrates including e.g. starfish and sea urchins and sea cucumbers subtype: #division.phylum (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum subtype: #division_Protista__Protista eukaryotic one-celled living organisms distinct from multicellular plants and animals: protozoa, slime molds, and eukaryotic algae subtype: #Thallophyta used only in former classifications: comprising what is now considered a heterogeneous assemblage of flowerless and seedless organisms: algae; bacteria; fungi; lichens subtype: #division_Tracheophyta__Tracheophyta in former classifications: comprising plants with a vascular system including ferns and fern allies as well as seed plants subtype: #division_Bryophyta__Bryophyta a division of nonflowering plants characterized by rhizoids rather than true roots and having little or no organized vascular tissue and showing alternation of generations between gamete-bearing forms and spore-bearing forms; comprises true mosses (Bryopsida) and liverworts (Hepaticopsida) and hornworts (Anthoceropsida) subtype: #division_Pteridophyta__Pteridophyta containing all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk ferns; in some classifications considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta subtype: #division_Spermatophyta__Spermatophyta seed plants; comprises the Angiospermae (or Magnoliophyta) and Gymnospermae (or Gymnospermophyta); in some classification systems Spermatophyta is coordinate with Pteridophyta (spore producing plants having vascular tissue and roots) and Bryophyta (spore producing plants lacking vascular tissue and roots) subtype: #Phanerogamae in former classification systems: one of two major plant divisions, including all seed-bearing plants; superseded by the division Spermatophyta subtype: #Cryptogamia in former classification systems: one of two major plant divisions, including all plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi subtype: #subdivision_Pteropsida__Pteropsida used in former classifications to include all ferns and flowering plants and divided into the three classes Filicinae and Gymnospermae and Angiospermae subtype: #subdivision_Zygomycota__Zygomycota__Zygomycotina__subdivision_Zygomycotina division of fungi having sexually produced zygospores subtype: #division_Myxomycota__divisionmyxomycota__Myxomycota__Gymnomycota__gymnomycota__division_Gymnomycota slime molds; organisms having a noncellular and multinucleate creeping vegetative phase and a propagative spore-producing stage: comprises Myxomycetes and Acrasiomycetes; in some classifications placed in the kingdom Protoctista subtype: #subdivision_Mastigomycota__Mastigomycota__Mastigomycotina__subdivision_Mastigomycotina fungi in which the spores and gametes are motile; in some systems placed in the Phycomycetes group with the Zygomycota subtype: #division_Lichenes__Lichenes comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with Algae and Fungi subtype: #division_Eumycota__Eumycota true fungi; eukaryotic heterotrophic walled organisms; distinguished from Myxomycota (funguslike slime molds): comprises subdivisions Mastigomycotina; Zygomycotina; Ascomycotina; Basidiomycotina; Deuteromycotina (imperfect fungi) subtype: #subdivision_Deuteromycota__Deuteromycota__Deuteromycotina__Fungi_imperfecti__subdivision_Deuteromycotina large and heterogeneous form division of fungi comprising forms for which no sexually reproductive stage is known subtype: #subdivision_Basidiomycota__Basidiomycota__Basidiomycotina__subdivision_Basidiomycotina comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom Fungi subtype: #subdivision_Ascomycota__Ascomycota__Ascomycotina__subdivision_Ascomycotina a large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes; sac fungi; in some classification systems considered a division of the kingdom Fungi subtype: #Lycophyta used in some classifications for the class Lycopsida: club mosses subtype: #subphylum (biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and a class subtype: #superphylum (biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and below a class or subclass subtype: #class__clas (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders subtype: #class_Schizomycetes__Schizomycetes a former classification subtype: #class_Cyanobacteria__Cyanophyceae__class_Cyanophyceae photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins; once thought to be algae: blue-green algae subtype: #class_Sarcodina__Sarcodina characterized by the formation of pseudopods for locomotion and taking food: Actinopoda; Rhizopoda subtype: #subclass_Actinopoda__Actinopoda heliozoans; radiolarians subtype: #subclass_Rhizopoda__Rhizopoda creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers subtype: #class_Ciliata__Ciliata__Ciliophora__class_Ciliophora class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle subtype: #subclass_Infusoria__Infusoria in some recent classifications, coextensive with the Ciliata: minute organisms found in decomposing infusions of organic matter subtype: #class_Chrysophyceae__Chrysophyceae__Heterokontae__class_Heterokontae all the yellow-green algae having flagella of unequal length subtype: #class_Xanthophyceae__Xanthophyceae yellow-green algae subtype: #class_Bacillariophyceae__Bacillariophyceae__Diatomophyceae__class_Diatomophyceae marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae: diatoms subtype: #class_Phaeophyceae__Phaeophyceae brown algae; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae subtype: #class_Cyclosporeae__Cyclosporeae in more recent classifications superseded by the order Fucales subtype: #class_Euglenophyceae__Euglenophyceae coextensive with the division Euglenophyta subtype: #class_Chlorophyceae__Chlorophyceae algae distinguished chiefly by having flagella and a clear green color, their chlorophyll being masked little if at all by other pigments subtype: #class_Ulvophyceae__Ulvophyceae alternative name for the class Chlorophyceae in some classifications subtype: #class_Charophyceae__Charophyceae in some classifications: contains only the order Charales subtype: #class_Rhodophyceae__Rhodophyceae coextensive with the Rhodophyta: red algae subtype: #class_Mastigophora__Mastigophora__Flagellata__class_Flagellata protozoa having flagella subtype: #subclass_Zoomastigina__Zoomastigina in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; holozoic or saprozoic flagellates subtype: #subclass_Phytomastigina__Phytomastigina plantlike flagellates containing chlorophyll; often considered unicellular algae subtype: #class_Cryptophyceae__Cryptophyceae motile usually brownish-green protozoa-like algae subtype: #class_Sporozoa__Sporozoa strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasites subtype: #subclass_Telosporidia__Telosporidia parasitic sporozoans that form spores containing one or more infective sporozoites subtype: #subclass_Acnidosporidia__Acnidosporidia a subclass of Sporozoa subtype: #subclass_Cnidosporidia__Cnidosporidia single-host parasites of lower vertebrates and invertebrates subtype: #class_Ascidiaceae__Ascidiaceae sometimes classified as an order: sea squirts subtype: #class_Thaliacea__Thaliacea small class of free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an order subtype: #superclass_Agnatha__Agnatha superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys; hagfishes; some extinct forms subtype: #superclass_Gnathostomata__Gnathostomata comprising all vertebrates with upper and lower jaws subtype: #class_Placodermi__Placodermi extinct group of bony-plated fishes with primitive jaws subtype: #class_Chondrichthyes__Chondrichthyes cartilaginous fishes subtype: #subclass_Holocephali__Holocephali chimaeras and extinct forms subtype: #subclass_Elasmobranchii__Elasmobranchii__Selachii__subclass_Selachii sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates subtype: #class_Aves__Aves birds subtype: #subclass_Archaeornithes__Archaeornithes primitive reptile-like fossil birds of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous subtype: #class_Amphibia__Amphibia frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians subtype: #class_Reptilia__Reptilia class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals subtype: #subclass_Anapsida__Anapsida oldest known reptiles: turtles; extinct Permian forms subtype: #subclass_Lepidosauria__Lepidosauria diapsid reptiles: lizards; snakes; tuataras subtype: #subclass_Archosauria__Archosauria a large subclass of diapsid reptiles including: crocodiles; alligators; dinosaurs; pterosaurs; plesiosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts subtype: #subclass_Synapsida__Synapsida extinct reptiles of the Permian to Jurassic considered ancestral to mammals subtype: #superclass_Chelicerata__Chelicerata spiders; scorpions; horseshoe crabs subtype: #class_Arachnida__Arachnida a large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions and daddy longlegs; have four pairs of walking legs and no wings subtype: #superclass_Myriapoda used in some classifications to encompass the millipedes (Diplopoda) and centipedes (Chilopoda); formerly a large taxon including also the Pauropoda and Symphyla; the term Myriapoda now usually used synonymously with Diplopoda and limited to the millipedes subtype: #class_Pauropoda__Pauropoda an obscure class of minute arthropods with branched antennae and 8 to 10 pairs of legs subtype: #class_Symphyla__Symphyla small class of minute arthropods; unimportant except for the garden centipede subtype: #class_Tardigrada__Tardigrada in some classifications considered a separate phylum: microscopic arachnid-like invertebrates living in water or damp moss having 4 pairs of legs and instead of a mouth a pair of stylets or needle-like piercing organs connected with the pharynx subtype: #class_Chilopoda__Chilopoda arthropods having the trunk composed of numerous somites each bearing one pair of legs: centipedes subtype: #class_Mammalia__Mammalia warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female subtype: #subclass_Prototheria__Prototheria echidnas; platypus subtype: #subclass_Pantotheria__Pantotheria generalized extinct mammals widespread during the Jurassic; commonly conceded to be ancestral to marsupial and placental mammals subtype: #subclass_Metatheria__Metatheria pouched animals subtype: #subclass_Eutheria__Eutheria all mammals except monotremes and marsupials subtype: #class_Hyalospongiae__Hyalospongiae sponges with 6-rayed siliceous spicules; choanocytes are restricted to finger-shaped chambers subtype: #class_Scyphozoa__Scyphozoa coelenterates in which the polyp stage is absent or at least inconspicuous: jellyfishes subtype: #class_Hydrozoa__Hydrozoa coelenterates typically having alternation of generations; hydroid phase is usually colonial giving rise to the medusoid phase by budding: hydras and jellyfishes subtype: #class_Anthozoa__Anthozoa__Actinozoa__class_Actinozoa no alternation of generations the medusoid phase being entirely suppressed: sea anemones; corals subtype: #class_Nuda__Nuda ctenophores lacking tentacles; comprises one genus: Beroe subtype: #class_Tentaculata__Tentaculata ctenophores have retractile tentacles subtype: #class_Turbellaria__Turbellaria free-living flatworms subtype: #class_Trematoda__Trematoda parasitic flatworms (including flukes) subtype: #class_Cestoda__Cestoda tapeworms subtype: #class_Aphasmidia__Aphasmidia one of two subgroups of Nematoda used in some classification systems subtype: #class_Phasmidia__Phasmidia one of two subgroups of Nematoda used in some classification systems subtype: #class_Archiannelida__Archiannelida a class of Annelida subtype: #class_Oligochaeta__Oligochaeta earthworms subtype: #class_Polychaeta__Polychaeta marine annelid worms subtype: #class_Hirudinea__Hirudinea hermaphroditic aquatic or terrestrial or parasitic annelids subtype: #class_Scaphopoda__Scaphopoda small class of bilaterally symmetrical marine forms comprising the tooth shells subtype: #class_Gastropoda__Gastropoda__Gasteropoda__class_Gasteropoda snails and slugs and their relatives subtype: #subclass_Opisthobranchia__Opisthobranchia gastropods having the gills when present posterior to the heart and having no operculum: includes sea slugs; sea butterflies; sea hares subtype: #subclass_Amphineura__Amphineura a class of Gastropoda subtype: #class_Polyplacophora__Polyplacophora small class of marine mollusks comprising the chitons; sometimes considered an order of the subclass Amphineura subtype: #class_Bivalvia__Bivalvia__Lamellibranchia__class_Lamellibranchia__class_Pelecypoda oysters; clams; scallops; mussels subtype: #class_Cephalopoda__Cephalopoda octopuses; squids; cuttlefish; pearly nautilus subtype: #subclass_Dibranchiata__Dibranchiata__Dibranchia__subclass_Dibranchia comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish) subtype: #class_Crustacea__Crustacea class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleas subtype: #subclass_Entomostraca__Entomostraca in some older classifications includes the Branchiopoda and Copepoda and Ostracoda and Cirripedia; no longer in technical use subtype: #subclass_Branchiopoda__Branchiopoda primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps; tadpole shrimps; can shrimps; water fleas subtype: #subclass_Copepoda__Copepoda minute planktonic or parasitic crustaceans subtype: #subclass_Ostracoda__Ostracoda seed shrimps subtype: #subclass_Cirripedia__Cirripedia barnacles subtype: #class_Onychophora__Onychophora enigmatic small elongated wormlike terrestrial invertebrates of damp dark habitats in warm regions; distinct from the phylum Annelida; resemble slugs with legs and are sometimes described as the missing link between arthropods and annelids subtype: #class_Insecta__Insecta__Hexapoda__class_Hexapoda insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species subtype: #subclass_Exopterygota__Exopterygota__Hemimetabola subclass of insects characterized by gradual and usually incomplete metamorphosis subtype: #class_Asteroidea__Asteroidea sea stars subtype: #class_Ophiuroidea__Ophiuroidea brittle stars and basket stars subtype: #subclass_Ophiurida__Ophiurida brittle stars subtype: #subclass_Euryalida__Euryalida basket stars subtype: #class_Echinoidea__Echinoidea sea urchins and sand dollars subtype: #class_Crinoidea__Crinoidea sea lilies subtype: #class_Holothuroidea__Holothuroidea class of echinoderms including the sea cucumbers subtype: #superfamily_Hominoidea__Hominoidea anthropoid apes and human beings subtype: #class_Osteichthyes__Osteichthyes a class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage subtype: #subclass_Crossopterygii__Crossopterygii fishes having paired fins resembling limbs and regarded as ancestral to amphibians subtype: #subclass_Dipnoi__Dipnoi bony fishes of the southern hemisphere that breathe by a modified air bladder as well as gills; sometimes classified as an order of Crossopterygii subtype: #subclass_Teleostei__Teleostei large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species subtype: #class_Anthoceropsida__Anthoceropsida hornworts: in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida subtype: #class_Bryopsida__Bryopsida__Musci__class_Musci true mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales; Bryales; Dicranales; Eubryales; Sphagnales subtype: #class_Hepaticopsida__Hepaticopsida__Hepaticae__class_Hepaticae liverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales; Jungermanniales; Marchantiales; Sphaerocarpales subtype: #class_Gymnospermae__Gymnospermae__Gymnospermophyta__division_Gymnospermophyta plants having naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Gymnospermae) and in others a division (Gymnospermophyta); comprises three subdivisions (or classes): Cycadophytina (class Cycadopsida) and Gnetophytina (class Gnetopsida) and Coniferophytina (class Coniferopsida); in some classifications the Coniferophytina are divided into three groups: Pinophytina (class Pinopsida) and Ginkgophytina (class Ginkgopsida) and Taxophytina (class Taxopsida) subtype: #class_Gnetopsida__Gnetopsida__Gnetophytina__subdivision_Gnetophytina__Gnetophyta gymnospermous flowering plants; supposed link between conifers and angiosperms; in some systems classified as as class (Gnetopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Gnetophytina or Gnetophyta) subtype: #class_Cycadopsida__Cycadopsida__Cycadophytina__subdivision_Cycadophytina__Cycadophyta__subdivision_Cycadophyta palmlike gymnosperms: includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct orders; possibly not a natural group; in some systems considered a class (Cycadopsida) and in others a subdivision (Cycadophytina or Cycadophyta) subtype: #class_Pteridospermopsida__Pteridospermopsida extinct gymnosperms most of Carboniferous to Jurassic: seed ferns and allies subtype: #class_Coniferopsida__Coniferopsida__Coniferophytina__subdivision_Coniferophytina__Coniferophyta cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period; most are substantial trees; includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in turn include the surviving orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian) subtype: #class_Pinopsida__Pinopsida__Pinophytina__subdivision_Pinophytina most conifers: in some systems classified as a class (Pinopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Pinophytina); used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta subtype: #class_Taxopsida__Taxopsida__Taxophytina__subdivision_Taxophytina yews: in some systems classified as a class (Taxopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Taxophytina) used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta subtype: #class_Ginkgopsida__Ginkgopsida__Ginkgophytina__subdivision_Ginkgophytina__Ginkgophyta ginkgos: in some systems classified as a class (Ginkgopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Ginkgophytina or Ginkgophyta); used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta subtype: #class_Angiospermae__Angiospermae__Magnoliophyta__division_Magnoliophyta__Anthophyta__division_Anthophyta comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta) subtype: #class_Dicotyledones__Dicotyledones__Dicotyledonae__class_Dicotyledonae__Magnoliopsida__class_Magnoliopsida comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae subtype: #subclass_Magnoliidae__Magnoliidae__ranalian_complex a group of families or trees and shrubs and herbs having well-developed perianths and apocarpous ovaries and generally regarded as the most primitive extant flowering plants; contains 36 families including Magnoliaceae and Ranunculaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder subtype: #class_Monocotyledones__Monocotyledones__Monocotyledonae__class_Monocotyledonae__Liliopsida__class_Liliopsida comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids; divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae; Commelinidae; and Liliidae subtype: #subclass_Alismatidae__Alismatidae one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises about 500 species in 14 families of aquatic and semi-aquatic herbs subtype: #subclass_Arecidae__Arecidae one of four subclasses or superorder of Monocotyledones; comprises about 6400 species in 5 families of trees and shrubs and terrestrial herbs and a few free-floating aquatics including: Palmae; Araceae; Pandanaceae: and Lemnaceae subtype: #subclass_Commelinidae__Commelinidae one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises about 19,000 species in 25 families of mostly terrestrial herbs especially of moist places including: Cyperaceae; Gramineae; Bromeliaceae; and Zingiberaceae subtype: #subclass_Caryophyllidae__Caryophyllidae a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or free-central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants); contains 14 families including: Caryophyllaceae (carnations and pinks); Aizoaceae; Amaranthaceae; Batidaceae; Chenopodiaceae; Cactaceae (order Opuntiales); Nyctaginaceae; Phytolaccaceae; corresponds approximately to order Caryophyllales; sometimes classified as a superorder subtype: #subclass_Asteridae__Asteridae a group of mostly sympetalous herbs and some trees and shrubs mostly with 2 fused carpels; contains 43 families including Campanulales; Solanaceae; Scrophulariaceae; Labiatae; Verbenaceae; Rubiaceae; Compositae; sometimes classified as a superorder subtype: #subclass_Rosidae__Rosidae a group of trees and shrubs and herbs mostly with polypetalous flowers; contains 108 families including Rosaceae; Crassulaceae; Myrtaceae; Melastomaceae; Euphorbiaceae; Umbelliferae subtype: #subclass_Hamamelidae__Hamamelidae a group of chiefly woody plants considered among the most primitive of angiosperms; perianth poorly developed or lacking; flowers often unisexual and often in catkins and often wind pollinated; contains 23 families including the Betulaceae and Fagaceae (includes the Amentiferae); sometimes classified as a superorder subtype: #subclass_Dilleniidae__Dilleniidae a group of families of more or less advanced trees and shrubs and herbs having either polypetalous or gamopetalous corollas and often with ovules attached to the walls of the ovary; contains 69 families including Ericaceae and Cruciferae and Malvaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder subtype: #subclass_Liliidae__Liliidae one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises 17 families including: Liliaceae; Alliaceae; Amaryllidaceae; Iridaceae; Orchidaceae; Trilliaceae subtype: #class_Zygomycetes__Zygomycetes class of fungi coextensive with subdivision Zygomycota subtype: #class_Myxomycetes__Myxomycetes the class of true slime molds; essentially equivalent to the division Myxomycota subtype: #class_Acrasiomycetes__Acrasiomycetes cellular slime molds; in some classifications placed in Kingdom Protoctista subtype: #class_Oomycetes__Oomycetes nonphotosynthetic fungi that resemble algae and that reproduce by forming oospores; sometimes classified as protoctists subtype: #class_Chytridiomycetes__Chytridiomycetes a class of mostly aquatic fungi; saprophytic or parasitic on algae or fungi or plants subtype: #class_Eumycetes__Eumycetes category used in some classifications: coextensive with division Eumycota subtype: #class_Deuteromycetes__Deuteromycetes form class; coextensive with subdivision Deuteromycota subtype: #class_Basidiomycetes__Basidiomycetes large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota subtype: #subclass_Homobasidiomycetes__Homobasidiomycetes category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including e.g. mushrooms and puffballs which are usually placed in the classes Gasteromycetes and Hymenomycetes subtype: #subclass_Heterobasidiomycetes__Heterobasidiomycetes category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including rusts and smuts subtype: #class_Hymenomycetes__Hymenomycetes used in some classifications; usually coextensive with order Agaricales: mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi subtype: #class_Ascomycetes__Ascomycetes large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi subtype: #subclass_Euascomycetes__Euascomycetes category not used in many classification systems subtype: #class_Hemiascomycetes__Hemiascomycetes class of fungi in which no ascocarps are formed: yeasts and some plant parasites subtype: #class_Plectomycetes__Plectomycetes class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a cleistothecium (it releases spores only on decay or disintegration) subtype: #class_Pyrenomycetes__Pyrenomycetes class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a perithecium; includes powdery mildews and ergot and neurospora subtype: #subclass_Discomycetes__Discomycetes a large and taxonomically difficult group of Ascomycetes in which the fleshy fruiting body is disklike or cup-shaped subtype: #class_Gasteromycetes__Gasteromycetes__Gastromycetes__class_Gastromycetes fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi subtype: #class_Tiliomycetes__Tiliomycetes category used in some systems to comprise the two orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) subtype: #class_Filicopsida__Filicopsida__Filicinae__class_Filicinae ferns subtype: #class_Psilopsida__Psilopsida__Psilotatae__class_Psilotatae whisk ferns; comprising the family Psilotaceae or Psilotatae: vascular plants with no roots, partial if any leaf differentiation, and rudimentary spore sacs subtype: #class_Sphenopsida__Sphenopsida__Equisetatae__class_Equisetatae horsetails and related forms subtype: #class_Lycopsida__Lycopsida__Lycopodiate__class_Lycopodiate club mosses and related forms: includes Lycopodiales; Isoetales; Selaginellales; and extinct Lepidodendrales; sometimes considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta subtype: #class_Lycopodineae__Lycopodineae alternative designation for the class Lycopsida subtype: #subclass (biology) a taxonomic category below a class and above an order subtype: #superclass (biology) a taxonomic class below a phylum and above a class subtype: #order.taxonomic_group (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families subtype: #animal_order the order of animals subtype: #order_Eubacteriales__Eubacteriales one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; gram-positive spherical or rod-shaped forms; some are motile; in some classifications considered an order of Schizomycetes subtype: #order_Pseudomonadales__Pseudomonadales one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; gram-negative spiral or spherical or rod-shaped bacteria usually motile by polar flagella; some contain photosynthetic pigments subtype: #order_Rickettsiales__Rickettsiales pleomorphic gram-negative microorganisms subtype: #order_Mycoplasmatales__Mycoplasmatales coextensive with the family Mycoplasmataceae subtype: #order_Actinomycetales__Actinomycetales filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria subtype: #order_Myxobacteria__Myxobacterales__order_Myxobacterales__Myxobacteriales__order_Myxobacteriales an order of higher bacteria subtype: #order_Spirochaetales__Spirochaetales higher bacteria; slender spiral rodlike forms subtype: #order_Heliozoa__Heliozoa mostly freshwater protozoa subtype: #order_Radiolaria__Radiolaria marine protozoa subtype: #order_Amoebida__Amoebida__Amoebina__order_Amoebina the animal order including amoebas subtype: #order_Foraminifera__Foraminifera foraminifers subtype: #order_Testacea__Testacea testacean rhizopods subtype: #order_Fucales__Fucales coextensive with the family Fucaceae subtype: #order_Zygnematales__Zygnematales__Zygnemales__order_Zygnemales pond scums; desmids subtype: #order_Dinoflagellata__Dinoflagellata__Cilioflagellata__order_Cilioflagellata in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta subtype: #order_Hypermastigina__Hypermastigina cellulose-producing flagellates subtype: #order_Polymastigina__Polymastigina small usually parasitic flagellates subtype: #order_Coccidia__Coccidia an order in the subclass Telosporidia subtype: #order_Gregarinida__Gregarinida an order in the subclass Telosporidia subtype: #order_Haemosporidia__Haemosporidia an order in the subclass Telosporidia subtype: #order_Sarcosporidia__Sarcosporidia imperfectly known parasites of the muscles of vertebrates subtype: #order_Haplosporidia__Haplosporidia an order in the subclass Acnidosporidia subtype: #order_Actinomyxidia__Actinomyxidia parasites of worms subtype: #order_Mycrosporidia__Mycrosporidia an order in the subclass Cnidosporidia subtype: #order_Myxosporidia__Myxosporidia an order in the subclass Cnidosporidia subtype: #superorder_Malacopterygii__Malacopterygii an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays subtype: #order_Cypriniformes__Cypriniformes an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi subtype: #order_Berycomorphi__Berycomorphi an order of spiny-finned fish in the superorder Acanthopterygii subtype: #order_Zeomorphi__Zeomorphi dories subtype: #order_Solenichthyes__Solenichthyes bellows fishes; shrimpfishes; cornetfishes; pipefishes; small order of chiefly tropical marine fishes of varied and bizarre form all having a small mouth at the end of a drawn-out tubular snout subtype: #order_Ostracodermi__Ostracodermi extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear subtype: #suborder_Heterostraci__Heterostraci extinct group of armored jawless fishes or fishlike vertebrate; taxonomy is not clear subtype: #suborder_Osteostraci__Osteostraci__Cephalaspida__suborder_Cephalaspida extinct group of armored fishlike vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear subtype: #order_Anaspida__Anaspida extinct order of jawless vertebrates subtype: #order_Conodonta__Conodonta__Conodontophorida__order_Conodontophorida extinct order of primitive vertebrates; the precise taxonomy is not clear; in some classifications considered a separate phylum subtype: #order_Cyclostomata__Cyclostomata primitive jawless aquatic vertebrate: lampreys; hagfishes subtype: #suborder_Petromyzoniformes__Petromyzoniformes__Hyperoartia__suborder_Hyperoartia lampreys as distinguished from hagfishes subtype: #suborder_Myxiniformes__Myxiniformes__Hyperotreta__suborder_Hyperotreta__Myxinoidei__Myxinoidea__suborder_Myxinoidei hagfishes as distinguished from lampreys subtype: #order_Torpediniformes__Torpediniformes rays with torpedo-shaped bodies subtype: #order_Rajiformes__Rajiformes__Batoidei__order_Batoidei fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes subtype: #superorder_Ratitae__Ratitae used in former classifications to include all ratite bird orders subtype: #order_Struthioniformes__Struthioniformes a ratite bird order: ostriches and related extinct birds; known from the Pleistocene onward subtype: #order_Casuariiformes__Casuariiformes a ratite bird order: cassowaries and emus subtype: #order_Apterygiformes__Apterygiformes a ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwis subtype: #order_Rheiformes__Rheiformes a ratite bird order: birds intermediate in characteristics between ostriches and emus: recent and extinct rheas subtype: #order_Aepyorniformes__Aepyorniformes huge extinct flightless birds: elephant birds subtype: #order_Dinornithiformes__Dinornithiformes a ratite bird order: recently extinct flightless birds of New Zealand subtype: #order_Insessores__Insessores__perching_birds__perchers birds with feet adapted for perching on trees; this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists subtype: #order_Passeriformes__Passeriformes largest order of birds comprising about half the known species: rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; in four suborders: Eurylaimi; Tyranni; Menurae: Oscines or Passeres subtype: #suborder_Oscines__Oscines__Passeres__suborder_Passeres two names for the suborder of typical songbirds subtype: #suborder_Menurae__Menurae lyrebirds and scrubbirds subtype: #suborder_Eurylaimi__Eurylaimi broadbills subtype: #suborder_Tyranni__Tyranni New World flycatchers; antbirds; oven birds; woodhewers subtype: #suborder_Clamatores__Clamatores used in some classification systems; a suborder or superfamily nearly coextensive with suborder Tyranni; Passeriformes having relatively simple vocal organs and little power of song: clamatorial birds subtype: #order_Raptores__Raptores term used in former classifications; erroneously grouped together birds of the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes subtype: #order_Falconiformes__Falconiformes chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures subtype: #order_Strigiformes__Strigiformes owls subtype: #order_Urodella__Urodella__Caudata__order_Caudata salamanders; newts; congo snakes subtype: #order_Salientia__Salientia__Anura__order_Anura__Batrachia__order_Batrachia frogs, toads, tree toads subtype: #order_Gymnophiona__Gymnophiona an order of amphibians including caecilians subtype: #superorder_Labyrinthodontia__Labyrinthodontia__Labyrinthodonta__superorder_Labyrinthodonta extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy-bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic subtype: #order_Stereospondyli__Stereospondyli formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; amphibia having vertebrae whose component elements are fused into a single piece: "most vertebrates are stereospondylous" subtype: #order_Stegocephalia__Stegocephalia in former classifications a division of Amphibia comprising all pre-Jurassic and some later extinct large salamandriform amphibia subtype: #order_Temnospondyli__Temnospondyli formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; large Carboniferous and Permian amphibians having vertebrae in which some elements remain separate subtype: #order_Chelonia__Chelonia__Testudinata__order_Testudinata__Testudines__order_Testudines tortoises and turtles subtype: #order_Rhynchocephalia__Rhynchocephalia tuataras; extinct forms from middle Triassic subtype: #order_Squamata__Squamata diapsid reptiles: snakes and lizards subtype: #suborder_Sauria__Sauria__Lacertilia__suborder_Lacertilia true lizards; including chameleons and geckos subtype: #order_Crocodylia__Crocodylia__Crocodilia__order_Crocodilia crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavials subtype: #order_Loricata__Loricata former name for the order Crocodylia subtype: #order_Ornithischia__Ornithischia extinct terrestrial reptiles having birdlike pelvises: armored dinosaurs (thyreophorans); bone-headed and horned dinosaurs (marginocephalians); duck-billed dinosaurs (euronithopods) subtype: #suborder_Thyreophora__Thyreophora__thyreophoran armored dinosaurs: stegosaurs and ankylosaurs subtype: #suborder_Marginocephalia__Marginocephalia__marginocephalian includes bone-headed (pachycephalosaurs) and horned (ceratopsian) dinosaurs subtype: #suborder_Pachycephalosaurus bone-headed dinosaurs; late Cretaceous subtype: #suborder_Ceratopsia__Ceratopsia horned dinosaurs subtype: #suborder_Euronithopoda__Euronithopoda__euronithopod__Ornithopoda__suborder_Ornithopoda widespread group including duck-billed dinosaurs and their early relatives (hadrosaurs; trachodon; iguanodon) subtype: #order_Saurischia__Saurischia extinct terrestrial reptiles: theropods (carnivorous); sauropods (herbivorous) subtype: #suborder_Sauropodomorpha__Sauropodomorpha gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having huge bodies with long necks and small heads: Prosauropoda and Sauropoda (apatosaurus; diplodocus; titanosaurs) subtype: #suborder_Prosauropoda__Prosauropoda the earliest known dinosaurs subtype: #suborder_Sauropoda__Sauropoda any of the sauropod dinosaurs subtype: #suborder_Theropoda__Theropoda carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous subtype: #suborder_Ceratosaura primitive saurischian dinosaurs subtype: #suborder_Carnosaura__Carnosaura largest carnivorous land animals ever known subtype: #suborder_Ornithomimida__Ornithomimida lightly built medium-size theropods subtype: #suborder_Maniraptora__Maniraptora advanced theropods including oviraptorids and dromaeosaurs and possibly even modern birds subtype: #order_Therapsida__Therapsida extinct mammal-like reptiles found inhabiting all continents from the mid Permian to late Triassic subtype: #order_Ictodosauria__Ictodosauria extinct reptiles of the Upper Triassic subtype: #order_Pelycosauria__Pelycosauria edaphosaurus; dimetrodon subtype: #order_Pterosauria__Pterosauria extinct flying reptiles: pterosaurs subtype: #order_Thecodontia__Thecodontia extinct terrestrial reptiles having teeth set in sockets; of the late Permian to Triassic subtype: #order_Ichthyosauria__Ichthyosauria extinct marine reptiles: ichthyosaurs subtype: #order_Sauropterygia__Sauropterygia extinct marine reptiles: plesiosaurs; nothosaurs subtype: #suborder_Plesiosauria__Plesiosauria any of the plesiosaurs subtype: #suborder_Nothosauria__Nothosauria a suborder of Sauropterygia subtype: #suborder_Serpentes__Serpentes__Ophidia__suborder_Ophidia snakes subtype: #order_Phalangida__Phalangida__Opiliones__order_Opiliones harvestmen subtype: #order_Scorpionida__Scorpionida true scorpions subtype: #order_Chelonethida__Chelonethida__Pseudoscorpionida__order_Pseudoscorpionida__Pseudoscorpiones__order_Pseudoscorpiones false scorpions subtype: #order_Pedipalpi__Pedipalpi__Uropygi__order_Uropygi whip scorpions subtype: #order_Araneae__Araneae__Araneida__order_Araneida spiders subtype: #order_Acarina__Acarina mites and ticks subtype: #order_Geophilomorpha__Geophilomorpha small elongate centipedes living in soil and under stones and having more than 30 pairs of legs subtype: #order_Pycnogonida__Pycnogonida sea spiders subtype: #order_Xiphosura__Xiphosura horseshoe crabs and extinct forms subtype: #order_Eurypterida__Eurypterida extinct aquatic arthropods of the Paleozoic subtype: #order_Galliformes__Galliformes pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins subtype: #order_Tinamiformes__Tinamiformes coextensive with the family Tinamidae subtype: #order_Columbiformes__Columbiformes sand grouse; pigeons; doves; extinct dodos and solitaires subtype: #order_Psittaciformes__Psittaciformes an order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws and parakeets subtype: #order_Cuculiformes__Cuculiformes cuckoos; touracos; etc. subtype: #order_Coraciiformes__Coraciiformes rollers; kingfishers; hornbills; hoopoes; motmots; bee eaters; todies subtype: #order_Picariae__Picariae term used in some classifications as nearly equivalent to the order Coraciiformes subtype: #order_Apodiformes__Apodiformes swifts; hummingbirds subtype: #order_Caprimulgiformes__Caprimulgiformes goatsuckers; frogmouths; oilbirds subtype: #order_Piciformes__Piciformes woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans subtype: #order_Trogoniformes__Trogoniformes trogons subtype: #order_Anseriformes__Anseriformes ducks; geese; swans; screamers subtype: #suborder_Anseres__Anseres used in some especially older classifications; coextensive with the family Anatidae subtype: #order_Monotremata__Monotremata coextensive with the subclass Prototheria subtype: #order_Marsupialia__Marsupialia coextensive with the subclass Metatheria subtype: #order_Insectivora__Insectivora shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs subtype: #suborder_Lipotyphla__Lipotyphla moles; hedgehogs; true shrews subtype: #suborder_Menotyphla__Menotyphla elephant shrews; tree shrews subtype: #order_Siphonophora__Siphonophora marine colonial hydrozoans subtype: #order_Actiniaria__Actiniaria__Actinaria__order_Actinaria sea anemones subtype: #order_Alcyonaria__Alcyonaria corals and sea anemones having eight branches subtype: #suborder_Alcyonacea__Alcyonacea comprising the soft corals subtype: #suborder_Gorgonacea__Gorgonacea__Gorgoniacea__suborder_Gorgoniacea red corals and sea fans subtype: #order_Madreporaria__Madreporaria stony corals subtype: #order_Cydippida__Cydippida__Cydippidea__order_Cydippidea__Cydippea__order_Cydippea ctenophores having two long pinnate tentacles subtype: #order_Platyctenea__Platyctenea an order of Tentaculata subtype: #order_Cestida__Cestida ctenophore having short tentacles; one family subtype: #order_Lobata__Lobata ctenophore having tentacles only in the immature stage; body compressed vertically having two large oral lobes and four pointed processes subtype: #order_Nudibranchia__Nudibranchia comprising numerous marine gastropod mollusks lacking a shell in the adult state and usually having a body like a slug subtype: #order_Pulmonata__Pulmonata large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails subtype: #order_Pectinibranchia__Pectinibranchia large order of gastropods comprising univalve mollusks that have a single gill resembling a comb subtype: #order_Solenogastres__Solenogastres__Aplacophora__order_Aplacophora an order of Amphineura subtype: #order_Myaceae__Myaceae clams subtype: #order_Octopoda__Octopoda octopuses and paper nautilus subtype: #order_Decapoda__Decapoda squids and cuttlefishes subtype: #order_Belemnoidea__Belemnoidea order of extinct dibranchiate cephalopods related to the surviving spirulas subtype: #Decapoda__order_Decapoda lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns subtype: #suborder_Brachyura__Brachyura an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface subtype: #suborder_Reptantia__Reptantia lobsters; crabs subtype: #suborder_Natantia__Natantia shrimp; prawns; etc. subtype: #Schizopoda in former classifications a division of Malacostraca; superseded by the orders Mysidacea and Euphausiacea subtype: #order_Euphausiacea__Euphausiacea small commonly luminescent crustaceans; important element of marine plankton: krill subtype: #order_Mysidacea__Mysidacea opossum shrimp subtype: #order_Stomatopoda__Stomatopoda mantis shrimps subtype: #order_Isopoda__Isopoda woodlice subtype: #order_Amphipoda__Amphipoda small flat-bodied semi-terrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp subtype: #order_Anostraca__Anostraca small aquatic crustaceans lacking a carapace: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps subtype: #order_Notostraca__Notostraca small freshwater crustaceans with a shield-shaped carapace subtype: #order_Branchiura__Branchiura copepods with suctorial mouthparts; parasitic on fishes subtype: #order_Ciconiiformes__Ciconiiformes order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet: herons; storks; spoonbills; flamingos; ibises subtype: #order_Gruiformes__Gruiformes inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards subtype: #suborder_Otides__Otides terrestrial game birds of the Old World and Australia: bustards subtype: #order_Charadriiformes__Charadriiformes large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters: shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on anima life subtype: #suborder_Charadrii__Charadrii shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews subtype: #suborder_Limicolae__Limicolae term used in some classifications for migratory shorebirds; coextensive with the Charadrii subtype: #suborder_Lari__Lari gulls; terns; jaegers; skimmers subtype: #order_Gaviiformes__Gaviiformes large aquatic birds: loons and some extinct forms subtype: #order_Podicipitiformes__Podicipitiformes__Podicipediformes__order_Podicipediformes__Colymbiformes__order_Colymbiformes grebes subtype: #order_Pelecaniformes__Pelecaniformes pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants subtype: #order_Sphenisciformes__Sphenisciformes penguins subtype: #order_Procellariiformes__Procellariiformes petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels subtype: #order_Cetacea__Cetacea an order of Eutheria subtype: #suborder_Mysticeti__Mysticeti baleen whales: right whales; rorquals; blue whales; humpbacks subtype: #suborder_Odontoceti__Odontoceti toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales subtype: #order_Sirenia__Sirenia manatees; dugongs; Stellar's sea cow subtype: #order_Carnivora__Carnivora cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia subtype: #suborder_Pinnipedia__Pinnipedia seals; sea lions; walruses subtype: #order_Tubulidentata__Tubulidentata an order of Eutheria subtype: #order_Chiroptera__Chiroptera an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats) subtype: #suborder_Megachiroptera__Megachiroptera fruit bats subtype: #suborder_Microchiroptera__Microchiroptera most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous bats subtype: #order_Mecoptera__Mecoptera an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip subtype: #order_Collembola__Collembola minute wingless arthropods: springtails subtype: #order_Protura__Protura minute wingless arthropods: telsontails subtype: #order_Coleoptera__Coleoptera beetles subtype: #order_Embioptera__Embioptera__Embiodea__order_Embiodea web spinners subtype: #order_Anoplura__Anoplura sucking lice subtype: #order_Mallophaga__Mallophaga biting lice subtype: #order_Siphonaptera__Siphonaptera fleas subtype: #order_Diptera__Diptera a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies subtype: #suborder_Nematocera__Nematocera mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies subtype: #order_Hymenoptera__Hymenoptera an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc. subtype: #order_Isoptera__Isoptera order of social insects that live in colonies, including: termites; often placed in subclass Exopterygota subtype: #order_Orthoptera__Orthoptera grasshoppers and locusts; crickets subtype: #order_Phasmida__Phasmida__Phasmatodea__order_Phasmatodea in some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects subtype: #order_Dictyoptera__Dictyoptera in some classifications replaced by the orders (here suborders) Blattodea (cockroaches) and Manteodea (mantids); in former classifications often subsumed under a much broader order Orthoptera subtype: #suborder_Blattodea__Blattodea__Blattaria__suborder_Blattaria cockroaches; in some classifications considered an order subtype: #suborder_Manteodea__Manteodea mantises; in former classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera subtype: #order_Hemiptera__Hemiptera plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g. aphids; plant lice; cicadas) subtype: #suborder_Heteroptera__Heteroptera true bugs subtype: #suborder_Homoptera__Homoptera plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects subtype: #order_Psocoptera__Psocoptera__Corrodentia__order_Corrodentia an order of insects: includes booklice and barklice subtype: #order_Ephemeroptera__Ephemeroptera__Ephemerida__order_Ephemerida mayflies subtype: #order_Plecoptera__Plecoptera stoneflies subtype: #order_Neuroptera__Neuroptera an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fishflies; mantispids; spongeflies subtype: #suborder_Megaloptera__Megaloptera in some classifications considered a separate order: alderflies; dobsonflies; snake flies subtype: #order_Odonata__Odonata dragonflies and damselflies subtype: #suborder_Anisoptera__Anisoptera dragonflies subtype: #suborder_Zygoptera__Zygoptera damselflies subtype: #order_Trichoptera__Trichoptera an order of insects consisting of caddis flies subtype: #order_Thysanura__Thysanura firebrats; silverfish; machilids subtype: #order_Thysanoptera__Thysanoptera thrips subtype: #order_Dermaptera__Dermaptera earwigs and a few related forms subtype: #order_Lepidoptera__Lepidoptera moths and butterflies subtype: #order_Exocycloida__Exocycloida flat sea urchins subtype: #order_Spatangoida__Spatangoida heart-shaped sea urchins subtype: #order_Lagomorpha__Lagomorpha rabbits; hares; pikas; formerly considered the suborder Duplicidentata of the order Rodentia subtype: #order_Rodentia__Rodentia small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis subtype: #suborder_Myomorpha__Myomorpha true rats and mice and related rodents subtype: #suborder_Hystricomorpha__Hystricomorpha an order of rodents including: porcupines; guinea pigs; chinchillas; etc. subtype: #suborder_Sciuromorpha__Sciuromorpha large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc. subtype: #order_Dinocerata__Dinocerata small order of primitive ungulates of the Paleocene and Eocene subtype: #order_Hyracoidea__Hyracoidea hyraxes and some extinct animals subtype: #order_Perissodactyla__Perissodactyla nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms subtype: #order_Artiodactyla__Artiodactyla an order of hooved mammals of the subclass Eutheria (including pigs and peccaries and hippopotami and members of the suborder Ruminantia) having an even number of functional toes subtype: #suborder_Ruminantia__Ruminantia cattle; bison; sheep; goats; antelopes; deer; chevrotains; giraffes; camels subtype: #order_Edentata__Edentata order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteaters; sloths; armadillos subtype: #suborder_Xenarthra__Xenarthra armadillos; American anteaters; sloths subtype: #order_Pholidota__Pholidota pangolins; in some former classifications included in the order Edentata subtype: #order_Primates__Primates an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings subtype: #suborder_Anthropoidea__Anthropoidea monkeys; apes; hominids subtype: #order_Scandentia__Scandentia a small order comprising only the tree shrews: in some classifications tree shrews are considered either primates (and included in the suborder Prosimii) or true insectivores (and included in the order Insectivora) subtype: #suborder_Prosimii__Prosimii not used in all classifications; in some classifications considered coextensive with the Lemuroidea; in others includes both Lemuroidea and Tarsioidea subtype: #suborder_Lemuroidea__Lemuroidea Lemuridae; Lorisidae; Daubentoniidae; Indriidae; used in some classifications instead of Prosimii; in others considered a subdivision of Prosimii subtype: #family_Daubentoniidae__Daubentoniidae comprising solely the aye-aye subtype: #suborder_Strepsirhini__Strepsirhini in some classifications either coextensive with the Lemuroidea or comprising the true lemurs subtype: #suborder_Tarsioidea__Tarsioidea in some classifications assigned to the suborder Prosimii subtype: #order_Dermoptera__Dermoptera flying lemurs subtype: #order_Proboscidea__Proboscidea an order of animals including elephants and mammoths subtype: #order_Siluriformes__Siluriformes an order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes subtype: #order_Gadiformes__Gadiformes cods, haddocks, grenadiers; in some classifications considered equivalent to the order Anacanthini subtype: #order_Anacanthini__Anacanthini at least partially equivalent to the order Gadiformes in some classifications subtype: #order_Anguilliformes__Anguilliformes__order_Apodes elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced subtype: #order_Isospondyli__Isospondyli most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon subtype: #order_Pediculati__Pediculati anglers and batfishes; spiny-finned marine fishes having pectoral fins at the ends of armlike processes and a long movable spine on the dorsal fin to lure prey to the large mouth subtype: #order_Synentognathi__Synentognathi order of fishes having spineless fins; needlefishes; sauries; flying fishes; halfbeaks subtype: #superorder_Acanthopterygii__Acanthopterygii teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays subtype: #order_Perciformes__Perciformes__Percomorphi__order_Percomorphi one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna subtype: #suborder_Percoidea__Percoidea in some classifications nearly or exactly equivalent to the Perciformes which are considered a suborder subtype: #order_Discocephali__Discocephali small order of fishes comprising the remoras subtype: #suborder_Mugiloidea__Mugiloidea fishes distinguished by abdominal pelvic fins: families Mugilidae; Atherinidae; Sphyraenidae subtype: #suborder_Blennioidea__Blennioidea blennies; butterfishes; gunnels subtype: #suborder_Scombroidea__Scombroidea mackerels; tunas; albacores; bonitos; swordfishes; sailfishes subtype: #order_Ganoidei__Ganoidei a group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales subtype: #order_Scleroparei__Scleroparei scorpionfishes; sculpins; gurnards; greenlings; flying gurnards subtype: #suborder_Scorpaenoidea__Scorpaenoidea mail-cheeked fishes: scorpionfishes; gurnards subtype: #order_Plectognathi__Plectognathi__order_Tetraodontiformes boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers subtype: #order_Heterosomata__Heterosomata__order_Pleuronectiformes flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes subtype: #protoctist_order the order of protoctista subtype: #order_Heterotrichales__Heterotrichales yellow-green algae with simple or branching filaments; comprising the single family Tribonemaceae subtype: #order_Laminariales__Laminariales in some classifications coextensive with family Laminariaceae: marine brown algae of cold or polar seas subtype: #order_Ulvales__Ulvales an order of protoctista subtype: #order_Volvocales__Volvocales chiefly freshwater green algae; solitary or colonial subtype: #order_Chlorococcales__Chlorococcales unicellular green algae that reproduce by spores subtype: #Oedogoniales__order_oedogoniales simple or branched filamentous freshwater green algae subtype: #order_Charales__Charales small order of macroscopic fresh and brackish water algae with a distinct axis: stoneworts subtype: #plant_order__plantorder the order of plants subtype: #order_Anthocerotales__Anthocerotales hornworts; liverworts having a thalloid gametophyte; in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida subtype: #order_Andreaeales__Andreaeales comprises a single genus: Andreaea subtype: #order_Bryales__Bryales category used in some classification systems for mosses having the spore case separated from the capsule wall by a hollow intercellular space subtype: #order_Dicranales__Dicranales widely distributed order of mosses with erect gametophores and sporophytes at the tips of stems subtype: #order_Eubryales__Eubryales mosses with perennial erect gametophores and stems with rows of leaves and drooping capsules subtype: #order_Sphagnales__Sphagnales coextensive with the genus Sphagnum; in some classifications isolated in a separate subclass subtype: #order_Jungermanniales__Jungermanniales large order of chiefly tropical liverworts subtype: #order_Marchantiales__Marchantiales liverworts with gametophyte differentiated internally subtype: #order_Sphaerocarpales__Sphaerocarpales small order sometimes included in the order Jungermanniales subtype: #order_Gnetales__Gnetales chiefly tropical or xerophytic woody plants; practically unknown as fossils but considered close to the ancestral line of angiosperms subtype: #order_Cycadales__Cycadales primitive tropical gymnosperms abundant in the Mesozoic, now reduced to a few scattered tropical forms subtype: #order_Bennettitales__Bennettitales fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous subtype: #order_Cycadofilicales__Cycadofilicales__Lyginopteridales__order_Lyginopteridales fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants from the Devonian: seed ferns subtype: #order_Cordaitales__Cordaitales extinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable to or more advanced than cycads; known from the Pennsylvanian; probably extinct since the Mesozoic subtype: #order_Coniferales__Coniferales profusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leaves subtype: #order_Taxales__Taxales coextensive with the family Taxaceae: yews subtype: #order_Ginkgoales__Ginkgoales coextensive with the family Ginkgoaceae: plants that first appeared in the Permian and now represented by a single surviving species; often included in Coniferales subtype: #order_Ranales__Ranales__Ranunculales__order_Ranunculales herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae subtype: #order_Myricales__Myricales coextensive with the family Myricaceae subtype: #order_Arales__Arales Araceae; Lemnaceae subtype: #order_Aristolochiales__Aristolochiales order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary subtype: #order_Caryophyllales__Caryophyllales__Chenopodiales__order-Chenopodiales corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae subtype: #order_Opuntiales__Opuntiales coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses subtype: #order_Rhoeadales__Rhoeadales__Papaverales__order_Papaverales an order of dicotyledonous plants subtype: #order_Campanulales__Campanulales an order or plants of the subclass Asteridae including: Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Compositae subtype: #order_Orchidales__Orchidales order of plants with irregular flowers having minute seeds: Orchidaceae; Burmanniaceae subtype: #order_Primulales__Primulales Primulaceae; Theophrastaceae; Myrsinaceae; and (in some classifications) Plumbaginaceae subtype: #order_Plumbaginales__Plumbaginales coextensive with the family Plumbaginaceae; usually included in order Primulales subtype: #order_Graminales__Graminales grasses; sedges; rushes subtype: #order_Pandanales__Pandanales families Typhaceae; Sparganiaceae; Pandanaceae subtype: #order_Malvales__Malvales Malvaceae; Bombacaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; Sterculiaceae; Tiliaceae subtype: #order_Umbellales__Umbellales plants having umbels or corymbs of uniovulate flowers; includes the Umbelliferae (chiefly herbs) and Cornaceae (chiefly trees or shrubs) subtype: #order_Proteales__Proteales coextensive with the family Proteaceae subtype: #order_Casuarinales__Casuarinales order of chiefly Australian trees and shrubs comprising the casuarinas; 1 family: Casuarinaceae subtype: #order_Ericales__Ericales Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae subtype: #family_Ericaceae__Ericaceae__heath_family__heathfamily heathers subtype: #order_Diapensiales__Diapensiales used in some classifications: coextensive with family Diapensiaceae subtype: #order_Fagales__Fagales an order of dicotyledonous trees of the subclass Hamamelidae subtype: #order_Gentianales__Gentianales an order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; Salvadoraceae subtype: #order_Oleales__Oleales coextensive with the family Oleaceae; in some classifications included in the order Gentianales subtype: #order_Juglandales__Juglandales coextensive with the family Juglandaceae subtype: #order_Myrtales__Myrtales__Thymelaeales__order_Thymelaeales Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae subtype: #order_Musales__Musales tropical plants subtype: #order_Parietales__Parietales__Hypericales__order_Hypericales a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae subtype: #order_Guttiferales__Guttiferales used in some classifications; coextensive with Parietales subtype: #order_Urticales__Urticales an order of dicotyledonous plants including Moraceae and Urticaceae and Ulmaceae subtype: #order_Liliales__Liliales an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae subtype: #order_Palmales__Palmales coextensive with the family Palmae: palms subtype: #order_Plantaginales__Plantaginales coextensive with the family Plantaginaceae subtype: #order_Polygonales__Polygonales coextensive with the family Polygonaceae, subtype: #order_Xyridales__Xyridales__Commelinales__order_Commelinales an order of monocotyledonous herbs subtype: #order_Naiadales__Naiadales__Alismales__order_Alismales an order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants subtype: #order_Rosales__Rosales in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae subtype: #order_Rubiales__Rubiales an order of dicotyledonous plants of the subclass Asteridae; have opposite leaves and an inferior compound ovary subtype: #order_Geraniales__Geraniales an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae subtype: #order_Salicales__Salicales coextensive with the family Salicaceae subtype: #order_Santalales__Santalales order of plants distinguished by having a one-celled inferior ovary; many are parasitic or partly parasitic usually on roots subtype: #order_Sapindales__Sapindales an order od dicotyledonous plants subtype: #order_Ebenales__Ebenales trees or shrubs of the families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae subtype: #order_Sarraceniales__Sarraceniales plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps: families Sarraceniaceae; Nepenthaceae; Droseraceae subtype: #order_Polemoniales__Polemoniales Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophulariales subtype: #order_Scrophulariales__Scrophulariales used in some classification systems; often included in the order Polemoniales subtype: #order_Ophioglossales__Ophioglossales coextensive with the family Ophioglossaceae subtype: #order_Rhamnales__Rhamnales an order of dicotyledonous plants subtype: #order_Piperales__Piperales Piperaceae; Saururaceae; Chloranthaceae subtype: #order_Filicales__Filicales__Polypodiales__order_Polypodiales true (leptosporangiate) ferns subtype: #order_Marattiales__Marattiales lower ferns coextensive with the family Marattiaceae subtype: #order_Psilotales__Psilotales lower vascular plants having dichotomously branched sporophyte divided into aerial shoot and rhizome and lacking true roots subtype: #order_Psilophytales__Psilophytales Paleozoic simple dichotomously branched plants of Europe and eastern Canada including the oldest known vascular land plants subtype: #order_Equisetales__Equisetales lower tracheophytes in existence since the Devonian subtype: #order_Lepidodendrales__Lepidodendrales fossil arborescent plants arising during the Lower Devonian and conspicuous throughout the Carboniferous subtype: #order_Lycopodiales__Lycopodiales lower vascular plants coextensive with the family Lycopodiaceae; in some classifications includes the Selaginellaceae and Isoetaceae subtype: #order_Selaginellales__Selaginellales in some classifications included in Lycopodiales subtype: #order_Isoetales__Isoetales aquatic or marsh-growing fern allies; known to have existed since the Cenozoic; sometimes included in Lycopodiales subtype: #fungus_order the order of fungi subtype: #order_Erysiphales__Erysiphales saprophytic and parasitic fungi that live on plants subtype: #order_Sphaeriales__Sphaeriales large order of ascomycetous fungi usually having a dark hard perithecia with definite ostioles; in more recent classifications often divided among several orders subtype: #order_Hypocreales__Hypocreales used in some classifications for the family Hypocreaceae subtype: #order_Helotiales__Helotiales order of fungi having asci in a disk- to goblet-shaped apothecium subtype: #order_Sclerodermatales__Sclerodermatales an order of fungi having a peridium surrounding a gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes) subtype: #order_Hymenogastrales__Hymenogastrales an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes; has a distinct basidiocarp with a fleshy or waxy gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes) subtype: #order_Mucorales__Mucorales an order of mostly saprophytic fungi subtype: #order_Entomophthorales__Entomophthorales coextensive with the family Entomophthoraceae subtype: #order_Chytridiales__Chytridiales simple aquatic fungi mostly saprophytic but some parasitic on higher plants or animals or fresh water fungi; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes subtype: #order_Blastocladiales__Blastocladiales fungi that carry out asexual reproduction by thick-walled resting spores that produce zoospores upon germination; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes subtype: #order_Saprolegniales__Saprolegniales order of chiefly aquatic fungi subtype: #order_Peronosporales__Peronosporales order of chiefly parasitic lower fungi: Albuginaceae and Peronosporaceae and Pythiaceae subtype: #order_Tuberales__Tuberales small order of fungi belonging to the subdivision Ascomycota having closed underground ascocarps subtype: #order_Lichenales__Lichenales category used especially in former classifications for organisms now constituting the division Lichenes subtype: #order_Lechanorales__Lechanorales category used in some classification systems for all lichens that produce apothecia subtype: #order_Agaricales__Agaricales typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota subtype: #order_Endomycetales__Endomycetales fungi having a zygote or a single cell developing directly into an ascus subtype: #order_Eurotiales__Eurotiales__Aspergillales__order_Aspergillales order of fungi having a closed ascocarp (cleistothecium) with the asci scattered rather than gathered in a hymenium subtype: #order_Pezizales__Pezizales order of mostly saprophytic fungi having cup-shaped ascocarps subtype: #order_Tulostomatales__Tulostomatales an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes subtype: #order_Lycoperdales__Lycoperdales small order of basidiomycetous fungi having fleshy often globose fruiting bodies; includes puffballs and earthstars subtype: #order_Nidulariales__Nidulariales small order of basidiomycetous fungi comprising families Nidulariaceae and Sphaerobolaceae subtype: #order_Secotiales__Secotiales an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes subtype: #order_Aphyllophorales__Aphyllophorales includes chiefly saprophytic fungi typically with shelflike bodies; sometimes placed in class Hymenomycetes or included in Agaricales subtype: #order_Tremellales__Tremellales fungi varying from gelatinous to waxy or even horny in texture; most are saprophytic subtype: #order_Auriculariales__Auriculariales coextensive with the family Auriculariaceae; sometimes included in the order Tremellales subtype: #order_Uredinales__Uredinales rust fungi: parasitic fungi causing rust in plants; sometimes placed in subtype: #order_Ustilaginales__Ustilaginales parasitic fungi causing smuts; sometimes placed in class Tiliomycetes subtype: #order_Moniliales__Moniliales order of imperfect fungi lacking conidiophores of having conidiophores that are superficial and not enclosed in a pycnidium subtype: #order_Mycelia_Sterilia__Mycelia_Sterilia order of imperfect fungi having no known spore stage subtype: #suborder (biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order subtype: #superorder (biology) a taxonomic group ranking above an order and below a class or subclass subtype: #family (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family" subtype: #bacteria_family a family of bacteria subtype: #family_Rhizobiaceae__Rhizobiaceae a small family of rod-shaped bacteria subtype: #family_Bacillaceae__Bacillaceae typically rod-shaped usually gram-positive bacteria that produce endospores subtype: #family_Myxophyceae__Myxophyceae__Schizophyceae__family_Schizophyceae former terms for Cyanophyceae subtype: #family_Nostocaceae__Nostocaceae blue-green algae subtype: #family_Oscillatoriaceae__Oscillatoriaceae blue green algae subtype: #family_Pseudomonodaceae__Pseudomonodaceae rod-shaped gram-negative bacteria; include important plant and animal pathogens subtype: #family_Athiorhodaceae__Athiorhodaceae small motile sulphur bacteria subtype: #family_Thiobacteriaceae__Thiobacteriaceae free-living coccoid to rod-shaped bacteria that derive energy from oxidizing sulfur or sulfur compounds subtype: #family_Spirillaceae__Spirillaceae rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria subtype: #family_Bacteroidaceae__Bacteroidaceae family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals; sometimes associated with acute infective processes subtype: #family_Enterobacteriaceae__Enterobacteriaceae a large family of gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales subtype: #family_Rickettsiaceae__Rickettsiaceae microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates subtype: #family_Chlamydiaceae__Chlamydiaceae gram-negative parasites in warm-blooded vertebrates subtype: #family_Mycoplasmataceae__Mycoplasmataceae pleomorphic gram-negative nonmotile microorganism similar to both viruses and bacteria; parasitic in mammals subtype: #family_Actinomycetaceae__Actinomycetaceae filamentous anaerobic bacteria subtype: #family_Streptomycetaceae__Streptomycetaceae higher bacteria typically aerobic soil saprophytes subtype: #family_Mycobacteriaceae__Mycobacteriaceae a family of bacteria subtype: #family_Polyangiaceae__Polyangiaceae__Myxobacteriaceae__family_Myxobacteriaceae bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung subtype: #family_Micrococcaceae__Micrococcaceae spherical or elliptical usually aerobic eubacteria that produce yellow or orange or red pigment; includes toxin-producing forms as well as harmless commensals and saprophytes subtype: #family_Lactobacillaceae__Lactobacillaceae__Lactobacteriaceae__family_Lactobacteriaceae lactic acid bacteria and important pathogens; bacteria that ferment carbohydrates chiefly into lactic acid subtype: #family_Spirochaetaceae__Spirochaetaceae large coarsely spiral bacteria; free-living in fresh or salt water or commensal in bodies of oysters subtype: #family_Treponemataceae__Treponemataceae small spirochetes some parasitic or pathogenic subtype: #protoctist_family any of the families of Protoctista subtype: #family_Globigerinidae__Globigerinidae a family of protoctists subtype: #family_Nummulitidae__Nummulitidae a family of fossil protoctists subtype: #family_Arcellidae__Arcellidae soil an freshwater protozoa; cosmopolitan subtype: #family_Tribonemaceae__Tribonemaceae simple filamentous freshwater yellow-green algae subtype: #family_Laminariaceae__Laminariaceae large family of marine brown algae including many economically important large kelps chiefly of northern waters subtype: #family_Fucaceae__Fucaceae small family of brown algae: gulfweeds; rockweeds subtype: #family_Euglenaceae__Euglenaceae considered green algae subtype: #family_Ulvaceae__Ulvaceae__sea-lettuce_family__sealettucefamily thin flat or tubular green algae subtype: #family_Volvocaceae__Volvocaceae unicellular or colonial biflagellate free-swimming flagellates subtype: #family_Chlamydomonadaceae__Chlamydomonadaceae green algae some of which are colored red by hematochrome subtype: #family_Zygnemataceae__Zygnemataceae pond scums: common freshwater algae forming green slimy masses subtype: #family_Oedogoniaceae__Oedogoniaceae filamentous green algae subtype: #family_Characeae__Characeae green algae superficially resembling horsetail ferns: stoneworts subtype: #family_Desmidiaceae__Desmidiaceae unicellular algae subtype: #family_Gigartinaceae__Gigartinaceae a family of protoctista subtype: #family_Rhodymeniaceae__Rhodymeniaceae a family of protoctista subtype: #family_Bangiaceae__Bangiaceae a family of protoctista subtype: #family_Peridiniidae__Peridiniidae marine and freshwater dinoflagellates subtype: #family_Eimeriidae__Eimeriidae a family of protoctista in the order Coccidia subtype: #family_Plasmodiidae__Plasmodiidae malaria parasites subtype: #family_Haemoproteidae__Haemoproteidae bird parasites subtype: #family_Babesiidae__Babesiidae piroplasms and cattle pathogens subtype: #family_Endamoebidae__Endamoebidae a large family of endoparasitic amebas that invade the digestive tract subtype: #fish_family any of various families of fish subtype: #family_Cobitidae__Cobitidae loaches subtype: #family_Cyprinidae__Cyprinidae a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace subtype: #family_Electrophoridae__Electrophoridae small family comprising the electric eels subtype: #family_Catostomidae__Catostomidae suckers; closely related to the family Cyprinidae subtype: #family_Cyprinodontidae__Cyprinodontidae large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies subtype: #family_Poeciliidae__Poeciliidae topminnows subtype: #family_Holocentridae__Holocentridae squirrelfishes and soldierfishes subtype: #family_Anomalopidae__Anomalopidae a family of fish including: flashlight fishes subtype: #family_Zeidae__Zeidae a family of fish in the order Zeomorphi subtype: #family_Caproidae__Caproidae boarfishes subtype: #family_Fistulariidae__Fistulariidae cornetfishes subtype: #family_Gasterosteidae__Gasterosteidae sticklebacks subtype: #family_Syngnathidae__Syngnathidae pipefishes subtype: #family_Macrorhamphosidae__Macrorhamphosidae bellows fishes subtype: #family_Centriscidae__Centriscidae shrimpfishes subtype: #family_Aulostomidae__Aulostomidae trumpetfishes subtype: #family_Petromyzontidae__Petromyzontidae lampreys subtype: #family_Myxinidae__Myxinidae slime-producing marine animals: hagfishes subtype: #family_Chimaeridae__Chimaeridae a family of Holocephali subtype: #family_Hexanchidae__Hexanchidae primitive sharks subtype: #family_Lamnidae__Lamnidae oceanic sharks subtype: #family_Isuridae__Isuridae in some classifications another name for the family Lamnidae subtype: #family_Cetorhinidae__Cetorhinidae in some older classifications considered the family of the basking sharks subtype: #family_Alopiidae__Alopiidae thresher sharks subtype: #family_Orectolobidae__Orectolobidae nurse sharks and carpet sharks subtype: #family_Carchariidae__Carchariidae__Odontaspididae__family_Odontaspididae sand sharks; in some classifications coextensive with family Carcharhinidae subtype: #family_Rhincodontidae__Rhincodontidae small-toothed sharks comprising only one species subtype: #family_Scyliorhinidae__Scyliorhinidae small bottom-dwelling sharks subtype: #family_Carcharhinidae__Carcharhinidae largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks subtype: #family_Triakidae__Triakidae small smooth-skinned sharks lacking spines on dorsal fins subtype: #family_Squalidae__Squalidae dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin subtype: #family_Sphyrnidae__Sphyrnidae hammerhead sharks; bonnethead sharks subtype: #family_Squatinidae__Squatinidae bottom-dwelling ray-like sharks subtype: #family_Torpedinidae__Torpedinidae electric rays subtype: #family_Pristidae__Pristidae large primitive rays with elongated snouts subtype: #family_Rhinobatidae__Rhinobatidae primitive rays with guitar-shaped bodies subtype: #family_Dasyatidae__Dasyatidae sting rays subtype: #family_Myliobatidae__Myliobatidae eagle rays subtype: #family_Mobulidae__Mobulidae large rays lacking venomous spines: mantas subtype: #family_Rajidae__Rajidae bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates subtype: #family_Latimeridae__Latimeridae extinct except for the coelacanth subtype: #family_Ceratodontidae__Ceratodontidae lungfishes having hornlike ridges on the teeth subtype: #family_Siluridae__Siluridae Old World catfishes subtype: #family_Ameiuridae__Ameiuridae North American catfishes subtype: #family_Laricariidae__Laricariidae armored catfish subtype: #family_Ariidae__Ariidae sea catfishes subtype: #family_Gadidae__Gadidae large family of important mostly marine food fishes subtype: #family_Macrouridae__Macrouridae__Macruridae__family_Macruridae grenadiers subtype: #family_Anguillidae__Anguillidae eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn subtype: #family_Muraenidae__Muraenidae marine eels subtype: #family_Congridae__Congridae marine eels subtype: #family_Gonorhynchidae__Gonorhynchidae coextensive with the genus Gonorhynchus subtype: #family_Clupeidae__Clupeidae herrings; shad; sardines; etc. subtype: #family_Engraulidae__Engraulidae anchovies subtype: #family_Salmonidae__Salmonidae salmon and trout subtype: #family_Coregonidae__Coregonidae soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae subtype: #family_Osmeridae__Osmeridae smelts subtype: #family_Elopidae__Elopidae tarpons and ladyfishes subtype: #family_Albulidae__Albulidae bonefish subtype: #family_Argentinidae__Argentinidae small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies; related to salmons and trouts subtype: #family_Myctophidae__Myctophidae deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes subtype: #family_Synodontidae__Synodontidae soft-finned bottom-dwelling fishes subtype: #family_Chlorophthalmidae__Chlorophthalmidae small family of soft-finned bottom-livers with large eyes; relatives of lizardfishes subtype: #family_Lampridae__Lampridae opahs subtype: #family_Trachipteridae__Trachipteridae ribbonfishes subtype: #family_Regalecidae__Regalecidae ribbonfishes subtype: #family_Ogcocephalidae__Ogcocephalidae batfishes: sluggish bottom-dwelling spiny fishes subtype: #family_Lophiidae__Lophiidae large-headed marine fishes comprising the anglers subtype: #family_Batrachoididae__Batrachoididae toadfishes; related to anglers and batfishes subtype: #family_Antennariidae__Antennariidae frogfishes; tropical spiny-finned marine fishes having large nearly vertical mouths; related to toadfishes and anglers subtype: #family_Belonidae__Belonidae ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated to the freshwater gars subtype: #family_Exocoetidae__Exocoetidae flying fishes; closely related to the halfbeaks subtype: #family_Hemiramphidae__Hemiramphidae halfbeaks; marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide subtype: #family_Scomberesocidae__Scomberesocidae__Scombresocidae__family_Scombresocidae only sauries subtype: #family_Ophiodontidae__Ophiodontidae fishes closely related to greenlings subtype: #family_Percidae__Percidae active freshwater fishes; true perches and pike perches subtype: #family_Trichodontidae__Trichodontidae two species of elongate compressed scaleless large-eyed fishes that live in sand or mud subtype: #family_Ophidiidae__Ophidiidae eel-like marine fishes subtype: #family_Brotulidae__Brotulidae chiefly deep-sea fishes related to the Ophidiidae subtype: #family_Carapidae__Carapidae pearlfishes: related to the Brotulidae subtype: #family_Centropomidae__Centropomidae a family of fish or the order Perciformes including robolos subtype: #family_Esocidae__Esocidae pikes; pickerels; muskellunges subtype: #family_Centrarchidae__Centrarchidae sunfish family subtype: #family_Serranidae__Serranidae marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish subtype: #family_Embiotocidae__Embiotocidae viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes subtype: #family_Priacanthidae__Priacanthidae small carnivorous percoid fishes found worldwide in tropical seas subtype: #family_Apogonidae__Apogonidae bright-colored marine fishes that incubate eggs in the mouth subtype: #family_Malacanthidae__Malacanthidae short-headed marine fishes; often brightly colored subtype: #family_Pomatomidae__Pomatomidae food and game fishes related to pompanos subtype: #family_Rachycentridae__Rachycentridae family of pelagic fishes containing solely the cobia subtype: #family_Echeneididae__Echeneididae__family_Echeneidae fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships subtype: #family_Carangidae__Carangidae large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas subtype: #family_Coryphaenidae__Coryphaenidae large active pelagic percoid fish subtype: #family_Bramidae__Bramidae deep-bodied percoid fishes of the open seas subtype: #family_Branchiostegidae__Branchiostegidae small family of marine fishes having covered gills subtype: #family_Characidae__Characidae tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and S and Central America subtype: #family_Characinidae__Characinidae former name of the Characidae subtype: #family_Cichlidae__Cichlidae cichlids subtype: #family_Lutjanidae__Lutjanidae snappers subtype: #family_Haemulidae__Haemulidae grunts subtype: #family_Sparidae__Sparidae porgies; scups subtype: #family_Sciaenidae__Sciaenidae warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout subtype: #family_Mullidae__Mullidae goatfishes or red mullets subtype: #family_Mugilidae__Mugilidae gray mullets subtype: #family_Atherinidae__Atherinidae small spiny-finned fishes of both salt and fresh water subtype: #family_Sphyraenidae__Sphyraenidae monotypic family of large active fishes of tropical and subtropical waters: barracuda subtype: #family_Pempheridae__Pempheridae sweepers subtype: #family_Kyphosidae__Kyphosidae sea chubs subtype: #family_Ephippidae__Ephippidae small family comprising the spadefishes subtype: #family_Chaetodontidae__Chaetodontidae butterfly fishes subtype: #family_Pomacentridae__Pomacentridae damselfishes subtype: #family_Labridae__Labridae wrasses subtype: #family_Scaridae__Scaridae parrotfishes subtype: #family_Polynemidae__Polynemidae threadfins subtype: #family_Opisthognathidae__Opisthognathidae jawfishes subtype: #family_Uranoscopidae__Uranoscopidae stargazers subtype: #family_Dactyloscopidae__Dactyloscopidae sand stargazers subtype: #family_Blenniidae__Blenniidae a family of fish including: combtooth blennies subtype: #family_Clinidae__Clinidae viviparous blennies of temperate and tropical seas subtype: #family_Pholidae__Pholidae__family_Pholididae a family of fish of suborder Blennioidea subtype: #family_Stichaeidae__Stichaeidae pricklebacks subtype: #family_Anarhichadidae__Anarhichadidae wolffishes subtype: #family_Zoarcidae__Zoarcidae eelpouts subtype: #family_Ammodytidae__Ammodytidae sand lances subtype: #family_Callionymidae__Callionymidae dragonets subtype: #family_Gobiidae__Gobiidae gobies subtype: #family_Eleotridae__Eleotridae sleepers subtype: #family_Percophidae__Percophidae percoid flatheads subtype: #family_Toxotidae__Toxotidae archerfishes subtype: #family_Microdesmidae__Microdesmidae wormfishes subtype: #family_Acanthuridae__Acanthuridae surgeonfishes subtype: #family_Gempylidae__Gempylidae snake mackerels subtype: #family_Trichiuridae__Trichiuridae cutlassfishes subtype: #family_Scombridae__Scombridae marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna subtype: #Katsuwonidae__family_Kasuwonidae in some classifications considered a separate family comprising the oceanic bonitos subtype: #family_Xiphiidae__Xiphiidae comprising the common swordfishes subtype: #family_Istiophoridae__Istiophoridae sailfishes; spearfishes; marlins subtype: #family_Luvaridae__Luvaridae louvars subtype: #family_Stromateidae__Stromateidae butterfishes: harvest fishes; dollar fishes subtype: #family_Gobiesocidae__Gobiesocidae clingfishes subtype: #family_Lobotidae__Lobotidae tripletails subtype: #family_Gerreidae__Gerreidae__Gerridae__family_Gerridae mojarras subtype: #family_Sillaginidae__Sillaginidae small family of small food fishes in shallow waters of the Pacific around Indonesia subtype: #family_Amiidae__Amiidae only the bowfins subtype: #family_Polyodontidae__Polyodontidae paddlefishes subtype: #family_Acipenseridae__Acipenseridae sturgeons subtype: #family_Lepisosteidae__Lepisosteidae comprises the genus Lepisosteus subtype: #family_Scorpaenidae__Scorpaenidae scorpionfishes; rockfishes; lionfishes subtype: #family_Cottidae__Cottidae sculpins subtype: #family_Cyclopteridae__Cyclopteridae lumpfishes subtype: #family_Liparididae__Liparididae__Liparidae__family_Liparidae snailfishes subtype: #family_Agonidae__Agonidae poachers subtype: #family_Hexagrammidae__Hexagrammidae greenlings subtype: #family_Platycephalidae__Platycephalidae scorpaenoid flatheads subtype: #family_Triglidae__Triglidae in some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins) subtype: #subfamily_Triglinae__Triglinae in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising searobins having ordinary scales and no barbels (true searobins) subtype: #subfamily_Peristediinae__Peristediinae in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising the armored searobins subtype: #family_Dactylopteridae__Dactylopteridae flying gurnards subtype: #family_Balistidae__Balistidae triggerfishes subtype: #family_Monocanthidae__Monocanthidae filefishes subtype: #family_Ostraciidae__Ostraciidae__family_Ostraciontidae boxfishes subtype: #family_Tetraodontidae__Tetraodontidae puffers subtype: #family_Diodontidae__Diodontidae spiny puffers subtype: #family_Molidae__Molidae ocean sunfishes subtype: #family_Pleuronectidae__Pleuronectidae righteye flounders subtype: #family_Bothidae__Bothidae a family of fish of the order Heterosomata subtype: #family_Cynoglossidae__Cynoglossidae tonguefishes subtype: #family_Soleidae__Soleidae soles subtype: #chordate_family any family in the phylum Chordata subtype: #family_Amphioxidae__Amphioxidae__Branchiostomidae__family_Branchiostomidae lancelets subtype: #family_Salpidae__Salpidae a small family of tunicates in the class Thaliacea subtype: #family_Doliolidae__Doliolidae oceanic tunicates subtype: #bird_family a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings subtype: #family_Struthionidae__Struthionidae tall terrestrial birds: ostriches subtype: #family_Casuaridae__Casuaridae a family of large ostrich-like birds including cassowaries subtype: #family_Apterygidae__Apterygidae coextensive with the order Apterygiformes subtype: #family_Rheidae__Rheidae a family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes subtype: #family_Aepyornidae__Aepyornidae coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes subtype: #family_Dinornithidae__Dinornithidae moas subtype: #family_Meliphagidae__Meliphagidae honey eaters subtype: #family_Prunellidae__Prunellidae hedge sparrow subtype: #family_Alaudidae__Alaudidae larks subtype: #family_Motacillidae__Motacillidae pipits and wagtails subtype: #family_Fringillidae__Fringillidae finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings subtype: #subfamily_Carduelinae__Carduelinae used in some classifications for a subgroup of finches subtype: #subfamily_Emberizidae__Emberizidae__subfamily_Emberizinae buntings and some New World sparrows subtype: #family_Coerebidae__Coerebidae__Dacninae__family_Dacninae the honeycreepers subtype: #family_Passeridae__Passeridae true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds subtype: #family_Ploceidae__Ploceidae weaverbirds subtype: #family_Drepanididae__Drepanididae Hawaiian honeycreepers subtype: #family_Menuridae__Menuridae lyrebirds subtype: #family_Atrichornithidae__Atrichornithidae scrubbirds subtype: #family_Eurylaimidae__Eurylaimidae coextensive with the suborder Eurylaimi subtype: #superfamily_Tyrannidae__Tyrannidae New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central and South America but also in the United States and Canada subtype: #family_Cotingidae__Cotingidae cotingas; umbrella birds subtype: #family_Pipridae__Pipridae manakins subtype: #family_Furnariidae__Furnariidae e.g. ovenbirds subtype: #family_Formicariidae__Formicariidae antbirds subtype: #family_Dendrocolaptidae__Dendrocolaptidae woodhewers or woodcreepers subtype: #family_Pittidae__Pittidae pittas subtype: #family_Muscicapidae__Muscicapidae Old World (true) flycatchers subtype: #family_Turdidae__Turdidae thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae subtype: #subfamily_Turdinae__Turdinae alternative classification for the thrushes subtype: #family_Sylviidae__Sylviidae in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers subtype: #subfamily_Sylviinae__Sylviinae alternative classification for the Old World warblers subtype: #family_Timaliidae__Timaliidae babblers subtype: #family_Parulidae__Parulidae New World warblers subtype: #family_Paradisaeidae__Paradisaeidae birds of paradise subtype: #family_Icteridae__Icteridae American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks subtype: #family_Oriolidae__Oriolidae Old World orioles subtype: #family_Sturnidae__Sturnidae Old World starlings subtype: #family_Corvidae__Corvidae crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay subtype: #subfamily_Garrulinae__Garrulinae subfamily of the crow family: jays subtype: #family_Cracticidae__Cracticidae Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae subtype: #family_Troglodytidae__Troglodytidae wrens subtype: #family_Mimidae__Mimidae sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers subtype: #family_Xenicidae__Xenicidae__Acanthisittidae__family_Acanthisittidae alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens subtype: #family_Certhiidae__Certhiidae creepers subtype: #family_Sittidae__Sittidae nuthatches subtype: #family_Paridae__Paridae titmice and chickadees subtype: #family_Irenidae__Irenidae a family of birds of the suborder Oscines subtype: #family_Hirundinidae__Hirundinidae swallows and martins subtype: #family_Artamidae__Artamidae wood swallows subtype: #family_Thraupidae__Thraupidae tanagers subtype: #family_Laniidae__Laniidae shrikes subtype: #subfamily_Malaconotinae__Malaconotinae African bush shrikes subtype: #family_Ptilonorhynchidae__Ptilonorhynchidae bowerbirds subtype: #family_Cinclidae__Cinclidae water ouzels subtype: #family_Vireonidae__Vireonidae small insectivorous American songbirds subtype: #family_Bombycillidae__Bombycillidae a family of birds of the suborder Oscines subtype: #family_Accipitridae__Accipitridae hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles subtype: #family_Falconidae__Falconidae a family of birds of the order Falconiformes subtype: #family_Pandionidae__Pandionidae ospreys subtype: #family_Sagittariidae__Sagittariidae secretary birds subtype: #family_Cathartidae__Cathartidae condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures subtype: #family_Strigidae__Strigidae a family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes subtype: #family_Tytonidae__Tytonidae comprising only the barn owls subtype: #family_Meleagrididae__Meleagrididae turkeys and some extinct forms subtype: #family_Tetraonidae__Tetraonidae grouse subtype: #family_Cracidae__Cracidae curassows; guans; chachalacas subtype: #family_Megapodiidae__Megapodiidae megapodes subtype: #family_Phasianidae__Phasianidae pheasants; quails; partridges subtype: #subfamily_Perdicidae__Perdicidae__Perdicinae__subfamily_Perdicinae Old World partridges subtype: #subfamily_Numididae__Numididae__Numidinae__subfamily_Numidinae guinea fowl and related birds of Africa and Madagascar subtype: #family_Opisthocomidae__Opisthocomidae comprising the hoatzins subtype: #family_Tinamidae__Tinamidae comprising the tinamous subtype: #family_Raphidae__Raphidae extinct dodos and solitaires subtype: #family_Columbidae__Columbidae doves and pigeons subtype: #family_Pteroclididae__Pteroclididae sandgrouses subtype: #family_Psittacidae__Psittacidae coextensive with the order Psittaciformes subtype: #subfamily_Loriinae__Loriinae lories subtype: #family_Cuculidae__Cuculidae includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunner subtype: #family_Musophagidae__Musophagidae touracos subtype: #family_Coraciidae__Coraciidae rollers subtype: #family_Alcedinidae__Alcedinidae kingfishers subtype: #family_Meropidae__Meropidae bee-eaters subtype: #family_Bucerotidae__Bucerotidae hornbills subtype: #family_Upupidae__Upupidae hoopoes subtype: #family_Phoeniculidae__Phoeniculidae wood hoopoes subtype: #family_Momotidae__Momotidae a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes subtype: #family_Todidae__Todidae a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes subtype: #family_Apodidae__Apodidae swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes subtype: #family_Hemiprocnidae__Hemiprocnidae tree swifts subtype: #family_Trochilidae__Trochilidae hummingbirds subtype: #family_Caprimulgidae__Caprimulgidae goatsuckers subtype: #family_Podargidae__Podargidae frogmouths subtype: #family_Steatornithidae__Steatornithidae oilbirds subtype: #family_Picidae__Picidae woodpeckers subtype: #family_Capitonidae__Capitonidae barbets subtype: #family_Bucconidae__Bucconidae puffbirds subtype: #family_Indicatoridae__Indicatoridae honey guides subtype: #family_Galbulidae__Galbulidae jacamars subtype: #family_Ramphastidae__Ramphastidae toucans subtype: #family_Trogonidae__Trogonidae coextensive with the order Trogoniformes subtype: #family_Anatidae__Anatidae swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks subtype: #subfamily_Merginae__Merginae mergansers and closely related diving birds subtype: #subfamily_Anserinae__Anserinae used in some classifications for the swans subtype: #family_Anhimidae__Anhimidae screamers subtype: #family_Ciconiidae__Ciconiidae storks subtype: #family_Balaenicipitidae__Balaenicipitidae shoebills subtype: #family_Threskiornithidae__Threskiornithidae__family_Ibidiidae ibises subtype: #family_Plataleidae__Plataleidae spoonbills subtype: #family_Phoenicopteridae__Phoenicopteridae flamingos subtype: #family_Ardeidae__Ardeidae herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns subtype: #family_Gruidae__Gruidae cranes subtype: #family_Cariamidae__Cariamidae cranelike South American wading birds subtype: #family_Rallidae__Rallidae rails; crakes; gallinules; coots subtype: #family_Otididae__Otididae bustards subtype: #family_Turnicidae__Turnicidae small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail subtype: #family_Psophiidae__Psophiidae trumpeters subtype: #family_Charadriidae__Charadriidae plover family subtype: #family_Scolopacidae__Scolopacidae sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers subtype: #family_Recurvirostridae__Recurvirostridae long-legged shorebirds subtype: #family_Haematopodidae__Haematopodidae oystercatchers subtype: #family_Phalaropidae__Phalaropidae phalaropes subtype: #family_Glareolidae__Glareolidae Old World shorebirds: pratincoles and coursers subtype: #family_Burhinidae__Burhinidae large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews subtype: #family_Laridae__Laridae gull family: gulls and terns subtype: #subfamily_Sterninae__subfamilysterninae__Sterninae terns subtype: #family_Rynchopidae__Rynchopidae coextensive with the genus Rynchops: skimmers subtype: #family_Stercorariidae__Stercorariidae jaegers and skuas: subtype: #family_Alcidae__Alcidae web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc. subtype: #family_Gavidae__Gavidae loon family subtype: #family_Podicipedidae__Podicipedidae coextensive with the order Podicipitiformes subtype: #family_Pelecanidae__Pelecanidae pelicans subtype: #family_Fregatidae__Fregatidae frigate birds subtype: #family_Sulidae__Sulidae gannets and boobies subtype: #family_Phalacrocoracidae__Phalacrocoracidae cormorants subtype: #family_Anhingidae__Anhingidae snakebirds subtype: #family_Phaethontidae__Phaethontidae tropicbirds subtype: #family_Spheniscidae__Spheniscidae comprising all existing penguins subtype: #family_Diomedeidae__Diomedeidae albatrosses subtype: #family_Procellariidae__Procellariidae petrels; fulmars; shearwaters; subtype: #family_Hydrobatidae__Hydrobatidae storm petrels subtype: #family_Pelecanoididae__Pelecanoididae diving petrels subtype: #amphibian_family__amphibianfamily any family of amphibians subtype: #family_Salamandridae__Salamandridae salamanders subtype: #family_Ambystomatidae__Ambystomatidae New World salamanders subtype: #family_Cryptobranchidae__Cryptobranchidae large aquatic salamanders: hellbenders; giant salamanders subtype: #family_Dicamptodontidae__Dicamptodontidae large and small highly aquatic salamanders subtype: #family_Plethodontidae__Plethodontidae small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults subtype: #family_Amphiumidae__Amphiumidae congo snakes subtype: #family_Sirenidae__Sirenidae sirens subtype: #family_Ranidae__Ranidae nearly cosmopolitan family: true frogs subtype: #family_Leptodactylidae__Leptodactylidae New World frogs; in some classifications essentially coextensive with the family Bufonidae subtype: #family_Polypedatidae__Polypedatidae Old World tree frogs subtype: #family_Ascaphidae__Ascaphidae family of one species of frog: tailed frog subtype: #family_Leiopelmatidae__Leiopelmatidae__Liopelmidae__family_Liopelmidae primitive New Zealand frogs subtype: #family_Bufonidae__Bufonidae true toads subtype: #family_Discoglossidae__Discoglossidae family of Old World toads having a fixed disklike tongue subtype: #family_Pelobatidae__Pelobatidae spadefoot toads subtype: #family_Hylidae__Hylidae tree frogs subtype: #family_Microhylidae__Microhylidae__Brevicipitidae__family_Brevicipitidae narrow-mouthed toads and sheep frogs; some burrow and some are arboreal; found worldwide subtype: #family_Pipidae__Pipidae tongueless frogs subtype: #family_Xenopodidae__Xenopodidae in some classifications the family of the genus Xenopus which is otherwise included in the family Pipidae subtype: #family_Caeciliidae__Caeciliidae coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians subtype: #reptile_family__reptilefamily a family of reptiles subtype: #family_Cheloniidae__Cheloniidae__Chelonidae__family_Chelonidae green turtles; hawksbills subtype: #family_Dermochelyidae__Dermochelyidae sea turtles subtype: #family_Chelydridae__Chelydridae snapping turtles subtype: #family_Kinosternidae__Kinosternidae mud turtles; musk turtles subtype: #family_Emydidae__Emydidae box and water turtles subtype: #family_Testudinidae__Testudinidae land tortoises subtype: #family_Trionychidae__Trionychidae soft-shelled turtles subtype: #family_Gekkonidae__Gekkonidae geckos subtype: #family_Pygopodidae__Pygopodidae Australian and Tasmanian lizards subtype: #family_Iguanidae__Iguanidae__Iguania__family_Iguania New World lizards subtype: #family_Amphisbaenidae__Amphisbaenidae worm lizards subtype: #family_Xantusiidae__Xantusiidae night lizards subtype: #family_Scincidae__Scincidae skinks subtype: #family_Teiidae__Teiidae whiptails; etc. subtype: #family_Agamidae__Agamidae an Old World reptile family of Sauria subtype: #family_Anguidae__Anguidae alligator lizards subtype: #family_Xenosauridae__Xenosauridae monotypic family of Mexican lizards subtype: #family_Anniellidae__Anniellidae legless lizards subtype: #family_Lanthanotidae__Lanthanotidae stout-bodied lizards subtype: #family_Helodermatidae__Helodermatidae only known venomous lizards subtype: #family_Lacertidae__Lacertidae Old World lizards subtype: #family_Chamaeleontidae__Chamaeleontidae__Chamaeleonidae__family_Chamaeleonidae__Rhiptoglossa__family_Rhiptoglossa Old World chameleons; in some classifications Rhiptoglossa is considered a superfamily of Sauria subtype: #family_Varanidae__Varanidae monitor lizards subtype: #family_Crocodylidae__Crocodylidae true crocodiles subtype: #family_Alligatoridae__Alligatoridae alligators; caimans subtype: #family_Gavialidae__Gavialidae gavials subtype: #family_Ceratopsidae__familyceratopsidae__Ceratopsidae American ceratopsian dinosaurs subtype: #family_Hadrosauridae__Hadrosauridae duck-billed dinosaurs; upper Cretaceous subtype: #family_Iguanodontidae__Iguanodontidae iguanodons subtype: #family_Titanosauridae__Titanosauridae herbivorous dinosaurs of the Cretaceous subtype: #family_Megalosauridae__Megalosauridae megalosaurs subtype: #family_Dromaeosauridae__Dromaeosauridae swift-running bipedal dinosaurs subtype: #family_Edaphosauridae__Edaphosauridae a family of reptiles of the order Pelycosauria subtype: #family_Pterodactylidae__Pterodactylidae a reptile family in the order Pterosauria subtype: #family_Ichthyosauridae__Ichthyosauridae later ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous; widely distributed in both hemispheres subtype: #family_Colubridae__Colubridae nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species subtype: #family_Typhlopidae__Typhlopidae blind snakes subtype: #family_Leptotyphlopidae__Leptotyphlopidae blind snakes subtype: #family_Boidae__Boidae boas and pythons subtype: #subfamily_Pythoninae__Pythoninae Old World boas: pythons; in some classifications considered a separate family from Boidae subtype: #family_Pythonidae__Pythonidae in some classifications a family separate from Boidae comprising Old World boas subtype: #family_Elapidae__Elapidae cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes subtype: #family_Hydrophidae__Hydrophidae sea snakes subtype: #family_Viperidae__Viperidae Old World vipers subtype: #family_Crotalidae__Crotalidae New World vipers: pit vipers subtype: #arthropod_family__arthropodfamily any of the arthropods subtype: #family_Phalangiidae__Phalangiidae a family of Phalangida subtype: #family_Argiopidae__Argiopidae orb-weaving spiders; cosmopolitan subtype: #family_Theridiidae__Theridiidae a family of comb-footed spiders subtype: #family_Theraphosidae__Theraphosidae large tropical spiders; tarantulas subtype: #family_Lycosidae__Lycosidae wolf spiders subtype: #family_Ctenizidae__Ctenizidae large burrowing spiders subtype: #family_Ixodidae__Ixodidae hard ticks subtype: #family_Argasidae__Argasidae soft ticks subtype: #family_Acaridae__Acaridae mites subtype: #family_Trombidiidae__Trombidiidae mites subtype: #family_Trombiculidae__Trombiculidae mites subtype: #family_Sarcoptidae__Sarcoptidae small whitish mites subtype: #family_Tetranychidae__Tetranychidae plant-feeding mites subtype: #family_Scutigeridae__Scutigeridae a family of Chilopoda subtype: #family_Geophilidae__Geophilidae small extremely elongate earth-living centipedes subtype: #family_Limulidae__Limulidae horseshoe crabs subtype: #family_Cancridae__Cancridae many of the best known edible crabs subtype: #family_Portunidae__Portunidae swimming crabs subtype: #family_Pinnotheridae__Pinnotheridae tiny soft-bodied crabs subtype: #family_Lithodidae__Lithodidae deep-sea crabs of cold waters subtype: #family_Majidae__Majidae spider crabs subtype: #family_Homaridae__Homaridae large-clawed lobsters subtype: #family_Nephropsidae__Nephropsidae in some classifications coextensive with the Homaridae subtype: #family_Palinuridae__Palinuridae spiny lobsters subtype: #family_Astacidae__Astacidae__Astacura crayfish subtype: #family_Paguridae__Paguridae hermit crabs subtype: #family_Crangonidae__Crangonidae shrimps subtype: #family_Palaemonidae__Palaemonidae prawns subtype: #family_Peneidae__Peneidae tropical prawns subtype: #family_Mysidae__Mysidae small shrimp-like crustaceans subtype: #family_Squillidae__Squillidae crustaceans that burrow in mud or under stones in shallow water along the seashore subtype: #family_Armadillidiidae__Armadillidiidae pill bugs subtype: #family_Oniscidae__Oniscidae a family of Isopoda subtype: #family_Porcellionidae__Porcellionidae sow bugs subtype: #family_Orchestiidae__Orchestiidae beach fleas subtype: #family_Triopidae__Triopidae a family of Notostraca subtype: #family_Balanidae__Balanidae stalkless barnacles subtype: #family_Lepadidae__Lepadidae goose barnacles subtype: #family_Peripatidae__Peripatidae a family of Onychophora subtype: #family_Peripatopsidae__Peripatopsidae a family of Onychophora subtype: #family_Cicindelidae__Cicindelidae tiger beetles subtype: #family_Coccinellidae__Coccinellidae the ladybugs subtype: #family_Carabidae__Carabidae ground beetles subtype: #family_Lampyridae__Lampyridae fireflies subtype: #family_Cerambycidae__Cerambycidae long-horned beetles subtype: #family_Chrysomelidae__Chrysomelidae leaf beetles subtype: #family_Dermestidae__Dermestidae carpet beetles subtype: #family_Cleridae__Cleridae beetles that prey on other insects subtype: #superfamily_Lamellicornia__Lamellicornia scarabaeid beetles and stag beetles subtype: #family_Scarabaeidae__Scarabaeidae scarab or dung beetles subtype: #subfamily_Melolonthidae__Melolonthidae considered a separate family in some classification systems subtype: #subfamily_Cetoniidae__Cetoniidae considered a separate family in some classification systems subtype: #family_Lucanidae__Lucanidae stag beetles subtype: #family_Elateridae__Elateridae click beetles and certain fireflies subtype: #family_Dytiscidae__Dytiscidae water beetles subtype: #family_Gyrinidae__Gyrinidae whirligig beetles subtype: #family_Anobiidae__Anobiidae deathwatch beetles subtype: #family_Curculionidae__Curculionidae true weevils: snout beetles subtype: #family_Meloidae__Meloidae blister beetles subtype: #family_Scolytidae__Scolytidae__Ipidae__family_Ipidae large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit trees subtype: #family_Staphylinidae__Staphylinidae rove beetles subtype: #family_Tenebrionidae__Tenebrionidae a family of arthropods including darkling beetles and mealworms subtype: #family_Bruchidae__Bruchidae seed beetles subtype: #family_Pediculidae__Pediculidae true lice: human lice and related forms subtype: #family_Phthiriidae__Phthiriidae crab lice subtype: #family_Pulicidae__Pulicidae many common fleas attacking humans and domestic animals subtype: #family_Cecidomyidae__Cecidomyidae gall midges subtype: #superfamily_Muscoidea__Muscoidea two-winged flies especially the families: Muscidae; Gasterophilidae; Calliphoridae; Tachinidae subtype: #family_Muscidae__Muscidae two-winged flies especially the housefly subtype: #family_Glossinidae__Glossinidae flies closely related to the Muscidae: tsetse flies subtype: #family_Calliphoridae__Calliphoridae blowflies subtype: #family_Tachinidae__Tachinidae parasites on other insects subtype: #family_Gasterophilidae__Gasterophilidae horse botflies subtype: #family_Cuterebridae__Cuterebridae New World botflies subtype: #family_Oestridae__Oestridae__Hypodermatidae__family_Hypodermatidae warble flies subtype: #family_Tabanidae__Tabanidae horseflies subtype: #family_Bombyliidae__Bombyliidae bee flies subtype: #family_Asilidae__Asilidae robber flies subtype: #family_Trypetidae__Trypetidae__Trephritidae__family_Trephritidae fruit flies; some leafminers subtype: #family_Drosophilidae__Drosophilidae fruit flies subtype: #family_Hippoboscidae__Hippoboscidae winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies subtype: #family_Culicidae__Culicidae mosquitoes subtype: #family_Ceratopogonidae__Ceratopogonidae biting midges; sand flies subtype: #family_Chironomidae__Chironomidae midges subtype: #Mycetophilidae__family_Mycetophylidae fungus gnats subtype: #family_Psychodidae__Psychodidae very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies subtype: #family_Sciaridae__Sciaridae fungus gnats subtype: #family_Tipulidae__Tipulidae crane flies subtype: #family_Simuliidae__Simuliidae blackflies and sand flies subtype: #superfamily_Apoidea__Apoidea bees subtype: #family_Apidae__Apidae honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees subtype: #family_Andrenidae__Andrenidae a large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground subtype: #family_Halictidae__Halictidae a family of small solitary bees; many are valuable pollinators for agriculture subtype: #family_Megachilidae__Megachilidae leaf-cutting and mason bees subtype: #family_Vespidae__Vespidae an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps subtype: #superfamily_Sphecoidea__Sphecoidea families Sphecidae and Stizidae subtype: #family_Sphecidae__Sphecidae mud daubers; some digger wasps subtype: #family_Stizidae__Stizidae cicada killers subtype: #family_Cynipidae__Cynipidae a family of Hymenoptera subtype: #family_Chalcididae__Chalcididae__Chalcidae__family_Chalcidae an arthropod family including: chalcidflies subtype: #family_Ichneumonidae__Ichneumonidae ichneumon flies subtype: #family_Tenthredinidae__Tenthredinidae sawflies subtype: #family_Formicidae__Formicidae ants subtype: #subfamily_Dorylinae__Dorylinae army ants subtype: #family_Termitidae__Termitidae termites subtype: #family_Rhinotermitidae__Rhinotermitidae large widely distributed family of termites of temperate to tropical regions subtype: #family_Mastotermitidae__Mastotermitidae primitive termites subtype: #family_Kalotermitidae__Kalotermitidae primitive termites of warm regions subtype: #family_Acrididae__Acrididae__Locustidae__family_Locustidae short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts subtype: #family_Tettigoniidae__Tettigoniidae long-horned grasshoppers; katydids subtype: #family_Stenopelmatidae__Stenopelmatidae long-horned grasshoppers subtype: #family_Gryllidae__Gryllidae crickets subtype: #family_Phasmidae__Phasmidae__Phasmatidae__family_Phasmatidae stick insects subtype: #family_Phyllidae__Phyllidae__Phillidae__family_Phillidae leaf insects subtype: #family_Blattidae__Blattidae domestic cockroaches subtype: #family_Cryptocercidae__Cryptocercidae a family of Blattodea subtype: #family_Mantidae__Mantidae__Manteidae__family_Manteidae mantises subtype: #family_Miridae__Miridae__Capsidae__family_Capsidae leaf bugs subtype: #family_Tingidae__Tingidae lace bugs subtype: #family_Lygaeidae__Lygaeidae lygaeid bugs subtype: #family_Coreidae__Coreidae squash bugs and leaf-footed bugs subtype: #family_Cimicidae__Cimicidae wingless flat-bodied blood-sucking insects subtype: #family_Notonectidae__Notonectidae aquatic carnivorous insects subtype: #family_Belostomatidae__Belostomatidae water bugs subtype: #family_Nepidae__Nepidae water scorpions subtype: #family_Corixidae__Corixidae water bugs subtype: #family_Gerrididae__Gerrididae__Gerridae__family_Gerridae an arthropod family that includes water striders subtype: #family_Reduviidae__Reduviidae assassin bugs subtype: #family_Pyrrhocoridae__Pyrrhocoridae firebugs subtype: #family_Aleyrodidae__Aleyrodidae whiteflies subtype: #superfamily_Coccoidea__Coccoidea scale insects and mealybugs subtype: #family_Coccidae__Coccidae scale insects subtype: #family_Diaspididae__Diaspididae armored scales subtype: #family_Dactylopiidae__Dactylopiidae cochineal insects subtype: #family_Pseudococcidae__Pseudococcidae scale-like insects: mealybugs subtype: #superfamily_Aphidoidea__Aphidoidea plant lice subtype: #family_Aphididae__Aphididae small soft-bodied plant lice subtype: #family_Adelgidae__Adelgidae plant lice subtype: #family_Phylloxeridae__Phylloxeridae plant lice subtype: #family_Psyllidae__Psyllidae__Chermidae__family_Chermidae jumping plant lice subtype: #family_Cicadidae__Cicadidae cicadas subtype: #family_Cercopidae__Cercopidae froghoppers or spittlebugs subtype: #family_Cicadellidae__Cicadellidae leafhoppers subtype: #family_Jassidae__Jassidae family of small leafhoppers coextensive with the Cicadellidae and not distinguished from it in some classifications subtype: #family_Membracidae__Membracidae plant hoppers: treehoppers subtype: #family_Fulgoridae__Fulgoridae plant hoppers: lantern flies subtype: #family_Psocidae__Psocidae a family of small soft-bodied insects that feed on decaying vegetation; related to booklice subtype: #family_Atropidae__Atropidae booklice subtype: #family_Ephemeridae__Ephemeridae mayflies subtype: #family_Myrmeleontidae__Myrmeleontidae antlions subtype: #family_Chrysopidae__Chrysopidae green lacewings subtype: #family_Hemerobiidae__Hemerobiidae brown lacewings subtype: #family_Corydalidae__Corydalidae dobsons subtype: #family_Sialidae__Sialidae an arthropod family including: alderflies subtype: #family_Raphidiidae__Raphidiidae a family of arthropods of the suborder Megaloptera, including snakeflies subtype: #family_Mantispidae__Mantispidae mantispids subtype: #family_Sisyridae__Sisyridae an arthropod family of the order Neuroptera that includes spongeflies subtype: #family_Lepismatidae__Lepismatidae firebrats subtype: #family_Machilidae__Machilidae jumping bristletails subtype: #family_Thripidae__Thripidae thrips subtype: #family_Forficulidae__Forficulidae typical earwigs subtype: #family_Nymphalidae__Nymphalidae large beautifully colored butterflies subtype: #family_Danaidae__Danaidae small family of usually tropical butterflies: monarch butterflies subtype: #family_Pieridae__Pieridae cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies subtype: #family_Lycaenidae__Lycaenidae family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies; males have short forelegs subtype: #family_Tortricidae__Tortricidae leaf rollers and codling moths subtype: #family_Lymantriidae__Lymantriidae tussock moths subtype: #family_Geometridae__Geometridae measuring worms subtype: #family_Pyralidae__Pyralidae__Pyralididae__family_Pyralididae bee moths; corn borers; flour moths subtype: #superfamily_Tineoidea__Tineoidea clothes moths; carpet moths; leaf miners subtype: #family_Tineidae__Tineidae clothes moths subtype: #family_Gracilariidae__Gracilariidae__Gracillariidae leaf miners subtype: #family_Gelechiidae__Gelechiidae important economic pests subtype: #family_Noctuidae__Noctuidae cutworms; armyworms subtype: #family_Sphingidae__Sphingidae hawkmoths subtype: #family_Bombycidae__Bombycidae Chinese silkworm moth subtype: #family_Saturniidae__Saturniidae important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known subtype: #family_Arctiidae__Arctiidae tiger moths subtype: #family_Lasiocampidae__Lasiocampidae tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths subtype: #mammal_family a family of mammals subtype: #family_Tachyglossidae__Tachyglossidae echidnas subtype: #family_Ornithorhynchidae__Ornithorhynchidae platypus subtype: #family_Didelphidae__Didelphidae opossums subtype: #family_Caenolestidae__Caenolestidae small marsupials of southern South America subtype: #family_Peramelidae__Peramelidae bandicoots subtype: #family_Macropodidae__Macropodidae kangaroos; wallabies subtype: #subfamily_Potoroinae__Potoroinae rat kangaroos subtype: #family_Phalangeridae__Phalangeridae phalangers; koalas subtype: #family_Vombatidae__Vombatidae wombats subtype: #family_Dasyuridae__Dasyuridae__family_Dasyurinae dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils subtype: #family_Notoryctidae__Notoryctidae pouched moles subtype: #family_Talpidae__Talpidae moles subtype: #family_Chrysochloridae__Chrysochloridae golden moles subtype: #family_Soricidae__Soricidae shrews subtype: #family_Erinaceidae__Erinaceidae true hedgehogs subtype: #family_Tenrecidae__Tenrecidae tenrecs and extinct related forms subtype: #family_Potamogalidae__Potamogalidae otter shrews subtype: #family_Balaenidae__Balaenidae right whales subtype: #family_Balaenopteridae__Balaenopteridae rorquals; blue whales subtype: #family_Eschrichtiidae__Eschrichtiidae comprising only the gray whales subtype: #family_Physeteridae__Physeteridae sperm whales subtype: #family_Ziphiidae__Ziphiidae__Hyperodontidae__family_Hyperodontidae beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae subtype: #family_Delphinidae__Delphinidae dolphins subtype: #family_Platanistidae__Platanistidae river dolphins subtype: #family_Monodontidae__Monodontidae narwhals subtype: #family_Trichechidae__Trichechidae comprising only the manatees subtype: #family_Dugongidae__Dugongidae a family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and Steller's sea cow subtype: #family_Otariidae__Otariidae eared seals: sea lions and fur seals subtype: #family_Phocidae__Phocidae earless seals subtype: #family_Odobenidae__Odobenidae walruses and extinct forms subtype: #family_Orycteropodidae__Orycteropodidae aardvarks subtype: #family_Canidae__Canidae dogs; wolves; jackals; foxes subtype: #family_Hyaenidae__Hyaenidae hyenas subtype: #family_Felidae__Felidae cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers subtype: #family_Ursidae__Ursidae bears and extinct related forms subtype: #family_Viverridae__Viverridae__Viverrinae__family_Viverrinae genets; civets; mongooses subtype: #family_Phyllostomidae__Phyllostomidae__Phyllostomatidae__family_Phyllostomatidae New World leaf-nosed bats subtype: #family_Rhinolophidae__Rhinolophidae Old World leaf-nosed bats subtype: #family_Hipposideridae__Hipposideridae Old World leafnose bats subtype: #family_Megadermatidae__Megadermatidae Old World false vampire bats subtype: #family_Vespertilionidae__Vespertilionidae the majority of common bats of temperate regions of the world subtype: #family_Molossidae__Molossidae mastiff bats; freetail bats subtype: #family_Desmodontidae__Desmodontidae true vampire bats subtype: #family_Leporidae__Leporidae hares and rabbits subtype: #family_Ochotonidae__Ochotonidae pikas and extinct forms subtype: #superfamily_Muroidea__Muroidea essential equal to suborder Myomorpha with the Dipodidae excluded subtype: #family_Muridae__Muridae originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches subtype: #subfamily_Hydromyinae__Hydromyinae water rats of Australia and New Guinea subtype: #family_Cricetidae__Cricetidae mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters subtype: #subfamily_Gerbillinae__Gerbillinae gerbils subtype: #family_Hystricidae__Hystricidae Old World porcupines subtype: #family_Erethizontidae__Erethizontidae New World arboreal porcupines subtype: #family_Heteromyidae__Heteromyidae small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping; adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice; kangaroo mice; kangaroo rats subtype: #family_Zapodidae__Zapodidae jumping mice subtype: #family_Dipodidae__Dipodidae Old World jerboas subtype: #family_Gliridae__Gliridae dormice and other Old World forms subtype: #family_Geomyidae__Geomyidae North American pocket gophers subtype: #family_Sciuridae__Sciuridae true squirrels; ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles subtype: #subfamily_Petauristidae__Petauristidae Old World flying squirrels subtype: #family_Castoridae__Castoridae beavers subtype: #family_Aplodontiidae__Aplodontiidae mountain beavers subtype: #family_Caviidae__Caviidae a family of Hystricomorpha subtype: #family_Hydrochoeridae__Hydrochoeridae capybara subtype: #family_Dasyproctidae__Dasyproctidae agoutis and pacas subtype: #family_Capromyidae__Capromyidae coypus subtype: #family_Chinchillidae__Chinchillidae small bushy-tailed South American burrowing rodents subtype: #family_Spalacidae__Spalacidae mole rats subtype: #family_Bathyergidae__Bathyergidae mole rats; sand rats subtype: #family_Uintatheriidae__Uintatheriidae an extinct family of Dinocerata subtype: #family_Procaviidae__Procaviidae includes all recent members of the order Hyracoidea subtype: #family_Equidae__Equidae horses; asses; zebras; extinct animals subtype: #family_Rhinocerotidae__Rhinocerotidae__rhinoceros_family rhinoceroses subtype: #family_Tapiridae__Tapiridae tapirs and extinct related forms subtype: #family_Suidae__Suidae pigs; hogs; boars subtype: #family_Tayassuidae__Tayassuidae peccaries subtype: #family_Hippopotamidae__Hippopotamidae hippopotami subtype: #family_Bovidae__Bovidae true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats subtype: #subfamily_Bovinae__Bovinae term not used technically; essentially coextensive with genus Bos: cattle; buffalo; and sometimes includes kudu subtype: #family_Antilocapridae__Antilocapridae comprising only the pronghorns subtype: #family_Cervidae__Cervidae deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer subtype: #family_Tragulidae__Tragulidae chevrotains subtype: #family_Camelidae__Camelidae camels and llamas and vicunas subtype: #family_Giraffidae__Giraffidae giraffes subtype: #family_Mustelidae__Mustelidae weasels; polecats; ferrets; minks; fishers; otters; badgers; skunks; wolverines; martens subtype: #subfamily_Lutrinae__Lutrinae subdivision not used in some classifications: otters subtype: #subfamily_Mephitinae__Mephitinae subdivision not used in some classifications: skunks subtype: #subfamily_Melinae__Melinae subdivision not used in some classifications: badgers subtype: #family_Dasypodidae__Dasypodidae armadillos subtype: #family_Bradypodidae__Bradypodidae true sloths; in some subtype: #family_Megalonychidae__Megalonychidae two-toed sloths subtype: #family_Megatheriidae__Megatheriidae extinct ground sloths subtype: #family_Mylodontidae__Mylodontidae extinct South American edentates subtype: #family_Myrmecophagidae__Myrmecophagidae New World anteaters subtype: #family_Manidae__Manidae coextensive with the order Pholidota subtype: #family_Hominidae__Hominidae modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man subtype: #family_Pongidae__Pongidae usually considered as comprising orangutans; gorillas; chimpanzees; and sometimes gibbons subtype: #family_Hylobatidae__Hylobatidae used in some classifications for the lesser apes (gibbons and siamangs); sometimes considered a subfamily of Pongidae subtype: #family_Cercopithecidae__Cercopithecidae Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey subtype: #superfamily_Platyrrhini__Platyrrhini New World monkeys: capuchin; douroucouli; howler monkey; saki; spider monkey; squirrel monkey; titi; uakari; woolly monkey; marmoset; tamarin subtype: #family_Callithricidae__Callithricidae marmosets subtype: #family_Cebidae__Cebidae all the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins subtype: #family_Tupaiidae__Tupaiidae tree shrews; in some classifications tree shrews are considered prosimian primates subtype: #family_Lemuridae__Lemuridae typical lemurs; of Madagascar subtype: #family_Daubentoniidae__Daubentoniidae comprising solely the aye-aye subtype: #family_Lorisidae__Lorisidae slow-moving omnivorous nocturnal primates of tropical Asia; usually tailless subtype: #family_Indriidae__Indriidae a family of Lemuroidea subtype: #family_Tarsiidae__Tarsiidae coextensive with the genus Tarsius: tarsiers subtype: #family_Cynocephalidae__Cynocephalidae a family of Dermoptera subtype: #family_Elephantidae__Elephantidae elephants subtype: #family_Mammutidae__Mammutidae__family_Mastodontidae extinct family: mastodons subtype: #family_Gomphotheriidae__Gomphotheriidae elephants extinct since the Pleistocene subtype: #family_Procyonidae__Procyonidae raccoons; coatis; cacomistles; kinkajous; and sometimes pandas subtype: #subfamily_Bassariscidae__Bassariscidae in some classifications considered a separate family subtype: #family_Ailuropodidae__Ailuropodidae in some classifications considered the family comprising the giant pandas subtype: #coelenterate_family a family of coelenterates subtype: #family_Pennatulidae__Pennatulidae sea pens subtype: #ctenophore_family a family of ctenophores subtype: #family_Pleurobrachiidae__Pleurobrachiidae sea gooseberries subtype: #family_Cestidae__Cestidae coextensive with the order Cestida; ctenophores having a greatly flattened and elongated body subtype: #worm_family a family of worms subtype: #family_Fasciolidae__Fasciolidae a family of Trematoda subtype: #family_Schistosomatidae__Schistosomatidae a family of Trematoda subtype: #family_Taeniidae__Taeniidae a family of Cestoda subtype: #family_Ascaridae__Ascaridae large roundworms parasitic in intestines of vertebrates subtype: #family_Oxyuridae__Oxyuridae pinworms subtype: #family_Cephalobidae__Cephalobidae a family of Nematoda subtype: #family_Tylenchidae__Tylenchidae a family of Nematoda subtype: #family_Ancylostomatidae__Ancylostomatidae hookworms subtype: #family_Filariidae__Filariidae threadlike roundworms subtype: #family_Dracunculidae__Dracunculidae greatly elongated roundworm subtype: #family_Branchiobdellidae__Branchiobdellidae small annelid worms with the posterior end modified into an adhesive sucker; especially formerly regarded as modified leeches subtype: #family_Terebellidae__Terebellidae marine burrowing or tube-forming polychete worms usually having long thick bodies subtype: #family_Hirudinidae__Hirudinidae a family of Hirudinea subtype: #mollusk_family__molluskfamily a family of mollusks subtype: #family_Haliotidae__Haliotidae abalones subtype: #family_Strombidae__Strombidae conchs subtype: #family_Helicidae__Helicidae land snails including the common edible snail and some pests subtype: #family_Limacidae__Limacidae slugs subtype: #family_Neritidae__Neritidae neritids subtype: #family_Buccinidae__Buccinidae whelks subtype: #family_Cymatiidae__Cymatiidae tritons subtype: #family_Naticidae__Naticidae moonshells subtype: #family_Littorinidae__Littorinidae periwinkles subtype: #family_Patellidae__Patellidae marine limpets subtype: #family_Fissurellidae__Fissurellidae marine limpets subtype: #family_Ancylidae__Ancylidae freshwater gastropod subtype: #family_Aplysiidae__Aplysiidae__Tethyidae__family_Tethyidae sea hares subtype: #family_Akeridae__Akeridae bubble shells subtype: #family_Physidae__Physidae freshwater snails subtype: #family_Cypraeidae__Cypraeidae family of marine gastropods comprising the cowries subtype: #family_Myacidae__Myacidae soft-shell clams subtype: #family_Veneridae__Veneridae hard-shell clams subtype: #family_Solenidae__Solenidae razor clams subtype: #family_Tridacnidae__Tridacnidae large marine hard-shell clams subtype: #family_Cardiidae__Cardiidae somewhat heart-shaped sand-burrowing bivalve mollusks subtype: #family_Ostreidae__Ostreidae oysters subtype: #family_Pteriidae__Pteriidae pearl oysters subtype: #family_Anomiidae__Anomiidae saddle oysters subtype: #family_Arcidae__Arcidae ark shells subtype: #family_Mytilidae__Mytilidae marine mussels subtype: #family_Unionidae__Unionidae freshwater mussels found worldwide subtype: #family_Pectinidae__Pectinidae scallops subtype: #family_Teredinidae__Teredinidae shipworms subtype: #family_Pholadidae__Pholadidae a family of Bivalvia subtype: #family_Nautilidae__Nautilidae spiral-shelled cephalopods subtype: #family_Octopodidae__Octopodidae a family of Octopoda subtype: #family_Argonautidae__Argonautidae represented solely by the genus Argonauta subtype: #family_Sepiidae__Sepiidae true cuttlefishes subtype: #family_Spirulidae__Spirulidae coextensive with the genus Spirula; included in the order Belemnoidea in some older classifications subtype: #family_Belemnitidae__Belemnitidae family of extinct Mesozoic cephalopods subtype: #family_Panorpidae__Panorpidae a family of insects of the order Mecoptera subtype: #family_Bittacidae__Bittacidae a family of predacious tropical insects of the order Mecoptera subtype: #echinoderm_family a family of echinoderms subtype: #family_Antedonidae__Antedonidae feather stars subtype: #family_Comatulidae__Comatulidae former usage synonymous with Antedonidae subtype: #family_Holothuridae__Holothuridae a family of Holothuroidea subtype: #form_family (biology) an artificial taxonomic category for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure subtype: #moss_family a family of mosses subtype: #family_Anthocerotaceae__Anthocerotaceae hornworts subtype: #family_Dicranaceae__Dicranaceae mosses having costate leaves and long-stalked capsules with cleft peristome subtype: #family_Bryaceae__Bryaceae a family of acrocarpous mosses subtype: #family_Mniaceae__Mniaceae family of erect mosses with club-shaped paraphyses and the hexagonal cells of the upper leaf surface; sometimes treated as a subfamily of Bryaceae subtype: #family_Jungermanniaceae__Jungermanniaceae comprising the leafy members of the order Jungermanniales subtype: #family_Marchantiaceae__Marchantiaceae liverworts with prostrate and usually dichotomously branched thalli subtype: #family_Sphaerocarpaceae__Sphaerocarpaceae liverworts with bilaterally symmetrical gametophytes; sometimes placed in the order Jungermanniales subtype: #monocot_family__monocotfamily__liliopsid_family__liliopsidfamily family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed subtype: #liliid_monocot_family family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils subtype: #family_Iridaceae__Iridaceae__iris_family large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs subtype: #genus_Iris large genus of perennials that develop from bulbs or rhizomes subtype: #family_Amaryllidaceae__Amaryllidaceae__amaryllis_family__amaryllisfamily snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae subtype: #family_Hypoxidaceae__Hypoxidaceae in some classification systems included in the Amaryllidaceae subtype: #family_Liliaceae__Liliaceae__lily_family includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae subtype: #family_Alliaceae__Alliaceae one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes especially genus Allium subtype: #family_Aloeaceae__Aloeaceae__aloe_family one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted subtype: #family_Alstroemeriaceae__Alstroemeriaceae one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; sometimes included in subfamily Amaryllidaceae subtype: #family_Aphyllanthaceae__Aphyllanthaceae one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Aphyllanthes subtype: #family_Asparagaceae__Asparagaceae one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae: includes genera Asparagus and sometimes Ruscus subtype: #family_Asphodelaceae__Asphodelaceae one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae subtype: #family_Colchicaceae__Colchicaceae one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: Colchicum; Gloriosa subtype: #family_Hemerocallidaceae__Hemerocallidaceae one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hemerocallis subtype: #family_Hostaceae__Hostaceae__Funkaceae__family_Funkaceae one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hosta subtype: #family_Hyacinthaceae__Hyacinthaceae one of many families or subfamilies in which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted subtype: #family_Melanthiaceae__Melanthiaceae one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: includes Aletris; Narthecium; Veratrum subtype: #family_Ruscaceae__Ruscaceae one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted subtype: #family_Tecophilaeacea__Tecophilaeacea one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted subtype: #family_Xanthorrhoeaceae__Xanthorrhoeaceae__grass_tree_family one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted subtype: #family_Trilliaceae__Trilliaceae__trillium_family small family of herbs having flowers with 3 petals and 3 sepals; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae subtype: #subfamily_Smilacaceae__Smilacaceae one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted subtype: #family_Convallariaceae__Convallariaceae one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted subtype: #subfamily_Uvulariaceae__Uvulariaceae one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae subtype: #family_Taccaceae__Taccaceae small family of tropical herbs subtype: #family_Agavaceae__Agavaceae__agave_family__agavefamily__sisal_family__sisalfamily chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae subtype: #subfamily_Dracenaceae__Dracenaceae__Dracaenaceae__subfamily_Dracaenaceae one of two subfamilies to which some classification systems assign some members of the Agavaceae subtype: #family_Juncaceae__Juncaceae__rush_family tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes subtype: #family_Araceae__Araceae__arum_family anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron subtype: #subfamily_Acoraceae__Acoraceae used in some classifications for the genus Acorus which is usually assigned to Araceae subtype: #family_Lemnaceae__Lemnaceae__duckweed_family family of small free-floating thalloid plants subtype: #family_Orchidaceae__Orchidaceae__orchid_family enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers subtype: #family_Burmanniaceae__Burmanniaceae family of chiefly tropical herbs with basal leaves like bracts and small flowers subtype: #family_Gramineae__Gramineae__Graminaceae__family_Graminaceae__Poaceae__family_Poaceae__grass_family__grassfamily the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane subtype: #genus_Calamagrostis__Calamagrostis reed grass subtype: #family_Cyperaceae__Cyperaceae__sedge_family__sedgefamily bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant subtype: #genus_Cyperus__Cyperus type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions subtype: #family_Pandanaceae__Pandanaceae__screw-pine_family family of woody plants of the order Pandanales including pandanus subtype: #family_Typhaceae__Typhaceae__cattail_family__cattailfamily perennial marsh plants with creeping rootstocks and long linear leaves subtype: #family_Sparganiaceae__Sparganiaceae__bur-reed_family coextensive with the genus Sparganium subtype: #family_Haemodoraceae__Haemodoraceae__bloodwort_family__bloodwortfamily some genera placed in family Liliaceae subtype: #family_Cannaceae__Cannaceae coextensive with the genus Canna subtype: #family_Marantaceae__Marantaceae__arrowroot_family__arrowrootfamily tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes subtype: #family_Musaceae__Musaceae__banana_family treelike tropical Asian herbs subtype: #family_Strelitziaceae__Strelitziaceae__strelitzia_family woody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and South Africa and Madagascar; in some classifications included in the family Musaceae subtype: #family_Zingiberaceae__Zingiberaceae__ginger_family a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales subtype: #family_Palmae__Palmae__Palmaceae__family_Palmaceae__Arecaceae__family_Arecaceae__palm_family chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales subtype: #family_Xyridaceae__Xyridaceae__yellow-eyed_grass_family plants of tropical to temperate regions; usually in wet places subtype: #family_Commelinaceae__Commelinaceae__spiderwort_family large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts subtype: #family_Bromeliaceae__Bromeliaceae__pineapple_family__pineapplefamily a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance subtype: #family_Mayacaceae__Mayacaceae a monocotyledonous family of bog plants of order Xyridales subtype: #family_Rapateaceae__Rapateaceae South American herbs somewhat resembling members of the Juncaceae subtype: #family_Eriocaulaceae__Eriocaulaceae__pipewort_family chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts subtype: #family_Pontederiaceae__Pontederiaceae__pickerelweed_family aquatic or bog plants subtype: #family_Naiadaceae__Naiadaceae__Najadaceae__family_Najadaceae__naiad_family__naiadfamily monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers subtype: #family_Alismataceae__Alismataceae__water-plantain_family perennial or annual aquatic or marsh plants subtype: #family_Hydrocharitaceae__Hydrocharitaceae__Hydrocharidaceae__family_Hydrocharidaceae__frogbit_family__frogbitfamily__frog's-bit_family simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed subtype: #family_Potamogetonaceae__Potamogetonaceae__pondweed_family plants that grow in ponds and slow streams; sometimes includes family Zosteraceae subtype: #family_Scheuchzeriaceae__Scheuchzeriaceae__Juncaginaceae__family_Juncaginaceae__arrow-grass_family__arrowgrassfamily a family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales subtype: #family_Zannichelliaceae__Zannichelliaceae alternative classification for some genera included in Potamogetonaceae; one species subtype: #family_Zosteraceae__Zosteraceae__eelgrass_family used in some classifications: essentially equivalent to Potamogetonaceae subtype: #dicot_family__dicotfamily__magnoliopsid_family family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination subtype: #magnoliid_dicot_family__magnoliiddicotfamily family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms subtype: #family_Annonaceae__Annonaceae__custard-apple_family__custardapplefamily chiefly tropical trees or shrubs subtype: #family_Berberidaceae__Berberidaceae__barberry_family shrubs or herbs subtype: #family_Calycanthaceae__Calycanthaceae__calycanthus_family__calycanthusfamily__strawberry-shrub_family shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern United States and eastern Asia subtype: #family_Ceratophyllaceae__Ceratophyllaceae coextensive with the genus Ceratophyllum: hornworts subtype: #family_Cercidiphyllaceae__Cercidiphyllaceae 1 genus subtype: #family_Lardizabalaceae__Lardizabalaceae__lardizabala_family__lardizabalafamily thick-stemmed lianas and some shrubs; some have edible fruit subtype: #family_Lauraceae__Lauraceae__laurel_family a family of Lauraceae subtype: #family_Magnoliaceae__Magnoliaceae__magnolia_family subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron; Magnolia; Manglietia subtype: #family_Menispermaceae__Menispermaceae__moonseed_family herbaceous or woody climbers subtype: #family_Myristicaceae__Myristicaceae__nutmeg_family family of aromatic tropical trees with arillate seeds subtype: #family_Nymphaeaceae__Nymphaeaceae__water-lily_family dicot aquatic plants subtype: #subfamily_Nelumbonaceae__Nelumbonaceae in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the single genus Nelumbo subtype: #subfamily_Cabombaceae__Cabombaceae__water-shield_family in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the genera Cabomba and Brasenia subtype: #family_Paeoniaceae__Paeoniaceae__peony_family__peonyfamily perennial rhizomatous herbs and shrubs; of temperate Europe and North America subtype: #family_Ranunculaceae__Ranunculaceae__buttercup_family__buttercupfamily__crowfoot_family a family of Ranunculaceae subtype: #family_Winteraceae__Winteraceae__winter's_bark_family small family of chiefly tropical shrubs and trees of genera Drimys and Pseudowintera; sometimes included in Magnoliaceae subtype: #hamamelid_dicot_family__hamameliddicotfamily family of mostly woody dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins subtype: #family_Fagaceae__Fagaceae__beech_family__beechfamily chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea; Castanopsis; Chrysolepis; Fagus; Lithocarpus; Nothofagus; Quercus subtype: #family_Betulaceae__Betulaceae__birch_family__birchfamily monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis) subtype: #subfamily_Carpinaceae__Carpinaceae__family_Carpinaceae used in some classification systems for the genera Carpinus; Ostryopsis; and Ostryopsis subtype: #subfamily_Corylaceae__Corylaceae__family_Corylaceae used in some classification systems for the genus Corylus subtype: #family_Hamamelidaceae__Hamamelidaceae__witch-hazel_family__witchhazelfamily comprises genera Hamamelis; Corylopsis; Fothergilla; Liquidambar; Parrotia; other small genera subtype: #family_Salicaceae__Salicaceae__willow_family two genera of trees or shrubs having hairy catkins: Salix; Populus subtype: #caryophylloid_dicot_family__caryophylloiddicotfamily family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers subtype: #family_Caryophyllaceae__Caryophyllaceae__carnation_family__carnationfamily__pink_family large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes) subtype: #genus_Stellaria__Stellaria common chickweed; stitchwort subtype: #family_Aizoaceae__Aizoaceae__Tetragoniaceae__family_Tetragoniaceae__carpetweed_family succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds subtype: #family_Amaranthaceae__Amaranthaceae__amaranth_family cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs subtype: #family_Batidaceae__Batidaceae__saltwort_family family coextensive with genus Batis: saltworts subtype: #family_Chenopodiaceae__Chenopodiaceae__goosefoot_family__goosefootfamily includes spinach and beets subtype: #genus_Beta__Beta beets subtype: #family_Nyctaginaceae__Nyctaginaceae__Allioniaceae__family_Allioniaceae__four-o'clock_family a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales subtype: #family_Cactaceae__Cactaceae__cactus_family constituting the order Opuntiales subtype: #family_Phytolaccaceae__Phytolaccaceae__pokeweed_family chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers: genera Phytolacca; Agdestis; Ercilla; Rivina; Trichostigma subtype: #family_Portulacaceae__Portulacaceae__purslane_family family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas subtype: #dilleniid_dicot_family__dilleniiddicotfamily family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs subtype: #family_Capparidaceae__Capparidaceae__caper_family__caperfamily a dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes: genera Capparis; Cleome; Crateva; Polanisia subtype: #family_Cruciferae__Cruciferae__Brassicaceae__family_Brassicaceae__mustard_family__mustardfamily plants with four-petaled flowers subtype: #family_Papaveraceae__Papaveraceae__poppy_family__poppyfamily herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits subtype: #family_Fumariaceae__Fumariaceae__fumitory_family erect or climbing herbs of the northern hemisphere and southern Africa: bleeding heart; Dutchman's breeches; fumitory; squirrel corn subtype: #family_Loasaceae__Loasaceae__loasa_family__loasafamily family of bristly hairy sometimes climbing plants; America and Africa and southern Arabia subtype: #family_Malvaceae__Malvaceae__mallow_family herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra subtype: #family_Bombacaceae__Bombacaceae tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds subtype: #family_Elaeocarpaceae__Elaeocarpaceae__elaeocarpus_family__elaeocarpusfamily genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber; in some classifications included in the family Santalaceae subtype: #family_Sterculiaceae__Sterculiaceae__sterculia_family__sterculiafamily a large family of plants of order Malvales subtype: #family_Tiliaceae__Tiliaceae__linden_family chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia; Corchorus; Entelea; Grewia; Sparmannia subtype: #family_Ericaceae__Ericaceae__heath_family__heathfamily heathers subtype: #family_Clethraceae__Clethraceae__white-alder_family__whitealderfamily coextensive with the genus Clethra subtype: #family_Diapensiaceae__Diapensiaceae__diapensia_family__diapensiafamily north temperate low evergreen plants; in some classifications placed in its own order Diapensiales subtype: #family_Epacridaceae__Epacridaceae__epacris_family__epacrisfamily Australasian shrubs or small trees subtype: #family_Lennoaceae__Lennoaceae family of fleshy parasitic herbs lacking green foliage and having heads of small flowers; California and Mexico subtype: #family_Pyrolaceae__Pyrolaceae__wintergreen_family__wintergreenfamily evergreen herbs of temperate regions: genera Pyrola; Chimaphila; Moneses; Orthilia subtype: #family_Monotropaceae__Monotropaceae used in some classification for saprophytic herbs sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae: genera Monotropa and Sarcodes subtype: #family_Begoniaceae__Begoniaceae__begonia_family__begoniafamily monoecious succulent herbs or shrubs of tropical and warm regions especially America subtype: #family_Dilleniaceae__Dilleniaceae chiefly tropical shrubs and trees and climbers having leathery leaves or flattened leaflike stems: genera Dillenia; Hibbertia subtype: #family_Guttiferae__Guttiferae__Clusiaceae__family_Clusiaceae__St_John's_wort_family widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber subtype: #family_Hypericaceae__Hypericaceae used in some classification systems for plants usually included among the Guttiferae subtype: #family_Actinidiaceae__Actinidiaceae tropical trees or shrubs or woody vines subtype: #family_Canellaceae__Canellaceae__canella_family__canellafamily 1 genus: aromatic tropical trees of eastern Africa and Florida to West Indies subtype: #family_Caricaceae__Caricaceae__papaya_family trees native to tropical America and Africa with milky juice and large palmately lobed leaves subtype: #family_Caryocaraceae__Caryocaraceae small genus of tropical South American trees subtype: #family_Cistaceae__Cistaceae__rockrose_family shrubs or woody herbs of temperate regions especially Mediterranean subtype: #family_Dipterocarpaceae__Dipterocarpaceae chiefly tropical Asian trees with two-winged fruits; yield valuable woods and aromatic oils and resins subtype: #family_Flacourtiaceae__Flacourtiaceae__flacourtia_family chiefly tropical trees and shrubs subtype: #family_Fouquieriaceae__Fouquieriaceae small family of spiny shrubs or trees of southwestern United States subtype: #family_Ochnaceae__Ochnaceae__ochna_family__ochnafamily family of tropical evergreen trees and shrubs with thick shining parallel-veined leaves subtype: #family_Passifloraceae__Passifloraceae__passionflower_family__passionflowerfamily tropical woody tendril-climbing vines subtype: #family_Resedaceae__Resedaceae__mignonette_family mainly Mediterranean herbs: mignonette subtype: #family_Tamaricaceae__Tamaricaceae__tamarisk_family family of desert shrubs and trees (mostly halophytes and xerophytes) subtype: #family_Violaceae__Violaceae__violet_family a family of order Parietales including the genera Viola; Hybanthus; Hymenanthera; Melicytus subtype: #family_Santalaceae__Santalaceae__sandalwood_family chiefly tropical herbs or shrubs or trees bearing nuts or one-seeded fruit subtype: #family_Loranthaceae__Loranthaceae__mistletoe_family__mistletoefamily in some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions; attach to hosts by haustoria subtype: #family_Viscaceae__Viscaceae__mistletoe_family__mistletoefamily in some classifications considered a subfamily of Loranthaceae subtype: #family_Theaceae__Theaceae__tea_family__teafamily a family of trees and shrubs of the order Parietales subtype: #asterid_dicot_family__asteriddicotfamily family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs subtype: #family_Compositae__Compositae__Asteraceae__family_Asteraceae__aster_family__asterfamily plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia subtype: #family_Ambrosiaceae__Ambrosiaceae in some classifications considered a separate family comprising a subgroup of the Compositae including the ragweeds subtype: #family_Rubiaceae__Rubiaceae__madder_family widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry subtype: #family_Caprifoliaceae__Caprifoliaceae__honeysuckle_family__honeysucklefamily shrubs and small trees and woody vines subtype: #family_Dipsacaceae__Dipsacaceae chiefly southern European herbs with flowers usually in dense cymose heads subtype: #family_Polemoniaceae__Polemoniaceae__phlox_family__phloxfamily a widely distributed family of chiefly herbaceous plants of the order Polemoniales; often have showy flowers subtype: #family_Acanthaceae__Acanthaceae__acanthus_family widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales subtype: #family_Bignoniaceae__Bignoniaceae trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit resembling gourds or capsules; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales subtype: #trumpet_creeper__trumpetcreeper__trumpet_vine__trumpetvine__Campsis_radicans a North American woody vine having pinnate leaves and large red trumpet-shaped flowers subtype: #family_Gesneriaceae__Gesneriaceae__gesneria_family large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales subtype: #family_Hydrophyllaceae__Hydrophyllaceae__waterleaf_family__waterleaffamily perennial woodland herbs subtype: #family_Labiatae__Labiatae__Lamiaceae__family_Lamiaceae__mint_family the mints: aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including thyme; sage; rosemary subtype: #family_Scrophulariaceae__Scrophulariaceae__figwort_family__figwortfamily__foxglove_family a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales subtype: #family_Solanaceae__Solanaceae__potato_family large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum; Atropa; Brugmansia; Capsicum; Datura; Hyoscyamus; Lycopersicon; Nicotiana; Petunia; Physalis; Solandra subtype: #family_Verbenaceae__Verbenaceae__verbena_family__verbenafamily__vervain_family__vervainfamily family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees subtype: #family_Avicenniaceae__Avicenniaceae used in some classifications: coextensive with the genus Avicennia subtype: #family_Valerianaceae__Valerianaceae__valerian_family genus of mostly herbs having a characteristic fetid odor subtype: #rosid_dicot_family__rosiddicotfamily a family of dicotyledonous plants subtype: #family_Connaraceae__Connaraceae__zebrawood_family__zebrawoodfamily mostly tropical climbing shrubs or small trees; closely related to Leguminosae subtype: #family_Leguminosae__Leguminosae__Fabaceae__family_Fabaceae__legume_family__pea_family__peafamily a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae subtype: #family_Mimosaceae__Mimosaceae family of spiny woody plants (usually shrubs or small trees) whose leaves mimic animals in sensitivity to touch; commonly included in the family Leguminosae subtype: #subfamily_Mimosoideae__Mimosoideae alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae subtype: #family_Araliaceae__Araliaceae__ivy_family__ivyfamily mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: ginseng; hedera subtype: #family_Onagraceae__Onagraceae__evening-primrose_family a large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales subtype: #family_Melastomataceae__Melastomataceae__Melastomaceae__family_Melastomaceae__meadow-beauty_family a family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales; many are cultivated as ornamentals subtype: #family_Caesalpiniaceae__Caesalpiniaceae spiny trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs, including the genera Caesalpinia, Cassia, Ceratonia, Bauhinia; commonly included in the family Leguminosae subtype: #subfamily_Caesalpinioideae__Caesalpinioideae alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae subtype: #Papilionaceae__family_Papilionacea leguminous plants whose flowers have butterfly-shaped corollas; commonly included in the family Leguminosae subtype: #subfamily_Papilionoideae__Papilionoideae alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae subtype: #genus_Medicago__Medicago a genus of herbs that resemble clover subtype: #family_Rosaceae__Rosaceae__rose_family a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens subtype: #family_Balsaminaceae__Balsaminaceae__balsam_family distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers subtype: #family_Geraniaceae__Geraniaceae__geranium_family chiefly herbaceous plants subtype: #family_Burseraceae__Burseraceae__torchwood_family__torchwoodfamily resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees subtype: #family_Callitrichaceae__Callitrichaceae dicot aquatic herbs subtype: #family_Malpighiaceae__Malpighiaceae tropical shrubs or trees subtype: #family_Meliaceae__Meliaceae__mahogany_family tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees subtype: #family_Lepidobotryaceae__Lepidobotryaceae family created in 1950 solely for the classification of a distinctive African tree repeatedly classified in other families; trees long believed to exist only in Africa subtype: #family_Oxalidaceae__Oxalidaceae__wood-sorrel_family a family of widely distributed herbs of the order Geraniales; have compound leaves and pentamerous flowers subtype: #family_Polygalaceae__Polygalaceae__milkwort_family trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheres subtype: #family_Rutaceae__Rutaceae__rue_family__ruefamily a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales; have flowers that are divide into four or five parts and usually have a strong scent subtype: #family_Simaroubaceae__Simaroubaceae__quassia_family__quassiafamily chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit subtype: #family_Tropaeolaceae__Tropaeolaceae__naturtium_family__naturtiumfamily coextensive with the genus Tropaeolum subtype: #family_Zygophyllaceae__Zygophyllaceae__bean-caper_family small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum; Tribulus; Guaiacum: Larrea subtype: #family_Cephalotaceae__Cephalotaceae a family of plants of order Rosales; coextensive with the genus Cephalotus subtype: #family_Cunoniaceae__Cunoniaceae__cunonia_family__cunoniafamily trees or shrubs or climbers; mostly southern hemisphere subtype: #family_Hydrangeaceae__Hydrangeaceae__hydrangea_family__hydrangeafamily sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae subtype: #subfamily_Philadelphaceae__Philadelphaceae 1 genus; usually included in family Hydrangeaceae subtype: #family_Saxifragaceae__Saxifragaceae__saxifrage_family__saxifragefamily a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae subtype: #family_Platanaceae__Platanaceae__plane-tree_family coextensive with the genus Platanus: plane trees subtype: #family_Euphorbiaceae__Euphorbiaceae__spurge_family a family of plants of order Geraniales subtype: #family_Umbelliferae__Umbelliferae__Apiaceae__family_Apiaceae__carrot_family plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill subtype: #genus_Angelica biennial or perennial herbs of the northern hemisphere; have a taproot subtype: #genus_Pastinaca__Pastinaca a rosid dicot genus of the family Umbelliferae; includes parsnips subtype: #family_Cornaceae__Cornaceae__dogwood_family__dogwoodfamily a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba; Cornus; Corokia; Curtisia; Griselinia; Helwingia subtype: #family_Myricaceae__Myricaceae__wax-myrtle_family constituting the order Myricales subtype: #family_Leitneriaceae__Leitneriaceae__corkwood_family coextensive with the genus Leitneria; commonly isolated in a distinct order subtype: #family_Apocynaceae__Apocynaceae__dogbane_family__dogbanefamily chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs subtype: #family_Aristolochiaceae__Aristolochiaceae__birthwort_family__birthwortfamily family of birthworts (including wild ginger) subtype: #family_Rafflesiaceae__Rafflesiaceae a family of parasitic plants of the order Aristolochiales subtype: #family_Hydnoracea__Hydnoracea a family of flowering plants in Africa and Argentina that are parasitic on the roots of other plants subtype: #family_Primulaceae__Primulaceae__primrose_family a dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a regular flower; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere subtype: #family_Myrsinaceae__Myrsinaceae__myrsine_family__myrsinefamily family of Old World tropical trees and shrubs; some in Florida subtype: #family_Plumbaginaceae__Plumbaginaceae__leadwort_family__sea-lavender_family perennial herbs and shrubs and lianas; cosmopolitan especially in salt-water areas subtype: #family_Theophrastaceae__Theophrastaceae family of mainly tropical American trees and shrubs similar to those of the Myrsinaceae; often included in the Myrsinaceae subtype: #family_Cucurbitaceae__Cucurbitaceae__gourd_family__gourdfamily a family of herbaceous vines (such cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin) subtype: #cucurbit any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae subtype: #family_Goodeniaceae__Goodeniaceae__Goodenia_family a family of sappy plants that grow in Australasia and southeast China subtype: #family_Lobeliaceae__Lobeliaceae__lobelia_family__lobeliafamily not recognized in all classification systems; in some classifications lobeliaceous plants are included in family Campanulaceae subtype: #family_Proteaceae__Proteaceae__protea_family large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales subtype: #family_Casuarinaceae__Casuarinaceae 1 genus: Casuarina subtype: #family_Gentianaceae__Gentianaceae__gentian_family__gentianfamily chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals subtype: #family_Salvadoraceae__Salvadoraceae__Salvadora_family a family of Old World shrubs and trees of order Gentianales; related to Oleaceae but having four stamens and four petals subtype: #family_Oleaceae__Oleaceae__olive_family__olivefamily trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac subtype: #family_Juglandaceae__Juglandaceae__walnut_family trees having usually edible nuts: butternuts; walnuts; hickories; pecans subtype: #family_Combretaceae__Combretaceae__combretum_family__combretumfamily a family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales subtype: #family_Elaeagnaceae__Elaeagnaceae__oleaster_family shrubs or small trees often armed subtype: #family_Haloragidaceae__Haloragidaceae__Haloragaceae__family_Haloragaceae__water-milfoil_family__watermilfoilfamily a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Myrtales subtype: #family_Lecythidaceae__Lecythidaceae large tropical trees bearing large fruits with woody skins subtype: #family_Lythraceae__Lythraceae__loosestrife_family__loosestrifefamily herbs and shrubs and small trees with pink or purple flowers subtype: #family_Myrtaceae__Myrtaceae__myrtle_family trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil subtype: #family_Nyssaceae__Nyssaceae__sour-gum_family__tupelo_family a family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees subtype: #family_Punicaceae__Punicaceae 1 species: pomegranates subtype: #family_Rhizophoraceae__Rhizophoraceae__mangrove_family trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts subtype: #family_Thymelaeaceae__Thymelaeaceae__daphne_family family of tough-barked trees and shrubs and herbs especially of Australia and tropical Africa subtype: #family_Trapaceae__Trapaceae family comprising solely the genus Trapa; in some classifications treated as a subfamily or tribe of the family Onagraceae subtype: #family_Urticaceae__Urticaceae__nettle_family a family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs subtype: #family_Cannabidaceae__Cannabidaceae__hemp_family 2 genera of erect or twining wind-pollinated herbs: genera Cannabis and Humulus; term not used in all classifications; in some the genus Cannabis is placed in the family Moraceae and the genus Humulus in the family Urticaceae subtype: #family_Moraceae__Moraceae__mulberry_family trees or shrubs having a milky juice; in some classifications includes genus Cannabis subtype: #family_Cecropiaceae__Cecropiaceae in some classifications included in family Moraceae subtype: #family_Ulmaceae__Ulmaceae__elm_family__elmfamily a dicot family of the order Urticales including: genera Ulmus; Celtis; Planera; Trema subtype: #family_Menyanthaceae__Menyanthaceae__buckbean_family a dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales subtype: #family_Loganiaceae__Loganiaceae a dicotyledonous family of plants of order Gentianales subtype: #family_Linaceae__Linaceae__flax_family a widely distributed family of plants subtype: #family_Plantaginaceae__Plantaginaceae__plantain_family cosmopolitan family of small herbs and a few shrubs; most are troublesome weeds subtype: #family_Polygonaceae__Polygonaceae__buckwheat_family__buckwheatfamily a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats subtype: #family_Amygdalaceae__Amygdalaceae used in former classifications for plum and peach and almond trees which are now usually classified as members of the genus Prunus subtype: #family_Sapindaceae__Sapindaceae__soapberry_family__soapberryfamily chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins subtype: #family_Buxaceae__Buxaceae__box_family__boxfamily widely distributed evergreen shrubs and trees subtype: #family_Celastraceae__Celastraceae__spindle-tree_family__staff-tree_family trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits subtype: #family_Empetraceae__Empetraceae__crowberry_family__crowberryfamily heathlike shrubs subtype: #family_Aceraceae__Aceraceae__maple_family__maplefamily a family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maples subtype: #family_Aquifoliaceae__Aquifoliaceae__holly_family__hollyfamily widely distributed shrubs and trees subtype: #family_Anacardiaceae__Anacardiaceae__sumac_family__sumacfamily the cashew family; trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice; includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac subtype: #family_Hippocastanaceae__Hippocastanaceae__horse-chestnut_family trees having showy flowers and inedible nutlike seeds in a leathery capsule subtype: #family_Staphylaceae__Staphylaceae__bladdernut_family a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Sapindales found mostly in the north temperate zone subtype: #family_Ebenaceae__Ebenaceae__ebony_family__ebonyfamily fruit and timber trees of tropical and warm regions including ebony and persimmon subtype: #family_Sapotaceae__Sapotaceae__sapodilla_family__sapodillafamily tropical trees or shrubs with milky juice and often edible fleshy fruit subtype: #family_Symplocaceae__Symplocaceae__sweetleaf_family__sweetleaffamily a dicotyledonous family of order Ebenales subtype: #family_Styracaceae__Styracaceae__storax_family__styrax_family a widely distributed family of shrubs and trees of order Ebenales subtype: #family_Sarraceniaceae__Sarraceniaceae__pitcher-plant_family__pitcherplantfamily insectivorous plants subtype: #family_Nepenthaceae__Nepenthaceae coextensive with the genus Nepenthes subtype: #family_Droseraceae__Droseraceae__sundew_family a family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs subtype: #family_Roridulaceae__Roridulaceae in some classifications included in the family Droseraceae subtype: #family_Convolvulaceae__Convolvulaceae__morning-glory_family__morninggloryfamily morning glory; bindweed; sweet potato; plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit subtype: #family_Orobanchaceae__Orobanchaceae__broomrape_family__broomrapefamily brown or yellow leafless herbs; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales subtype: #family_Rhamnaceae__Rhamnaceae__buckthorn_family__buckthornfamily trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value subtype: #family_Vitaceae__Vitaceae__Vitidaceae__grapevine_family__grapevinefamily a family of vines belonging to order Rhamnales subtype: #family_Piperaceae__Piperaceae__pepper_family tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having aromatic herbage and minute flowers in spikelets subtype: #family_Chloranthaceae__Chloranthaceae small family of tropical herbs and shrubs and trees subtype: #family_Saururaceae__Saururaceae__lizard's-tail_family family of perennial aromatic herbs: genera Saururus; Anemopsis; Houttuynia subtype: #family_Asclepiadaceae__Asclepiadaceae__milkweed_family widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice subtype: #fungus_family includes lichen families subtype: #family_Erysiphaceae__Erysiphaceae family of fungi parasitic mostly on leaves; includes powdery mildews subtype: #family_Sphaeriaceae__Sphaeriaceae parasitic fungi having globose and sometimes necked or beaked perithecia subtype: #family_Ceratostomataceae__Ceratostomataceae fungi having carbonous perithecia with long necks subtype: #family_Hypocreaceae__Hypocreaceae family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps; sometimes placed in its own order Hypocreales subtype: #mushroom_pimple any of various mushrooms of the family Hypocreaceae subtype: #orange_mushroom_pimple a variety of mushroom pimple subtype: #green_mushroom_pimple a variety of mushroom pimple subtype: #family_Xylariaceae__Xylariaceae family of fungi characterized by dark brown to back spores subtype: #family_Helotiaceae__Helotiaceae a fungus family of order Helotiales subtype: #family_Sclerotiniaceae__Sclerotiniaceae a fungus family of order Helotiales subtype: #family_Sclerodermataceae__Sclerodermataceae a family of fungi or order Sclerodermatales with a single-layered peridium; includes earthballs subtype: #family_Tulostomaceae__Tulostomaceae__Tulostomataceae__family_Tulostomataceae stalked puffballs subtype: #family_Rhizopogonaceae__Rhizopogonaceae a family of fungi of order Hymenogastrales having round subterranean sporophores subtype: #family_Mucoraceae__Mucoraceae large family of chiefly saprophytic fungi that includes many common molds destructive to food products subtype: #family_Entomophthoraceae__Entomophthoraceae mostly parasitic lower fungi that typically develop in the bodies of insects subtype: #family_Chytridiaceae__Chytridiaceae a family of aquatic fungi of order Chytridiales subtype: #family_Blastodiaceae__Blastodiaceae a family of saprobic fungi of order Blastocladiales subtype: #family_Synchytriaceae__Synchytriaceae a fungus family of order Chytridiales subtype: #family_Peronosporaceae__Peronosporaceae parasitic fungi: downy mildews subtype: #family_Albuginaceae__Albuginaceae fungi that produce white sori resembling blisters on certain flowering plants subtype: #family_Pythiaceae__Pythiaceae fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores subtype: #family_Plasmodiophoraceae__Plasmodiophoraceae family of fungi often causing hypertrophy in seed plants subtype: #family_Tuberaceae__Tuberaceae family of fungi whose ascocarps resemble tubers and vary in size from that of an acorn to that of a large apple subtype: #family_Clavariaceae__Clavariaceae fleshy fungi: coral fungi subtype: #family_Hydnaceae__Hydnaceae tooth fungi subtype: #family_Lecanoraceae__Lecanoraceae a fungus family of the division Lichenes subtype: #family_Roccellaceae__Roccellaceae a fungus family of division Lichenes subtype: #family_Pertusariaceae__Pertusariaceae a fungus family of division Lichenes subtype: #family_Usneaceae__Usneaceae fruticose lichens having prostrate or erect or pendulous thalli: genera Usnea; Evernia; Ramalina; Alectoria subtype: #family_Cladoniaceae__Cladoniaceae a family of lichens subtype: #family_Parmeliaceae__Parmeliaceae a family of lichens subtype: #family_Agaricaceae__Agaricaceae large family including many familiar mushrooms subtype: #family_Coprinaceae__Coprinaceae used in some classifications for the genus Coprinus subtype: #family_Russulaceae__Russulaceae used in some classification systems for the genus Russula subtype: #family_Strophariaceae__Strophariaceae sometimes included in family Agaricaceae subtype: #family_Entolomataceae__Entolomataceae a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales subtype: #family_Lepiotaceae__Lepiotaceae a family of fungi having free gills and a cap that is cleanly separable from the stalk subtype: #family_Thelephoraceae__Thelephoraceae fungi having leathery or membranous sporophores subtype: #family_Tricholomataceae__Tricholomataceae a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales subtype: #family_Volvariaceae__Volvariaceae a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales subtype: #family_Pluteaceae__Pluteaceae a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales subtype: #family_Saccharomycetaceae__Saccharomycetaceae family of fungi comprising the typical yeasts: reproduce by budding and ferment carbohydrates subtype: #family_Schizosaccharomycetaceae__Schizosaccharomycetaceae a family of fungi belonging to order Endomycetales subtype: #family_Aspergillaceae__Aspergillaceae family of fungi including some common molds subtype: #family_Pezizaceae__Pezizaceae large family comprising many typical cup fungi subtype: #family_Morchellaceae__Morchellaceae a family of edible fungi including the true morels subtype: #family_Sarcoscyphaceae__Sarcoscyphaceae family of fungi belonging to the order Pezizales subtype: #family_Helvellaceae__Helvellaceae family of false morels or lorchels; some are edible and some are poisonous subtype: #family_Phallaceae__Phallaceae a family of fungi belonging to the order Phallales and comprising the true stinkhorns subtype: #family_Calostomataceae__Calostomataceae a family of fungi belonging to the order Tulostomatales subtype: #family_Clathraceae__Clathraceae family of fleshy fungi resembling stinkhorns subtype: #family_Lycoperdaceae__Lycoperdaceae a fungus family belonging to the order Lycoperdales; includes puffballs subtype: #family_Geastraceae__Geastraceae a family of earthstar fungi belonging to the order Lycoperdales subtype: #family_Nidulariaceae__Nidulariaceae bird's-nest fungi subtype: #family_Sphaerobolaceae__Sphaerobolaceae monotypic family of fungi in which the more or less spherical gleba is forcibly ejected at maturity subtype: #family_Secotiaceae__Secotiaceae a family of fungi that have a stalk and cap and a wrinkled mass of tissue (the gleba) where spores are produced; are often dismissed as misshapen forms of other fungi subtype: #family_Polyporaceae__Polyporaceae fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on trees subtype: #family_Fistulinaceae__Fistulinaceae a family of fungi closely related to the family Polyporaceae except that the tubes on the undersurface of the cap are separate from each other subtype: #family_Boletaceae__Boletaceae family of pore-bearing fleshy fungi having the spores easily separating from the cup and often from each other subtype: #family_Tremellaceae__Tremellaceae a family of basidiomycetous fungi of the order Tremellales that have the basidium divided longitudinally subtype: #family_Auriculariaceae__Auriculariaceae fungi having gelatinous sporophores subtype: #family_Dacrymycetaceae__Dacrymycetaceae a family of basidiomycetous fungi belonging to the order Tremellales having a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa subtype: #family_Melampsoraceae__Melampsoraceae rust fungi subtype: #family_Pucciniaceae__Pucciniaceae large important family of rust fungi subtype: #family_Ustilaginaceae__Ustilaginaceae a fungus family of loose smuts subtype: #family_Tilletiaceae__Tilletiaceae a family of smut fungi having a simple promycelium bearing the spores in an apical cluster subtype: #family_Septobasidiaceae__Septobasidiaceae a family of fungi belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota subtype: #family_Hygrophoraceae__Hygrophoraceae a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales; the gills of these fungi have a clean waxy appearance subtype: #family_Cortinariaceae__Cortinariaceae a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales subtype: #family_Moniliaceae__Moniliaceae family of imperfect fungi having white or brightly colored hyphae and spores that are produced directly on the mycelium and not aggregated in fruiting bodies subtype: #family_Dematiaceae__Dematiaceae family of imperfect mushrooms having dark-colored hyphae or conidia subtype: #family_Tuberculariaceae__Tuberculariaceae large family of mainly saprophytic imperfect fungi subtype: #family_Geoglossaceae__Geoglossaceae a family of fungi belonging to the order Helotiales subtype: #plant_family__plantfamily a family of plants subtype: #gymnosperm_family a family of gymnosperms subtype: #family_Gnetaceae__Gnetaceae plants having small unisexual flowers and fleshy or winged fruit: in some classifications includes the genera Ephedra and Welwitschia as well as Gnetum subtype: #family_Ephedraceae__Ephedraceae ephedras: in some classifications included in the Gnetaceae subtype: #family_Welwitschiaceae__Welwitschiaceae in some classifications included in the Gnetaceae subtype: #family_Cycadaceae__Cycadaceae__cycad_family__cycadfamily ancient palmlike plants closely related to ferns in that fertilization is by means of spermatozoids subtype: #family_Zamiaceae__Zamiaceae__zamia_family__zamiafamily a family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias subtype: #family_Bennettitaceae__Bennettitaceae a family of fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous subtype: #family_Cordaitaceae__Cordaitaceae chiefly Paleozoic plants; Cordaites is the chief and typical genus subtype: #family_Pinaceae__Pinaceae__pine_family a family of Pinaceae subtype: #family_Cupressaceae__Cupressaceae__cypress_family__cypressfamily cypresses and junipers and many cedars subtype: #subfamily_Taxodiaceae__Taxodiaceae__redwood_family__redwoodfamily coniferous trees; traditionally considered an independent family though recently included in Cupressaceae in some classification systems subtype: #family_Araucariaceae__Araucariaceae__araucaria_family__araucariafamily tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves; in some classifications included in the Pinaceae subtype: #family_Cephalotaxaceae__Cephalotaxaceae__plum-yew_family a family of Cephalotaxaceae subtype: #family_Phyllocladaceae__Phyllocladaceae a family of Phyllocladaceae subtype: #family_Podocarpaceae__Podocarpaceae__podocarpus_family gymnosperms with simple persistent needlelike or scalelike leaves subtype: #family_Sciadopityaceae__Sciadopityaceae family comprising a single genus that until recently was considered part of Taxodiaceae subtype: #family_Taxaceae__Taxaceae__yew_family__yewfamily sometimes classified as member of order Taxales subtype: #family_Ginkgoaceae__Ginkgoaceae__ginkgo_family constituting the order Ginkgoales; includes the genus Ginkgo and extinct forms subtype: #family_Campanulaceae__Campanulaceae__bellflower_family family of plants of the order Campanulales; in some classifications includes Lobeliaceae subtype: #family_Dioscoreaceae__Dioscoreaceae__yam_family__yamfamily yams subtype: #family_Erythroxylaceae__Erythroxylaceae a family of plants of order Geraniales; have drupaceous fruit subtype: #family_Crassulaceae__Crassulaceae__stonecrop_family__stonecropfamily succulent shrubs and herbs subtype: #family_Grossulariaceae__Grossulariaceae__gooseberry_family in some classifications considered a part of the family Saxifragaceae: plants whose fruit is a berry subtype: #family_Boraginaceae__Boraginaceae__borage_family a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit subtype: #family_Lentibulariaceae__Lentibulariaceae__bladderwort_family__bladderwortfamily carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia; Pinguicula; Genlisea subtype: #family_Martyniaceae__Martyniaceae in most classifications not considered a separate family but included in the Pedaliaceae subtype: #family_Pedaliaceae__Pedaliaceae__sesame_family the family of plants of order Polemoniales subtype: #fern_family families of ferns and fern allies subtype: #family_Hymenophyllaceae__Hymenophyllaceae terrestrial (hygrophytic) or epiphytic ferns: filmy ferns subtype: #family_Osmundaceae__Osmundaceae large family of ferns widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas subtype: #family_Schizaeaceae__Schizaeaceae small family of mainly tropical ferns subtype: #family_Marsileaceae__Marsileaceae clover ferns subtype: #family_Salviniaceae__Salviniaceae water ferns subtype: #family_Azollaceae__Azollaceae used in some classifications for the genus Azolla subtype: #family_Ophioglossaceae__Ophioglossaceae a family of succulent ferns of order Ophioglossales; cosmopolitan in distribution subtype: #family_Gleicheniaceae__Gleicheniaceae a family of ferns belonging to order Filicales subtype: #family_Parkeriaceae__Parkeriaceae coextensive with the genus Ceratopteris; sometimes included in family Polypodiaceae subtype: #family_Polypodiaceae__Polypodiaceae ferns: a large family that in some classification systems has been subdivided into several families (including Aspleniaceae and Blechnaceae and Davalliaceae and Dennstaedtiaceae and Dryopteridaceae and Oleandraceae and Pteridaceae) subtype: #family_Adiantaceae__Adiantaceae used in some classification systems for some genera of the family Polypodiaceae (or Pteridaceae) subtype: #family_Vittariaceae__Vittariaceae one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems: genus Vittaria subtype: #family_Aspleniaceae__Aspleniaceae one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Asplenium; Pleurosorus; Schaffneria subtype: #family_Blechnaceae__Blechnaceae one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Blechnum; Doodia; Sadleria; Stenochlaena; Woodwardia subtype: #family_Cyatheaceae__Cyatheaceae tropical tree ferns subtype: #family_Davalliaceae__Davalliaceae one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems subtype: #family_Dennstaedtiaceae__Dennstaedtiaceae one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems subtype: #family_Dicksoniaceae__Dicksoniaceae tree ferns: genera Dicksonia; Cibotium; Culcita; Thyrsopteris subtype: #family_Dryopteridaceae__Dryopteridaceae__Athyriaceae__family_Athyriaceae alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems subtype: #family_Lomariopsidaceae__Lomariopsidaceae small family of usually scandent ferns subtype: #family_Lophosoriaceae__Lophosoriaceae very small family of tree ferns subtype: #family_Loxomataceae__Loxomataceae very small family of New Zealand ferns subtype: #family_Oleandraceae__Oleandraceae one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems subtype: #family_Pteridaceae__Pteridaceae one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes further subdivided subtype: #family_Marattiaceae__Marattiaceae constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds subtype: #family_Psilotaceae__Psilotaceae small family of lower ferns having nearly naked stems and minute scalelike leaves subtype: #family_Psilophytaceae__Psilophytaceae Paleozoic plants subtype: #family_Rhyniaceae__Rhyniaceae primitive plants of the Paleozoic subtype: #family_Equisetaceae__Equisetaceae__horsetail_family__horsetailfamily sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies subtype: #family_Lepidodendraceae__Lepidodendraceae fossil plants characterized by conspicuous spirally arranged leaf scars on the trunk subtype: #family_Lycopodiaceae__Lycopodiaceae__clubmoss_family a family of ferns belonging to the order Lycopodiales subtype: #family_Selaginellaceae__Selaginellaceae lesser clubmosses: terrestrial chiefly tropical plants resembling mosses subtype: #family_Isoetaceae__Isoetaceae__quillwort_family__quillwortfamily quillworts; coextensive with the genus Isoetes subtype: #family_Cryptogrammataceae__Cryptogrammataceae one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems subtype: #family_Thelypteridaceae__Thelypteridaceae genera Thelypteris; Phegopteris; others subtype: #superfamily (biology) a taxonomic group ranking below an order but above a family subtype: #subfamily (biology) a taxonomic category below a family subtype: #tribe (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily subtype: #tribe_Bovini__Bovini term not used technically; essentially coextensive with genus Bos subtype: #tribe_Bambuseae__Bambuseae bamboos subtype: #genus__genu (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species subtype: #form_genus an artificial taxonomic category established on the basis of morphological resemblance for organisms of obscure true relationships especially fossil forms subtype: #bacteria_genus a genus of bacteria subtype: #genus_Aerobacter__Aerobacter aerobic bacteria widely distributed in nature subtype: #genus_Rhizobium__Rhizobium the type genus of Rhizobiaceae; usually occur in the root nodules of legumes; can fix atmospheric oxygen subtype: #genus_Agrobacterium__Agrobacterium small motile bacterial rods that can reduce nitrates and cause galls on plant stems subtype: #genus_Bacillus type genus of the Bacillaceae; includes many saprophytes important in decay of organic matter and a number of parasites subtype: #genus_Clostridium anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes; nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung subtype: #genus_Nostoc type genus of the family Nostocaceae: freshwater blue-green algae subtype: #genus_Trichodesmium a genus of blue-green algae subtype: #genus_Pseudomonas__Pseudomonas type genus of the family Pseudomonodaceae subtype: #genus_Xanthomonas__Xanthomonas a genus of bacteria similar to Pseudomonas but producing a yellow pigment that is not soluble in water subtype: #family_Nitrobacteriaceae__Nitrobacteriaceae usually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or nitrites: nitrobacteria subtype: #genus_Nitrobacter__Nitrobacter rod-shaped soil bacteria subtype: #genus_Nitrosomonas__Nitrosomonas ellipsoidal soil bacteria subtype: #genus_Thiobacillus a genus of bacteria subtype: #genus_Spirillum a genus of bacteria subtype: #genus_Vibrio a genus of bacteria subtype: #genus_Bacteroides__Bacteroides type genus of Bacteroidaceae; genus of gram-negative rodlike anaerobic bacteria producing no endospores and no pigment and living in the gut of man and animals subtype: #genus_Escherichia a genus of bacteria subtype: #genus_Klebsiella a genus of bacteria subtype: #genus_Salmonella a genus of bacteria subtype: #genus_Shigella a genus of bacteria subtype: #genus_Erwinia a genus of bacteria subtype: #genus_Rickettsia can cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans subtype: #genus_Chlamydia type genus of the family Chlamydiaceae: disease-causing parasites subtype: #genus_Mycoplasma type and sole genus of the family Mycoplasmataceae subtype: #genus_Actinomyces type genus of the family Actinomycetaceae subtype: #genus_Streptomyces type genus of the family Streptomycetaceae subtype: #genus_Mycobacterium nonmotile gram-positive aerobic bacteria subtype: #genus_Polyangium__Polyangium type genus of the family Polyangiaceae: myxobacteria with rounded fruiting bodies enclosed in a membrane subtype: #genus_Micrococcus__Micrococcus type genus of the family Micrococcaceae subtype: #genus_Staphylococcus includes many pathogenic species subtype: #genus_Lactobacillus type genus of the family Lactobacillaceae subtype: #genus_Diplococcus a genus of bacteria subtype: #genus_Streptococcus a genus of bacteria subtype: #genus_Spirochaeta__Spirochaeta type genus of the family Spirochaetaceae; flexible undulating chiefly aquatic bacteria subtype: #genus_Treponema type genus of Treponemataceae: anaerobic spirochetes with an undulating rigid body; parasitic in warm-blooded animals subtype: #genus_Borrelia small flexible parasitic spirochetes having three to five wavy spirals subtype: #genus_Leptospira very slender aerobic spirochetes; free-living or parasitic in mammals subtype: #protoctist_genus any genus of Protoctista subtype: #genus_Amoeba protozoan inhabiting moist soils or bottom vegetation in fresh or salt water subtype: #genus_Endamoeba__Endamoeba the type genus of the family Endamoebidae subtype: #genus_Globigerina type genus of the family Globigerinidae subtype: #genus_Arcella type genus of the Arcellidae subtype: #genus_Difflugia genus of protozoans related to Amoeba subtype: #genus_Paramecium freshwater ciliate with an oval body and long deep oral groove subtype: #genus_Tetrahymena protozoa having four membranous ciliary organelles subtype: #genus_Stentor trumpet-shaped protozoa with a ciliated spiral feeding funnel subtype: #genus_Vorticella ciliates subtype: #genus_Tribonema__Tribonema__genus_Conferva type genus of Tribonemaceae subtype: #genus_Laminaria__Laminaria type genus of the family Laminariaceae: perennial brown kelps subtype: #genus_Fucus type genus of the family Fucaceae: cartilaginous brown algae subtype: #genus_Ascophyllum__Ascophyllum brown algae distinguished by compressed or inflated branchlets along the axis subtype: #genus_Sargassum a genus of protoctista subtype: #genus_Euglena type genus of the family Euglenaceae: green algae with a single flagellum subtype: #genus_Ulva__Ulva type genus of the family Ulvaceae; green seaweed having a thallus two cells thick: sea lettuce subtype: #genus_Volvox__Volvox type genus of the Volvocaceae; minute pale green flagellates occurring in tiny spherical colonies; minute flagella rotate the colony about an axis subtype: #genus_Chlamydomonas__Chlamydomonas type genus of the Chlamydomonadaceae; solitary doubly-flagellated plant-like algae common in fresh water and damp soil; multiply freely; often a pest around filtration plants subtype: #genus_Zygnema__Zygnema type genus of the family Zygnemataceae subtype: #genus_Spirogyra a genus of protoctista subtype: #genus_Chlorococcum__Chlorococcum type genus of Chlorococcales; unicellular green algae occurring singly or in a layer on soil or damp rock subtype: #genus_Chlorella nonmotile unicellular green algae potentially important as source of high-grade protein and B-complex vitamins subtype: #genus_Oedogonium__Oedogonium type genus of Oedogoniaceae; freshwater green algae having long unbranched filaments; usually free-floating when mature subtype: #genus_Chara__Chara green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts subtype: #genus_Nitella__Nitella fragile branching stoneworts subtype: #genus_Desmidium__Desmidium a genus of protoctista subtype: #genus_Chondrus__Chondrus a genus of protoctista subtype: #genus_Rhodymenia__Rhodymenia type genus of the family Rhodymeniaceae subtype: #genus_Porphyra__Porphyra a genus of protoctista subtype: #genus_Noctiluca a genus of protoctista subtype: #genus_Peridinium__Peridinium type genus of the family Peridiniidae subtype: #genus_Costia a genus of flagellate protoctista subtype: #genus_Giardia flagellates parasitic in intestines of vertebrates subtype: #genus_Chilomastix__Chilomastix flagellates parasitic in intestines of vertebrates including humans subtype: #genus_Hexamita__Hexamita flagellates free-living or parasitic in intestines of birds subtype: #genus_Trichomonas flagellates parasitic in alimentary or genitourinary tracts of vertebrates and invertebrates including humans subtype: #genus_Eimeria type genus of the family Eimeriidae; includes serious pathogens subtype: #genus_Plasmodium type genus of the family Plasmodiidae subtype: #genus_Haemoproteus__Haemoproteus type genus of the family Haemoproteidae subtype: #genus_Leucocytozoon__genus_Leucocytozoan a genus of protoctista subtype: #genus_Babesia__genus_Piroplasma type genus of the family Babesiidae subtype: #genus_Sarcocystis__Sarcocystis chief genus of the order Sarcosporidia subtype: #fish_genus any of various genus of fish subtype: #genus_Cyprinus__Cyprinus type genus of the family Cyprinidae: carp subtype: #genus_Abramis__Abramis European fishes subtype: #genus_Tinca__Tinca tench subtype: #genus_Leuciscus__Leuciscus a genus of fish including: dace, chub subtype: #genus_Notropis__Notropis shiners subtype: #genus_Notemigonus__Notemigonus golden shiners subtype: #genus_Rutilus__Rutilus roaches subtype: #genus_Scardinius__Scardinius rudds subtype: #genus_Phoxinus__Phoxinus minnows subtype: #genus_Gobio__Gobio true gudgeons subtype: #genus_Carassius__Carassius goldfish subtype: #genus_Electrophorus__Electrophorus type genus of the family Electrophoridae; electric eels subtype: #genus_Catostomus__Catostomus type genus of the family Catostomidae subtype: #genus_Ictiobus__Ictiobus buffalo fishes subtype: #genus_Hypentelium__Hypentelium a genus of fish in the family Catostomidae subtype: #genus_Maxostoma__Maxostoma a genus of fish in the family Catostomidae subtype: #genus_Fundulus__Fundulus killifish subtype: #genus_Rivulus killifish subtype: #genus_Jordanella__Jordanella flagfishes subtype: #genus_Xyphophorus__Xyphophorus swordtails subtype: #genus_Lebistes__Lebistes guppies subtype: #genus_Gambusia__Gambusia mosquitofish subtype: #genus_Platypoecilus__Platypoecilus platys subtype: #genus_Mollienesia__Mollienesia mollies subtype: #genus_Holocentrus__Holocentrus type genus of the family Holocentridae; squirrelfishes subtype: #genus_Anomalops type genus of the family Anomalopidae subtype: #genus_Krypterophaneron__Krypterophaneron a genus of fish in the family Anomalopidae subtype: #genus_Photoblepharon__Photoblepharon a genus of fish in the family Anomalopidae subtype: #genus_Zeus__Zeus type genus of the family Zeidae subtype: #genus_Capros__Capros a genus of fish in the family Caproidae subtype: #genus_Antigonia__Antigonia a genus of fish in the family Caproidae subtype: #genus_Fistularia__Fistularia type genus of the family Fistulariidae subtype: #Gasterosteus__genus_gasterosteus type genus of the family Gasterosteidae subtype: #genus_Syngnathus__Syngnathus type genus of the family Syngnathidae subtype: #genus_Cosmocampus__Cosmocampus a genus of fish in the family Syngnathidae subtype: #genus_Hippocampus__Hippocampus seahorses subtype: #genus_Aulostomus__Aulostomus type genus of the Aulostomidae subtype: #genus_Petromyzon__Petromyzon typical lampreys subtype: #genus_Myxine__Myxine type genus of the Myxinidae (typical hagfishes) subtype: #genus_Eptatretus a genus of fossil fish of the family Myxinidae subtype: #genus_Myxinikela__Myxinikela fossil hagfishes subtype: #genus_Chimaera type genus of the Chimaeridae subtype: #genus_Hexanchus__Hexanchus a genus of Hexanchidae subtype: #genus_Lamna__Lamna a genus of Lamnidae subtype: #genus_Isurus__Isurus mako sharks subtype: #genus_Carcharodon__Carcharodon man-eating sharks subtype: #genus_Cetorhinus__Cetorhinus comprising only the basking sharks; in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Cetorhinidae subtype: #genus_Alopius__Alopius type genus of the family Alopiidae; in some classifications considered a genus of the family Lamnidae subtype: #genus_Orectolobus__Orectolobus carpet sharks subtype: #genus_Ginglymostoma__Ginglymostoma nurse sharks subtype: #genus_Carcharias__Carcharias__Odontaspis__genus_Odontaspis type and sole genus of Carchariidae: sand sharks subtype: #genus_Rhincodon__Rhincodon whale sharks subtype: #genus_Carcharhinus__Carcharhinus type genus of the Carcharhinidae subtype: #genus_Negaprion__Negaprion lemon sharks subtype: #genus_Prionace__Prionace blue sharks subtype: #genus_Galeocerdo__Galeocerdo tiger sharks subtype: #genus_Galeorhinus__Galeorhinus a genus of Carcharhinidae subtype: #genus_Mustelus__Mustelus smooth dogfishes subtype: #genus_Triaenodon__Triaenodon a genus of Triakidae subtype: #genus_Squalus__Squalus spiny dogfishes subtype: #genus_Sphyrna__Sphyrna type genus of the Sphyrnidae subtype: #genus_Squatina__Squatina type genus of the Squatinidae: angel sharks subtype: #genus_Pristis__Pristis type genus of the Pristidae subtype: #genus_Dasyatis__Dasyatis type genus of the Dasyatidae subtype: #genus_Gymnura__Gymnura butterfly rays subtype: #genus_Aetobatus__Aetobatus a genus of Myliobatidae subtype: #genus_Rhinoptera__Rhinoptera a genus of Myliobatidae subtype: #genus_Manta a genus of Mobulidae subtype: #genus_Mobula__Mobula type genus of the Mobulidae subtype: #genus_Raja__Raja type genus of the family Rajidae subtype: #genus_Latimeria__Latimeria type genus of the Latimeridae: coelacanth subtype: #genus_Ceratodus type genus of the Ceratodontidae: extinct genus of lungfishes subtype: #genus_Neoceratodus__Neoceratodus extant Australian lungfishes subtype: #genus_Silurus__Silurus type genus of the Siluridae: catfishes subtype: #genus_Malopterurus__Malopterurus electric catfish subtype: #genus_Ameiurus__Ameiurus type genus of the Ameiuridae: bullhead catfishes subtype: #genus_Ictalurus__Ictalurus channel catfishes subtype: #genus_Pylodictus__Pylodictus flathead catfishes subtype: #genus_Arius__Arius type genus of the Ariidae: sea catfishes subtype: #genus_Gadus__Gadus type genus of the Gadidae: the typical codfishes subtype: #genus_Merlangus__Merlangus whitings subtype: #genus_Lota__Lota burbot subtype: #genus_Melanogrammus__Melanogrammus haddock subtype: #genus_Pollachius__Pollachius pollack subtype: #genus_Merluccius__Merluccius hakes subtype: #genus_Urophycis__Urophycis hakes subtype: #genus_Molva__Molva ling subtype: #Brosmius__genus_Browmius cusk subtype: #genus_Anguilla__Anguilla type genus of the Anguillidae: eels subtype: #genus_Gonorhynchus__Gonorhynchus slender cylindrical marine fishes lacking air bladders and teeth subtype: #genus_Alosa__Alosa shad subtype: #genus_Pomolobus__Pomolobus genus to which the alewife is sometimes assigned subtype: #genus_Brevoortia__Brevoortia menhaden subtype: #genus_Clupea__Clupea type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings subtype: #genus_Sardina__Sardina__genus_Sardinia pilchards subtype: #genus_Sardinops__Sardinops pilchards subtype: #genus_Engraulis__Engraulis type genus of the family Engraulidae subtype: #genus_Salmo__Salmo type genus of the Salmonidae: salmon and trout subtype: #genus_Onchorynchus__Onchorynchus sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; coho salmon subtype: #genus_Salvelinus__Salvelinus brook trout subtype: #genus_Coregonus__Coregonus type genus of the Coregonidae: whitefishes subtype: #genus_Prosopium__Prosopium whitefishes subtype: #genus_Osmerus__Osmerus type genus of the Osmeridae subtype: #genus_Mallotus__Mallotus capelins subtype: #genus_Tarpon tarpons subtype: #genus_Elops__Elops type genus of the Elopidae: tenpounder subtype: #genus_Albula__Albula type and sole genus of the family Albulidae subtype: #genus_Argentina__Argentina type genus of the Argentinidae: argentines subtype: #genus_Alepisaurus__Alepisaurus slender scaleless predaceous tropical deep-sea fishes subtype: #genus_Lampris__Lampris type genus of the Lampridae subtype: #genus_Trachipterus__Trachipterus type genus of the Trachipteridae subtype: #Reglaecus__genus_Regalecus type genus of the Regalecidae subtype: #genus_Lophius__Lophius type genus of family Lophiidae subtype: #genus_Scomberesox__Scomberesox__Scombresox__genus_Scombresox a genus of Scomberesocidae subtype: #genus_Ophiodon__Ophiodon a genus of Ophiodontidae subtype: #genus_Perca__Perca type genus of the Percidae subtype: #genus_Stizostedion__Stizostedion pikeperches subtype: #genus_Percina__Percina a genus of Percidae subtype: #genus_Centropomus__Centropomus type genus of the Centropomidae: snooks subtype: #genus_Esox__Esox type and only genus of the family Esocidae subtype: #genus_Pomoxis__Pomoxis crappies subtype: #genus_Lepomis__Lepomis bream subtype: #genus_Ambloplites__Ambloplites a genus of Centrarchidae subtype: #genus_Micropterus__Micropterus American freshwater black basses subtype: #genus_Morone__Morone carnivorous fresh and salt water fishes subtype: #genus_Synagrops__Synagrops a genus of Serranidae subtype: #genus_Centropristis__Centropristis sea basses subtype: #genus_Roccus__Roccus a genus of Serranidae subtype: #genus_Polyprion__Polyprion wreckfish subtype: #genus_Serranus__Serranus type genus of the Serranidae: mostly small Pacific sea basses subtype: #genus_Epinephelus__Epinephelus genus of groupers or sea bass subtype: #genus_Paranthias__Paranthias a genus of Serranidae subtype: #genus_Mycteroperca__Mycteroperca groupers subtype: #genus_Rypticus__Rypticus a genus of fish of the family Serranidae, including soapfishes subtype: #genus_Hipsurus__Hipsurus a genus of Embiotocidae subtype: #genus_Priacanthus__Priacanthus type genus of the Priacanthidae subtype: #genus_Apogon__Apogon type genus of the Apogonidae subtype: #genus_Astropogon__Astropogon a genus of fish of the family Apogonidae subtype: #genus_Lopholatilus__Lopholatilus large brightly colored food fish of deep Atlantic waters subtype: #genus_Pomatomus__Pomatomus type genus of the Pomatomidae subtype: #genus_Rachycentron__Rachycentron genus and family are coextensive and comprise only the cobia subtype: #genus_Echeneis__Echeneis type genus of the Echeneididae: typical remoras subtype: #genus_Remilegia__Remilegia a genus of Echeneididae subtype: #genus_Caranx__Caranx type genus of the Carangidae subtype: #genus_Elagatis__Elagatis a genus of Carangidae subtype: #genus_Oligoplites__Oligoplites leatherjackets subtype: #genus_Alectis__Alectis a genus of Carangidae subtype: #genus_Selene__Selene a genus of Carangidae subtype: #genus_Seriola__Seriola a genus of Carangidae subtype: #genus_Trachinotus__Trachinotus a genus of Carangidae subtype: #genus_Naucrates__Naucrates a genus of Carangidae subtype: #genus_Trachurus__Trachurus scads especially horse mackerels subtype: #genus_Selar__Selar big-eyed scad subtype: #genus_Decapterus__Decapterus scads especially mackerel scad; cosmopolitan subtype: #genus_Brama__Brama type genus of the Bramidae subtype: #genus_Hemigrammus__Hemigrammus tetras subtype: #genus_Paracheirodon__Paracheirodon a genus of Characidae subtype: #genus_Serrasalmus__Serrasalmus piranhas subtype: #genus_Tilapia__Tilapia a genus of Cichlidae subtype: #genus_Lutjanus__Lutjanus type genus of the Lutjanidae: snappers subtype: #genus_Ocyurus__Ocyurus snappers subtype: #genus_Haemulon__Haemulon type genus of the Haemulidae subtype: #genus_Anisotremus__Anisotremus a genus of Haemulidae subtype: #genus_Orthopristis__Orthopristis a genus of Haemulidae subtype: #genus_Pagrus__Pagrus a genus of Sparidae subtype: #genus_Pagellus__Pagellus sea breams subtype: #genus_Archosargus__Archosargus a genus of Sparidae subtype: #genus_Lagodon__Lagodon a genus of Sparidae subtype: #Calamus__genus_Calamus a genus of Sparidae subtype: #genus_Chrysophrys__Chrysophrys australian snapper subtype: #genus_Stenotomus__Stenotomus scups subtype: #genus_Equetus__Equetus drumfish subtype: #genus_Bairdiella__Bairdiella drumfish subtype: #genus_Sciaenops__Sciaenops a genus of Sciaenidae subtype: #genus_Sciaena__Sciaena type genus of the Sciaenidae: croakers subtype: #genus_Micropogonias__Micropogonias croakers subtype: #genus_Umbrina__Umbrina croakers subtype: #genus_Menticirrhus__Menticirrhus kingfishes; whiting subtype: #genus_Genyonemus__Genyonemus a genus of Sciaenidae subtype: #genus_Seriphus__Seriphus a genus of Sciaenidae subtype: #genus_Cynoscion__Cynoscion sea trout subtype: #genus_Mullus__Mullus type genus of the Mullidae: goatfishes subtype: #genus_Mulloidichthys__Mulloidichthys a genus of Mullidae subtype: #genus_Mugil__Mugil type genus of the Mugilidae: mullets subtype: #genus_Atherinopsis__Atherinopsis a genus of Atherinidae subtype: #genus_Sphyraena__Sphyraena type and sole genus of the Sphyraenidae: barracuda subtype: #genus_Kyphosus__Kyphosus type genus of the Kyphosidae subtype: #genus_Chaetodipterus__Chaetodipterus a genus of Ephippidae subtype: #genus_Chaetodon type genus of the Chaetodontidae subtype: #genus_Pomacanthus__Pomacanthus angelfishes subtype: #genus_Pomacentrus__Pomacentrus type genus of the Pomacentridae: damselfishes subtype: #genus_Amphiprion__Amphiprion damsel fishes subtype: #genus_Abudefduf__Abudefduf damsel fishes subtype: #genus_Achoerodus__Achoerodus a genus of Labridae subtype: #genus_Lachnolaimus__Lachnolaimus a genus of Labridae subtype: #genus_Halicoeres__Halicoeres a genus of Labridae subtype: #genus_Thalassoma__Thalassoma a genus of Labridae subtype: #genus_Hemipteronatus__Hemipteronatus razorfishes subtype: #genus_Tautoga__Tautoga tautogs subtype: #genus_Tautogolabrus__Tautogolabrus a genus of Labridae subtype: #genus_Polydactylus__Polydactylus a genus of Polynemidae subtype: #genus_Blennius__Blennius type genus of the Blenniidae subtype: #genus_Scartella__Scartella a genus of Blenniidae subtype: #genus_Chaenopsis__Chaenopsis a genus of fish of the family Clinidae including pikeblennies subtype: #genus_Pholis__Pholis type genus of the Pholidae: gunnels subtype: #genus_Lumpenus__Lumpenus a genus of Stichaeidae subtype: #genus_Cryptacanthodes__Cryptacanthodes a genus of Stichaeidae subtype: #genus_Anarhichas__Anarhichas type genus of the Anarhichadidae subtype: #genus_Zoarces__Zoarces type genus of the Zoarcidae subtype: #genus_Gymnelis__Gymnelis a genus of Zoarcidae subtype: #genus_Macrozoarces__Macrozoarces a genus of Zoarcidae subtype: #genus_Ammodytes__Ammodytes type genus of the Ammodytidae subtype: #genus_Periophthalmus__Periophthalmus a genus of Gobiidae subtype: #genus_Toxotes__Toxotes type genus of the Toxotidae subtype: #genus_Acanthurus__Acanthurus type genus of the Acanthuridae: doctorfishes subtype: #genus_Gempylus__Gempylus type genus of the Gempylidae subtype: #genus_Lepidocybium__Lepidocybium a genus of Gempylidae subtype: #genus_Scomber__Scomber type genus of the Scombridae subtype: #genus_Acanthocybium__Acanthocybium wahoos subtype: #genus_Scomberomorus__Scomberomorus Spanish mackerels subtype: #genus_Thunnus__Thunnus tunas: warm-blooded fishes subtype: #genus_Sarda__Sarda bonitos subtype: #genus_Euthynnus__Euthynnus a genus of Scombridae subtype: #genus_Katsuwonus__Katsuwonus oceanic bonitos; in some classifications placed in its own family Katsuwonidae subtype: #genus_Xiphias__Xiphias type genus of the Xiphiidae subtype: #genus_Istiophorus__Istiophorus type genus of the Istiophoridae subtype: #genus_Makaira__Makaira marlins subtype: #genus_Tetrapturus__Tetrapturus a genus of Istiophoridae subtype: #genus_Luvarus__Luvarus type genus of the Luvaridae subtype: #genus_Poronotus__Poronotus a genus of Stromateidae subtype: #genus_Palometa a genus of Stromateidae subtype: #genus_Paprilus__Paprilus a genus of Stromateidae subtype: #genus_Psenes__Psenes a genus of Stromateidae subtype: #genus_Ariomma__Ariomma a genus of Stromateidae subtype: #genus_Tetragonurus__Tetragonurus a genus of Stromateidae subtype: #genus_Hyperoglyphe__Hyperoglyphe a genus of Stromateidae subtype: #genus_Gobiesox__Gobiesox type genus of the Gobiesocidae subtype: #genus_Lobotes__Lobotes type genus of the Lobotidae subtype: #genus_Gerres__Gerres type genus of the Gerreidae subtype: #genus_Eucinostomus__Eucinostomus a genus of Gerreidae subtype: #genus_Sillago__Sillago type genus of the Sillaginidae subtype: #genus_Amia__Amia type genus of the Amiidae subtype: #genus_Polyodon__Polyodon type genus of the Polyodontidae subtype: #genus_Psephurus__Psephurus a genus of Polyodontidae subtype: #genus_Acipenser__Acipenser type genus of the Acipenseridae: sturgeons subtype: #genus_Lepisosteus__Lepisosteus type genus of the Lepisosteidae: freshwater gars subtype: #genus_Scorpaena__Scorpaena type genus of the Scorpaenidae: scorpionfishes subtype: #genus_Pterois__Pterois lionfishes subtype: #genus_Synanceja__Synanceja stonefishes subtype: #genus_Sebastodes__Sebastodes rockfishes subtype: #genus_Cottus__Cottus type genus of the Cottidae: sculpins subtype: #genus_Hemitripterus__Hemitripterus sea ravens subtype: #genus_Myxocephalus__Myxocephalus grubby subtype: #genus_Cyclopterus__Cyclopterus type genus of the Cyclopteridae: lumpfishes subtype: #Liparis__genus_Liparis type genus of the Liparididae: snailfishes subtype: #genus_Agonus__Agonus type genus of the Agonidae subtype: #genus_Aspidophoroides__Aspidophoroides alligatorfishes subtype: #genus_Hexagrammos__Hexagrammos type genus of the Hexagrammidae subtype: #genus_Oxylebius__Oxylebius a genus of Hexagrammidae subtype: #genus_Triga__Triga type genus of the Triglidae subtype: #genus_Prionotus__Prionotus a genus of Triglidae subtype: #genus_Peristedion__Peristedion in some classifications the type genus of the subfamily Peristediinae: armored sea robins subtype: #genus_Dactylopterus__Dactylopterus a genus of Dactylopteridae subtype: #genus_Balistes__Balistes type genus of the Balistidae subtype: #genus_Monocanthus__Monocanthus type genus of the Monocanthidae subtype: #genus_Lactophrys__Lactophrys a genus of Ostraciidae subtype: #genus_Diodon__Diodon type genus of the Diodontidae subtype: #genus_Chilomycterus__Chilomycterus burrfishes subtype: #genus_Mola type genus of the Molidae subtype: #genus_Pleuronectes__Pleuronectes type genus of the Pleuronectidae subtype: #genus_Platichthys__Platichthys a genus of Pleuronectidae subtype: #genus_Limanda__Limanda a genus of Pleuronectidae subtype: #genus_Pseudopleuronectes__Pseudopleuronectes a genus of Pleuronectidae subtype: #genus_Microstomus__Microstomus a genus of Pleuronectidae subtype: #genus_Hippoglossoides__Hippoglossoides a genus of Pleuronectidae subtype: #genus_Hippoglossus__Hippoglossus halibuts subtype: #genus_Paralichthys__Paralichthys a genus of Bothidae subtype: #genus_Etropus__Etropus a genus of Bothidae subtype: #genus_Citharichthys__Citharichthys a genus of Bothidae subtype: #genus_Scophthalmus__Scophthalmus a genus of Bothidae subtype: #genus_Psetta__Psetta a genus of Bothidae subtype: #genus_Solea__Solea type genus of the Soleidae subtype: #genus_Parophrys__Parophrys a genus of Soleidae subtype: #genus_Psettichthys__Psettichthys a genus of Soleidae subtype: #genus_Trinectes__Trinectes a genus of Soleidae subtype: #chordate_genus any genus in the phylum Chordata subtype: #genus_Amphioxus type genus of the Amphioxidae subtype: #genus_Salpa type (perhaps sole) genus of the Salpidae subtype: #genus_Doliolum type genus of the Doliolidae subtype: #genus_Appendicularia a genus of chordates in the class Larvacea subtype: #bird_genus a genus of birds subtype: #genus_Protoavis extinct primitive birds of the Triassic period; 70 million years before archaeopteryx subtype: #genus_Archaeopteryx__genus_Archeopteryx a genus of fossil birds subtype: #genus_Sinornis a genus of fossil birds subtype: #genus_Ibero-mesornis a genus of fossil bird of the subclass Archaeornithes subtype: #genus_Archaeornis a genus of fossil bird subtype: #genus_Struthio__Struthio type genus of the Struthionidae: African ostriches subtype: #genus_Casuarius__Casuarius type and sole genus of the Casuaridae: cassowaries subtype: #genus_Dromaius__Dromaius a genus of birds in the order Casuariiformes subtype: #genus_Apteryx type genus of the Apterygidae: kiwis subtype: #genus_Rhea type genus of the Rheidae; large tall flightless South American birds similar to but smaller than ostriches subtype: #genus_Pterocnemia__Pterocnemia a genus of birds of the family Rheidae subtype: #genus_Aepyornis type genus of the Aepyornidae: elephant birds subtype: #genus_Dinornis__Dinornis type genus of the Dinornithidae: large moas subtype: #genus_Anomalopteryx small moas subtype: #genus_Prunella__Prunella type genus of the Prunellidae subtype: #genus_Alauda__Alauda type genus of the Alaudidae: skylarks subtype: #genus_Motacilla__Motacilla type genus of the Motacillidae: wagtails subtype: #genus_Anthus__Anthus pipits subtype: #genus_Fringilla__Fringilla type genus of the Fringillidae: chaffinch, brambling subtype: #genus_Carduelis__Carduelis in some classifications considered the type genus of a subfamily Carduelinae of the Fringillidae: goldfinches; siskins; redpolls; linnets subtype: #genus_Spinus__Spinus in some classifications considered a subgenus of Carduelis: siskins and New World goldfinches subtype: #genus_Carpodacus__Carpodacus house finches and purple finches subtype: #genus_Serinus__Serinus Old World finches: e.g. canaries and serins subtype: #genus_Loxia__Loxia crossbill subtype: #genus_Pyrrhula__Pyrrhula bullfinches subtype: #genus_Junco American finches subtype: #genus_Pooecetes__Pooecetes a genus of Fringillidae subtype: #genus_Zonotrichia__Zonotrichia large New World sparrows subtype: #genus_Spizella__Spizella chipping sparrow; field sparrow; tree sparrow subtype: #genus_Melospiza__Melospiza American song sparrow and swamp sparrow subtype: #genus_Passerina__genuspasserina__Passerina small North American bush-loving finches: New World buntings subtype: #genus_Emberiza__Emberiza Old World buntings subtype: #genus_Plectrophenax__Plectrophenax snow bunting subtype: #genus_Coereba__Coereba type genus of the Coerebidae subtype: #genus_Passer__Passer type genus of the Passeridae subtype: #genus_Hesperiphona__Hesperiphona evening grosbeak subtype: #genus_Coccothraustes__Coccothraustes large finches subtype: #genus_Pinicola__Pinicola a genus of Fringillidae subtype: #genus_Richmondena__Richmondena cardinals subtype: #genus_Pyrrhuloxia large showy finches related to cardinals subtype: #genus_Pipilo__Pipilo towhees subtype: #genus_Chlorura__Chlorura towhees subtype: #genus_Ploceus__Ploceus type genus of the Ploceidae subtype: #genus_Vidua__Vidua whydahs subtype: #genus_Padda__Padda a genus of Ploceidae subtype: #genus_Estrilda__Estrilda avadavats subtype: #genus_Poephila__Poephila grassfinches subtype: #genus_Drepanis__Drepanis a genus of Drepanididae subtype: #genus_Menura__Menura type and sole genus of the family Menuridae subtype: #genus_Atrichornis__Atrichornis type genus of the Atrichornithidae subtype: #genus_Tyrannus__Tyrannus type genus of the Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers subtype: #genus_Contopus__Contopus pewees subtype: #genus_Sayornis__Sayornis phoebes subtype: #genus_Pyrocephalus__Pyrocephalus a genus of Tyrannidae subtype: #genus_Cotinga type genus of the Cotingidae: cotingas subtype: #genus_Rupicola__Rupicola cock of the rocks subtype: #genus_Pipra__Pipra type genus of the Pipridae containing the typical manakins subtype: #genus_Procnias__Procnias bellbirds subtype: #genus_Cephalopterus__Cephalopterus a genus of Cotingidae subtype: #genus_Furnarius__Furnarius type genus of the family Furnariidae: ovenbirds subtype: #genus_Formicarius__Formicarius type genus of the Formicariidae subtype: #genus_Thamnophilus__Thamnophilus a genus of Formicariidae subtype: #genus_Hylophylax__Hylophylax a genus of Formicariidae subtype: #genus_Dendrocolaptes__Dendrocolaptes type genus of the Dendrocolaptidae subtype: #genus_Pitta type genus of the Pittidae; a large genus of birds of southern Asia and Australia and adjacent islands subtype: #genus_Muscivora__Muscivora a genus of Tyrannidae subtype: #genus_Muscicapa__Muscicapa type genus of the Muscicapidae subtype: #genus_Pachycephala__Pachycephala arboreal insectivorous birds subtype: #genus_Turdus__Turdus type genus of the Turdidae subtype: #genus_Hylocichla__Hylocichla American thrushes: wood thrush; hermit thrush; veery subtype: #genus_Luscinia__Luscinia nightingales subtype: #genus_Saxicola__Saxicola Old World chats subtype: #genus_Myadestes__Myadestes solitaires subtype: #genus_Phoenicurus__Phoenicurus Old World thrushes subtype: #genus_Oenanthe__Oenanthe wheatears subtype: #genus_Sialia__Sialia North American bluebirds subtype: #genus_Erithacus__Erithacus Old World thrushes subtype: #genus_Polioptila__Polioptila New World gnatcatchers subtype: #genus_Regulus__Regulus a genus of birds of the family Sylviidae including kinglets subtype: #genus_Silvia__Silvia type genus of the Sylviidae: warblers subtype: #genus_Phylloscopus__Phylloscopus warblers subtype: #genus_Acrocephalus__Acrocephalus a genus of Sylviidae subtype: #genus_Prinia__Prinia a genus of Sylviidae subtype: #genus_Orthotomus__Orthotomus tailorbirds subtype: #genus_Timalia__Timalia type genus of the Timaliidae subtype: #genus_Parula__Parula type genus of the Parulidae: wood warblers subtype: #genus_Setophaga__Setophaga a genus of Parulidae subtype: #genus_Dendroica__Dendroica a genus of Parulidae subtype: #genus_Icteria__Icteria New World chats subtype: #genus_Seiurus__Seiurus ovenbirds and water thrushes subtype: #genus_Geothlypis__Geothlypis yellowthroats subtype: #genus_Ptloris__Ptloris a genus of Paradisaeidae subtype: #genus_Icterus__Icterus type genus of the Icteridae subtype: #genus_Sturnella__Sturnella a genus of passerine birds including the meadowlarks subtype: #genus_Cacicus__Cacicus a genus of tropical American orioles subtype: #genus_Dolichonyx__Dolichonyx bobolinks subtype: #genus_Quiscalus__Quiscalus grackles subtype: #genus_Euphagus__Euphagus a genus of Icteridae subtype: #genus_Molothrus__Molothrus cowbirds subtype: #genus_Agelaius__Agelaius red-winged blackbirds subtype: #genus_Oriolus__Oriolus type genus of the Oriolidae subtype: #genus_Sphecotheres__Sphecotheres a genus of Old World orioles subtype: #genus_Sturnus__Sturnus type genus of the Sturnidae: common starlings subtype: #subgenus_Pastor__Pastor only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus subtype: #genus_Acridotheres__Acridotheres mynas subtype: #genus_Gracula__Gracula mynas subtype: #genus_Corvus__Corvus type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens subtype: #genus_Garrulus__Garrulus type genus of the Garrulinae: Old World jays subtype: #genus_Cyanocitta__Cyanocitta New World jays subtype: #genus_Perisoreus__Perisoreus Canada jays subtype: #genus_Nucifraga__Nucifraga nutcrackers subtype: #genus_Pica__Pica magpies subtype: #genus_Cracticus__Cracticus type genus of the Cracticidae: Australian butcherbirds subtype: #genus_Strepera__Strepera bell magpies subtype: #genus_Gymnorhina__Gymnorhina in some classifications placed in the family Laniidae: Australian piping crows subtype: #genus_Troglodytes__Troglodytes type genus of the Troglodytidae subtype: #genus_Cistothorus__Cistothorus marsh wrens subtype: #genus_Salpinctes__Salpinctes a genus of Troglodytidae subtype: #genus_Thryothorus__Thryothorus Carolina wrens subtype: #genus_Campylorhynchus__Campylorhynchus__Heleodytes__genus_Heleodytes alternative classifications for the cactus wrens subtype: #genus_Mimus__Mimus type genus of the family Mimidae: mockingbirds subtype: #genus_Melanotis__Melanotis a genus of Mimidae subtype: #genus_Dumetella__Dumetella catbirds subtype: #genus_Toxostoma__Toxostoma thrashers subtype: #genus_Xenicus__Xenicus type genus for the Xenicidae subtype: #genus_Acanthisitta__Acanthisitta a genus of Xenicidae subtype: #genus_Certhia__Certhia type genus of the Certhiidae subtype: #genus_Tichodroma__Tichodroma wall creepers; in some classifications placed in family Sittidae subtype: #genus_Sitta__Sitta type genus of the Sittidae subtype: #genus_Parus__Parus type genus of the family Paridae subtype: #genus_Psaltriparus__Psaltriparus a genus of Paridae subtype: #genus_Chamaea__Chamaea a genus of Paridae subtype: #genus_Auriparus__Auriparus a genus of Paridae subtype: #genus_Irena__Irena type genus of the Irenidae: fairy bluebirds subtype: #genus_Hirundo__Hirundo type genus of the Hirundinidae subtype: #genus_Iridoprocne__Iridoprocne a genus of Hirundinidae subtype: #genus_Delichon__Delichon a genus of Hirundinidae subtype: #genus_Riparia__Riparia a genus of Hirundinidae subtype: #genus_Progne__Progne a genus of Hirundinidae subtype: #genus_Artamus__Artamus type genus of the Artamidae subtype: #genus_Piranga__Piranga a genus of Thraupidae subtype: #genus_Lanius__Lanius type genus of the Laniidae: typical shrikes subtype: #genus_Chlorophoneus__Chlorophoneus a genus of Malaconotinae subtype: #genus_Ptilonorhynchus__Ptilonorhynchus type genus of the Ptilonorhynchidae subtype: #genus_Chlamydera__Chlamydera a genus of Ptilonorhynchidae subtype: #genus_Cinclus__Cinclus type genus of the family Cinclidae subtype: #genus_Vireo type genus of the Vireonidae subtype: #Bombycilla__genus_bombycilla__genusbombycilla waxwings subtype: #genus_Accipiter__Accipiter type genus of the family Accipitridae subtype: #genus_Buteo__Buteo broad-winged soaring hawks subtype: #genus_Pernis__Pernis a common European bird of prey; dull brown with white-streaked underparts subtype: #genus-Milvus__Milvus a genus including the common European kits subtype: #genus_Elanoides__Elanoides a genus of kites subtype: #genus_Elanus__Elanus a genus of small kites of both Old and New Worlds subtype: #genus_Circus__Circus a genus of haws comprising the harriers subtype: #genus_Circaetus__Circaetus Harrier eagles subtype: #genus_Falco__Falco a genus of Falconidae subtype: #genus_Polyborus__Polyborus a genus of Falconidae subtype: #genus_Harpia__Harpia a genus of Accipitridae subtype: #genus_Aquila__Aquila a genus of Accipitridae subtype: #genus_Haliaeetus__Haliaeetus a genus of Accipitridae subtype: #genus_Pandion__Pandion type genus of the Pandionidae subtype: #genus_Gyps__Gyps a genus of Accipitridae subtype: #genus_Gypaetus__Gypaetus in some classifications the type genus of the family Aegypiidae subtype: #genus_Neophron__Neophron a genus of Accipitridae subtype: #genus_Aegypius__Aegypius a genus of Accipitridae subtype: #genus_Sagittarius__Sagittarius type family of the Sagittariidae subtype: #genus_Cathartes__Cathartes type genus of the Cathartidae: turkey vultures subtype: #genus_Vultur__Vultur usually restricted to the Andean condor subtype: #genus_Gymnogyps__Gymnogyps containing solely the California condor subtype: #genus_Coragyps__Coragyps a genus of Cathartidae subtype: #genus_Sarcorhamphus__Sarcorhamphus usually containing only the king vulture subtype: #genus_Athene__Athene a genus of Strigidae subtype: #genus_Bubo__Bubo a genus of Strigidae subtype: #genus_Strix__Strix owls lacking ear tufts subtype: #genus_Otus__Otus a genus of Strigidae subtype: #genus_Surnia__Surnia a genus of hawk-like owls subtype: #genus_Asio__Asio a genus of European owls subtype: #genus_Sceloglaux__Sceloglaux a genus of Strigidae subtype: #genus_Tyto__Tyto type and only genus of the family Tytonidae subtype: #genus_Gallus__Gallus common domestic birds and related forms subtype: #genus_Meleagris__Meleagris type genus of the Meleagrididae: wild and domestic turkeys subtype: #genus_Agriocharis__Agriocharis a genus of birds of the family Meleagrididae including the ocellated turkey subtype: #genus_Lyrurus__Lyrurus black grouse subtype: #genus_Lagopus__Lagopus ptarmigans subtype: #genus_Tetrao__Tetrao type genus of the Tetraonidae: capercaillies subtype: #genus_Canachites__Canachites spruce grouse subtype: #genus_Centrocercus__Centrocercus sage grouse subtype: #genus_Bonasa__Bonasa ruffed grouse subtype: #genus_Pedioecetes__Pedioecetes sharp-tailed grouse subtype: #genus_Tympanuchus__Tympanuchus prairie chickens subtype: #genus_Crax__Crax type genus of the Cracidae: curassows subtype: #genus_Penelope__Penelope a genus of guans (turkey-like arboreal birds valued as game and food birds) subtype: #genus_Pipile__Pipile genus of large crested guans (the piping guans) subtype: #genus_Ortalis__Ortalis chachalacas subtype: #genus-Megapodius__Megapodius type genus of the Megapodiidae subtype: #genus_Leipoa mallee fowl subtype: #genus_Alectura__Alectura brush turkeys subtype: #genus_Macrocephalon__Macrocephalon maleos subtype: #genus_Phasianus__Phasianus type genus of the Phasianidae: the typical pheasants subtype: #genus_Afropavo Congo peafowl subtype: #genus_Argusianus__Argusianus argus pheasants subtype: #genus_Chrysolophus__Chrysolophus golden pheasants subtype: #genus_Colinus__Colinus New World quail: the bobwhites subtype: #genus_Coturnix__Coturnix Old World quail subtype: #genus_Lophophorus__Lophophorus monals subtype: #genus_Odontophorus__Odontophorus genus of Central and South American crested partridges resembling quails; sometimes placed in a distinct subfamily or isolated in a distinct family subtype: #genus_Pavo__Pavo peafowl subtype: #genus_Lofortyx__Lofortyx California quail subtype: #genus_Tragopan a genus of Phasianidae subtype: #genus_Perdix__Perdix a genus of Perdicinae subtype: #genus_Alectoris__Alectoris a genus of Perdicidae subtype: #genus_Oreortyx__Oreortyx mountain quail of western United States subtype: #genus_Numida__Numida guinea fowl subtype: #genus_Opisthocomus__Opisthocomus type genus of the Opisthocomidae: hoatzins subtype: #genus_Raphus__Raphus type genus of the Raphidae: dodos subtype: #genus_Pezophaps__Pezophaps constituted by the extinct solitaire subtype: #genus_Columba__Columba type genus of the Columbidae: typical pigeons subtype: #genus_Streptopelia__Streptopelia turtledoves subtype: #genus_Stictopelia__Stictopelia a genus of Columbidae subtype: #genus_Zenaidura__Zenaidura mourning doves subtype: #genus_Ectopistes__Ectopistes a genus of Columbidae subtype: #genus_Pterocles__Pterocles type genus of the Pteroclididae subtype: #genus_Syrrhaptes__Syrrhaptes a genus of Pteroclididae subtype: #genus_Psittacus__Psittacus type genus of the Psittacidae: usually restricted to the African gray subtype: #genus_Amazona__Amazona a genus of Psittacidae subtype: #genus_Ara__Ara macaws subtype: #genus_Nestor__Nestor a genus of Psittacidae subtype: #genus_Kakatoe__Kakatoe__Cacatua__genus_Cacatua a genus of Psittacidae subtype: #genus_Nymphicus__Nymphicus a genus of Psittacidae subtype: #genus_Agapornis__Agapornis a genus of Psittacidae subtype: #genus_Glossopsitta__Glossopsitta a genus of Loriinae subtype: #genus_Trichoglossus__Trichoglossus a genus of Loriinae subtype: #genus_Conuropsis__Conuropsis a genus of Psittacidae subtype: #genus_Melopsittacus__Melopsittacus a genus of Psittacidae subtype: #genus_Psittacula__Psittacula a genus of Psittacidae subtype: #genus_Cuculus__Cuculus type genus of the Cuculidae subtype: #genus_Coccyzus__Coccyzus a genus of Cuculidae subtype: #genus_Geococcyx__Geococcyx roadrunners subtype: #genus_Crotophaga__Crotophaga ani subtype: #genus_Centropus__Centropus a genus of Cuculidae subtype: #genus_Musophaga__Musophaga type genus of the Musophagidae subtype: #genus_Coracias__Coracias type genus of the Coraciidae subtype: #genus_Alcedo__Alcedo type genus of the Alcedinidae subtype: #genus_Ceryle__Ceryle a genus of birds of the family Alcedinidae subtype: #genus_Dacelo__Dacelo Australasian kingfishers subtype: #genus_Merops__Merops type genus of the Meropidae subtype: #genus_Buceros__Buceros type genus of the family Bucerotidae subtype: #genus_Upupa__Upupa type genus of the Upupidae subtype: #genus_Phoeniculus__Phoeniculus type and only genus of the family Phoeniculidae subtype: #genus_Momotus__Momotus type genus of the Momotidae subtype: #genus_Todus__Todus type genus of the Todidae subtype: #genus_Apus__Apus type genus subtype: #genus_Chateura__Chateura a genus of Apodidae subtype: #genus_Collocalia__Collocalia a genus of Apodidae subtype: #genus_Archilochus__Archilochus a genus of Trochilidae subtype: #genus_Chalcostigma__Chalcostigma thornbills subtype: #genus_Ramphomicron__Ramphomicron thornbills subtype: #genus_Caprimulgus__Caprimulgus type genus of the Caprimulgidae subtype: #genus_Chordeiles__Chordeiles a genus of Caprimulgidae subtype: #genus_Phalaenoptilus__Phalaenoptilus a genus of Caprimulgidae subtype: #genus_Podargus__Podargus type genus of the Podargidae subtype: #genus_Steatornis__Steatornis type and sole genus of the family Steatornithidae subtype: #genus_Picus__Picus type genus of Picidae subtype: #genus_Picoides__Picoides a genus of Picidae subtype: #genus_Colaptes__Colaptes a genus of Picidae subtype: #genus_Campephilus__Campephilus a genus of Picidae subtype: #genus_Melanerpes__Melanerpes a genus of Picidae subtype: #genus_Sphyrapicus__Sphyrapicus a genus of Picidae subtype: #genus_Jynx__Jynx wrynecks subtype: #genus_Picumnus__Picumnus a genus of Picidae subtype: #genus_Aulacorhyncus__Aulacorhyncus a genus of Ramphastidae subtype: #genus_Trogon type genus of the Trogonidae subtype: #genus_Pharomacrus__Pharomacrus a genus of Trogonidae subtype: #genus_Anas__Anas type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks subtype: #genus_Tadorna__Tadorna sheldrakes subtype: #genus_Oxyura__Oxyura ruddy duck subtype: #genus_Bucephala__Bucephala buffleheads and goldeneyes subtype: #genus_Aythya__Aythya canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc. subtype: #genus_Aix__Aix wood duck and mandarin duck subtype: #genus_Cairina__Cairina a genus of Anatidae subtype: #genus_Somateria__Somateria eider ducks subtype: #genus_Melanitta__Melanitta scoters subtype: #genus_Clangula__Clangula a genus of ducks subtype: #genus_Mergus__Mergus mergansers subtype: #genus_Lophodytes__Lophodytes a genus of Merginae subtype: #genus_Anser__Anser typical geese subtype: #subgenus_Chen__Chen wild goose having white adult plumage subtype: #genus_Branta__Branta wild geese subtype: #genus_Coscoroba a genus of Anatidae subtype: #genus_Cygnus__Cygnus a genus of Anatidae subtype: #genus_Anhima__Anhima type genus of the Anhimidae; horned screamers subtype: #genus_Chauna__Chauna crested screamers subtype: #genus_Ciconia__Ciconia type genus of the Ciconiidae: European storks subtype: #genus_Leptoptilus__Leptoptilus adjutant birds and marabous subtype: #genus_Anastomus__Anastomus openbills subtype: #genus_Jabiru jabirus subtype: #genus_Ephippiorhynchus__Ephippiorhynchus saddlebills subtype: #genus_Xenorhyncus__Xenorhyncus East Indian and Australian storks subtype: #genus_Mycteria__Mycteria a genus of storks of the family Ciconiidae now including only the American wood ibis subtype: #genus_Balaeniceps__Balaeniceps type genus of the Balaenicipitidae: shoebills subtype: #genus_Ibis ibises subtype: #genus_Threskiornis__Threskiornis type genus of the Threskiornithidae subtype: #genus_Platalea__Platalea type genus of the Plataleidae subtype: #genus_Ajaia__Ajaia a genus of Platalea subtype: #genus_Ardea__Ardea type genus of the Ardeidae: large New and Old World herons subtype: #genus_Egretta__Egretta small Old and New World herons subtype: #genus_Casmerodius__Casmerodius white egrets subtype: #genus_Bubulcus__Bubulcus small white egrets subtype: #genus_Nycticorax__Nycticorax Old World night herons subtype: #genus_Nyctanassa__Nyctanassa American night herons subtype: #genus_Cochlearius__Cochlearius__cochleariu boatbills subtype: #genus_Botaurus__Botaurus bitterns subtype: #genus_Ixobrychus__Ixobrychus bitterns subtype: #genus_Grus__Grus type genus of the Gruidae: typical cranes subtype: #genus_Aramus__Aramus genus of large brown long-billed wading birds found in warm swampy regions of the Western Hemisphere: courlan; limpkin subtype: #genus_Cariama__Cariama type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama subtype: #genus_Chunga a genus of Cariamidae subtype: #genus_Gallirallus__Gallirallus rails of New Zealand subtype: #genus_Crex__Crex corncrakes subtype: #genus_Porzana__Porzana spotted crakes subtype: #genus_Gallinula__Gallinula gallinules subtype: #genus_Porphyrio__Porphyrio Old World purple gallinules subtype: #genus_Porphyrula__Porphyrula American purple gallinules subtype: #genus_Notornis a genus of Rallidae subtype: #genus_Fulica__Fulica coots subtype: #genus_Otis__Otis type genus of the Otididae: European bustard subtype: #genus_Choriotis__Choriotis Australian bustard subtype: #genus_Turnix__Turnix type genus of the Turnicidae: button quail subtype: #genus_Pedionomus__Pedionomus plain wanderer subtype: #genus_Psophia__Psophia type genus of the Psophiidae: trumpeters subtype: #genus_Charadrius__Charadrius type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers subtype: #genus_Pluvialis__Pluvialis golden plovers subtype: #genus_Vanellus__Vanellus Eurasian lapwings subtype: #genus_Arenaria__Arenaria turnstones subtype: #genus_Aphriza__Aphriza a genus of Scolopacidae subtype: #genus_Actitis__Actitis a genus of Scolopacidae subtype: #genus_Erolia__Erolia a genus of Scolopacidae subtype: #genus_Tringa__Tringa a genus of Scolopacidae subtype: #genus_Calidris__Calidris a genus of Scolopacidae subtype: #genus_Crocethia__Crocethia a genus of Scolopacidae subtype: #genus_Bartramia__Bartramia a genus of Scolopacidae subtype: #genus_Philomachus__Philomachus ruffs subtype: #genus_Heteroscelus__Heteroscelus tattlers subtype: #genus_Catoptrophorus__Catoptrophorus willet subtype: #genus_Scolopax__Scolopax type of the Scolopacidae: Old World woodcocks subtype: #genus_Philohela__Philohela American woodcocks subtype: #genus_Gallinago__Gallinago__Capella__genus_Capella snipes subtype: #genus_Limnocryptes__Limnocryptes snipe subtype: #genus_Limnodromus__Limnodromus dowitchers subtype: #genus_Numenius__Numenius curlews subtype: #genus_Limosa__Limosa godwits subtype: #genus_Himantopus__Himantopus major one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills subtype: #genus_Cladorhyncus__Cladorhyncus one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills subtype: #genus_Recurvirostra__Recurvirostra type genus of the Recurvirostridae: avocets subtype: #genus_Haematopus__Haematopus oystercatchers subtype: #genus_Phalaropus__Phalaropus type genus of the Phalaropidae: phalaropes subtype: #genus_Lobipes__Lobipes a genus of Phalaropidae subtype: #genus_Steganopus__Steganopus a genus of Phalaropidae subtype: #genus_Glareola__Glareola type genus of the Glareolidae: the pratincoles subtype: #genus_Cursorius__Cursorius coursers subtype: #genus_Pluvianus__Pluvianus coursers subtype: #genus_Burhinus__Burhinus type genus of the Burhinidae: stone curlews subtype: #genus_Larus__Larus type genus of the Laridae subtype: #genus_Pagophila__Pagophila a genus of Laridae subtype: #genus_Rissa__Rissa a genus of Laridae subtype: #genus_Sterna__Sterna a genus of Sterninae subtype: #genus_Rynchops__Rynchops type genus of the Rynchopidae: skimmers subtype: #genus_Stercorarius__Stercorarius type genus of the Stercorariidae: jaegers subtype: #genus_Catharacta__Catharacta skuas subtype: #genus_Alca__Alca type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill subtype: #genus_Plautus__Plautus a genus of Alcidae subtype: #genus_Pinguinus__Pinguinus great auk subtype: #genus_Cepphus__Cepphus a genus of birds including: guillemots subtype: #genus_Uria__Uria murres subtype: #genus_Fratercula__Fratercula puffins subtype: #genus_Lunda__Lunda puffins subtype: #genus_Gavia__Gavia type genus of the Gavidae: loons subtype: #genus_Podiceps__Podiceps type genus of the Podicipedidae: grebes subtype: #genus_Podilymbus__Podilymbus a genus of Podicipedidae subtype: #genus_Pelecanus__Pelecanus type genus of the Pelecanidae subtype: #genus_Fregata__Fregata type genus of the Fregatidae subtype: #genus_Sula__Sula type genus of the Sulidae subtype: #genus_Phalacrocorax__Phalacrocorax type genus: coextensive with the family Phalacrocoracidae subtype: #genus_Anhinga type genus of the Anhingidae subtype: #genus_Phaethon__Phaethon type genus of the Phaethontidae subtype: #genus_Pygoscelis__Pygoscelis a genus of Spheniscidae subtype: #genus_Aptenodytes__Aptenodytes large penguins subtype: #genus_Spheniscus__Spheniscus type genus of the Spheniscidae: jackass penguins subtype: #genus_Eudyptes__Eudyptes rock hoppers subtype: #genus_Diomedea type of the Diomedeidae subtype: #genus_Procellaria__Procellaria type genus of the Procellariidae subtype: #genus_Macronectes__Macronectes giant petrels subtype: #genus_Fulmarus__Fulmarus fulmars subtype: #genus_Puffinus__Puffinus shearwaters subtype: #genus_Hydrobates__Hydrobates type genus of the Hydrobatidae subtype: #genus_Oceanites__Oceanites a genus of Hydrobatidae subtype: #amphibian_genus__amphibiangenu any genus of amphibians subtype: #genus_Hynerpeton__Hynerpeton earliest fossil amphibian ever found; of the Devonian; found in Pennsylvania subtype: #genus_Ichthyostega second earliest fossil amphibian ever found; of the Devonian; found in Greenland subtype: #genus_Salamandra__Salamandra type genus of the Salamandridae subtype: #genus_Triturus__Triturus chiefly aquatic salamanders subtype: #genus_Notophthalmus__Notophthalmus newts subtype: #genus_Taricha__Taricha Pacific newts subtype: #genus_Ambystoma__Ambystoma type genus of the Ambystomatidae subtype: #genus_Cryptobranchus__Cryptobranchus type genus of the Cryptobranchidae subtype: #genus_Megalobatrachus__Megalobatrachus giant salamanders; in some classifications included in the genus Cryptobranchus subtype: #family_Proteidae__Proteidae mud puppies subtype: #genus_Proteus__Proteus type genus of the Proteidae subtype: #genus_Necturus__Necturus a genus of Proteidae subtype: #genus_Dicamptodon type genus of the Dicamptodontidae subtype: #genus_Rhyacotriton__Rhyacotriton olympic salamanders subtype: #genus_Plethodon__Plethodon type genus of the Plethodontidae subtype: #genus_Desmograthus__Desmograthus an amphibian genus of Plethodontidae subtype: #genus_Aneides__Aneides climbing salamanders subtype: #genus_Batrachoseps__Batrachoseps slender salamanders subtype: #genus_Hydromantes__Hydromantes web-toed salamanders subtype: #genus_Amphiuma congo snakes subtype: #genus_Siren a genus of Sirenidae subtype: #genus_Rana__Rana type genus of the Ranidae subtype: #genus_Eleutherodactylus__Eleutherodactylus completely terrestrial robber frogs subtype: #genus_Hylactophryne__Hylactophryne barking frogs subtype: #genus_Leptodactylus__Leptodactylus type genus of the Leptodactylidae; in some classifications placed in the family Bufonidae subtype: #genus_Polypedates__Polypedates type genus of the Polypedatidae subtype: #genus_Ascaphus__Ascaphus type genus of the Ascaphidae; in some classifications included in the family Leiopelmatidae subtype: #genus_Leiopelma__Leiopelma__Liopelma__genus_Liopelma type and sole genus of the family Leiopelmatidae subtype: #genus_Bufo type genus of the Bufonidae; common toads of New and Old Worlds subtype: #genus_Alytes__Alytes midwife toads subtype: #genus_Bombina__Bombina fire-bellied toads subtype: #genus_Scaphiopus__Scaphiopus New World spadefoot toads subtype: #genus_Hyla__Hyla type genus of the Hylidae; tree toads subtype: #genus_Acris__Acris cricket frogs subtype: #genus_Pseudacris__Pseudacris chorus frogs subtype: #genus_Pternohyla__Pternohyla burrowing treefrogs subtype: #genus_Gastrophryne__Gastrophryne primarily tropical narrow-mouthed toads subtype: #genus_Hypopachus__Hypopachus sheep frogs subtype: #genus_Pipa__Pipa type genus of the Pipidae subtype: #genus_Xenopus__Xenopus African clawed frog; in some classifications made the type genus of a separate family Xenopodidae subtype: #reptile_genus__reptilegenu a genus of reptiles subtype: #genus_Chelonia__Chelonia green turtles subtype: #genus_Caretta__Caretta loggerhead turtles subtype: #genus_Lepidochelys__Lepidochelys ridleys subtype: #genus_Eretmochelys__Eretmochelys hawksbills subtype: #genus_Dermochelys__Dermochelys type genus of the Dermochelyidae: leatherback turtles subtype: #genus_Chelydra__Chelydra snapping turtles subtype: #genus_Macroclemys__Macroclemys alligator snapping turtles subtype: #genus_Kinosternon__Kinosternon type genus of the Kinosternidae subtype: #genus_Sternotherus__Sternotherus musk turtles subtype: #genus_Malaclemys__Malaclemys American terrapins subtype: #genus_Pseudemys__Pseudemys sliders; red-bellied terrapin subtype: #genus_Terrapene__Terrapene box turtles subtype: #genus_Chrysemys__Chrysemys painted turtles subtype: #genus_Testudo__Testudo type genus of the Testudinidae subtype: #genus_Geochelone__Geochelone giant tortoises subtype: #genus_Gopherus__Gopherus gopher tortoises subtype: #genus_Xerobates__Xerobates possible new genus for desert and Texas tortoises based on recent research subtype: #genus_Trionyx__Trionyx type genus of the Trionychidae subtype: #genus_Sphenodon__Sphenodon coextensive with the order Rhynchocephalia: tuataras subtype: #genus_Ptychozoon__Ptychozoon flying geckos subtype: #genus_Coleonyx__Coleonyx banded geckos subtype: #genus_Pygopus__Pygopus type genus of the Pygopodidae; snake-shaped pleurodont lizard with no forelimbs and only rudimentary hind limbs subtype: #genus_Iguana type genus of the Iguanidae subtype: #genus_Amblyrhynchus__Amblyrhynchus marine iguanas subtype: #genus_Dipsosaurus__Dipsosaurus desert iguanas subtype: #genus_Sauromalus__Sauromalus chuckwallas subtype: #genus_Callisaurus__Callisaurus zebra-tailed lizard subtype: #genus_Uma__Uma fringe-toed lizard subtype: #genus_Holbrookia__Holbrookia earless lizards subtype: #genus_Crotaphytus__Crotaphytus collard lizards subtype: #genus_Gambelia__Gambelia leopard lizards subtype: #genus_Sceloporus__Sceloporus spiny lizards subtype: #genus_Uta__Uta a reptile genus of Iguanidae subtype: #genus_Urosaurus__Urosaurus a reptile genus of Iguanidae subtype: #genus_Phrynosoma__Phrynosoma horned lizards subtype: #genus_Basiliscus__Basiliscus a reptile genus of Iguanidae subtype: #genus_Anolis__Anolis New World chameleons subtype: #genus_Amphisbaena__Amphisbaena__Amphisbaenia__genus_Amphisbaenia type genus of the Amphisbaenidae subtype: #genus_Scincus__Scincus type genus of Scincidae subtype: #genus_Scincella__Scincella a reptile genus of Scincidae subtype: #genus_Eumeces__Eumeces New World skinks subtype: #family_Cordylidae__Cordylidae small family of spiny ovoviviparous African lizards subtype: #genus_Cordylus__Cordylus type genus of the Cordylidae; spiny lizards somewhat resembling tiny crocodiles subtype: #genus_Cnemidophorus__Cnemidophorus whiptails subtype: #genus_Tupinambis__Tupinambis tejus subtype: #genus_Agama type genus of the Agamidae subtype: #genus_Chlamydosaurus__Chlamydosaurus frilled lizards subtype: #genus_Draco__Draco flying dagons subtype: #genus_Moloch genus of Australian desert lizard subtype: #genus_Gerrhonotus__Gerrhonotus alligator lizards subtype: #genus_Anguis__Anguis type genus of the Anguidae: blindworms subtype: #genus_Ophisaurus__Ophisaurus glass lizards subtype: #genus_Xenosaurus__Xenosaurus type and sole genus of Xenosauridae: slender-bodied Mexican lizards having the upper surface covered with tiny granules and tubercles subtype: #genus_Lanthanotus__Lanthanotus 1 species subtype: #genus_Heloderma__Heloderma type genus of the Helodermatidae; American venomous lizards subtype: #genus_Lacerta__Lacerta type genus of the Lacertidae subtype: #genus_Chamaeleo__Chamaeleo__genus_Chamaeleon type genus of the Chamaeleontidae subtype: #genus_Varanus__Varanus type and sole extant genus of the Varanidae subtype: #genus_Saurosuchus__Saurosuchus early archosaurian carnivore subtype: #genus_Proterochampsa__Proterochampsa early archosaurian carnivore subtype: #genus_Crocodylus__Crocodylus__Crocodilus__genus_Crocodilus type genus of the Crocodylidae subtype: #genus_Tomistoma__Tomistoma a genus of Malayan crocodiles subtype: #genus_Alligator type genus of the Alligatoridae subtype: #genus_Caiman caimans subtype: #genus_Gavialis__Gavialis type genus of the Gavialidae subtype: #genus_Pisanosaurus primitive ornithischian dinosaur found in Argentina; early Triassic subtype: #genus_Staurikosaurus primitive ornithischian dinosaur found in Brazil subtype: #genus_Stegosaurus quadrupedal armored herbivore of the Jurassic and Cretaceous subtype: #genus_Ankylosaurus armored herbivorous dinosaurs of the Cretaceous subtype: #genus_Protoceratops small horned dinosaurs subtype: #genus_Triceratops genus of herbivorous horned dinosaurs subtype: #genus_Styracosaurus genus of horned dinosaurs subtype: #genus_Psittacosaurus most primitive genus of horned dinosaurs; early Cretaceous subtype: #genus_Anatotitan genus of large duck-billed dinosaurs; late Cretaceous subtype: #genus_Corythosaurus genus of duck-billed dinosaurs of late Cretaceous subtype: #genus_Edmontosaurus duck-billed dinosaurs of Canada subtype: #genus_Trachodon a reptile genus of the suborder Euronithopoda subtype: #genus_Iguanodon type genus of the Iguanodontidae subtype: #genus_Apatosaurus__genus_Brontosaurus large quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaurs with very long neck and tail; late Jurassic subtype: #genus_Barosaurus huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur; late Jurassic subtype: #genus_Diplodocus a reptile genus of the suborder Sauropoda subtype: #genus_Titanosaurus__Titanosaurus genus of herbivorous dinosaurs flourishing during the Cretaceous in South America subtype: #genus_Seismosaurus__Seismosaurus genus of large herbivorous dinosaurs of Cretaceous found in western North America subtype: #genus_Ceratosaurus primitive saurischian carnivorous dinosaurs subtype: #genus_Coelophysis late Triassic carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs subtype: #genus_Tyrannosaurus includes a single species subtype: #genus_Allosaurus__genus_Antrodemus carnivorous dinosaur of North America; late Jurassic subtype: #genus_Compsognathus a reptile genus of Theropoda subtype: #genus_Herrerasaurus primitive theropod found in Argentina; early Triassic subtype: #genus_Eoraptor primitive theropod found in Argentina; early Triassic subtype: #genus_Megalosaurus type genus of the Megalosauridae subtype: #genus_Struthiomimus small toothless saurischian dinosaurs; upper Cretaceous of Canada subtype: #genus_Deinocheirus a reptile genus of Ornithomimida subtype: #genus_Velociraptor advanced carnivorous theropod subtype: #genus_Deinonychus advanced bipedal carnivorous dinosaur subtype: #genus_Utahraptor advanced bipedal carnivorous dinosaur subtype: #genus_Mononychus authorities disagree over whether to classify the genus as bird or dinosaur subtype: #genus_Chronoperates__Chronoperates a reptile genus of Therapsida subtype: #genus_Exaeretodon__Exaeretodon a genus of reptiles of the division Cynodontia subtype: #genus_Ischigualastia__Ischigualastia early reptile found in Argentina subtype: #genus_Edaphosaurus type genus of the Edaphosauridae subtype: #genus_Dimetrodon a reptile genus of Pelycosauria subtype: #genus_Pterodactylus__Pterodactylus a reptile genus of Pterodactylidae subtype: #genus_Ichthyosaurus type genus of the Ichthyosauridae subtype: #genus_Stenopterygius a reptile genus of Ichthyosauridae subtype: #genus_Plesiosaurus a reptile genus of suborder Plesiosauria subtype: #genus_Nothosaurus a genus of Nothosauria subtype: #genus_Carphophis__Carphophis thunder snake subtype: #genus_Diadophis__Diadophis a genus of reptiles of the family Colubridae including ringneck snakes subtype: #genus_Heterodon__Heterodon a genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes subtype: #genus_Phyllorhynchus__Phyllorhynchus leaf-nosed snakes subtype: #genus_Opheodrys__Opheodrys North American green snakes subtype: #genus_Chlorophis__Chlorophis African green snakes subtype: #genus_Coluber__Coluber racers subtype: #genus_Masticophis__Masticophis whipsnakes subtype: #genus_Elaphe__Elaphe North American rat snakes subtype: #genus_Ptyas__Ptyas Asian rat snakes subtype: #genus_Arizona__Arizona glossy snake subtype: #genus_Pituophis__Pituophis bull snakes subtype: #genus_Lampropeltis__Lampropeltis king snakes and milk snakes subtype: #genus_Thamnophis__Thamnophis garter snakes subtype: #genus_Tropidoclonion__Tropidoclonion lined snakes subtype: #genus_Sonora__Sonora ground snakes subtype: #genus_Potamophis__Potamophis ground snakes subtype: #genus_Haldea__Haldea ground snakes subtype: #genus_Natrix__Natrix water snakes; a cosmopolitan genus subtype: #genus_Nerodia__Nerodia North American water snakes subtype: #genus_Storeria__Storeria a genus of Colubridae subtype: #genus_Chilomeniscus__Chilomeniscus sand snakes subtype: #genus_Tantilla__Tantilla black-headed snakes subtype: #genus_Oxybelis__Oxybelis vine snakes subtype: #genus_Trimorphodon__Trimorphodon lyre snakes subtype: #genus_Hypsiglena__Hypsiglena night snakes subtype: #genus_Leptotyphlops__Leptotyphlops blind snakes of Asia and Africa and Americas subtype: #genus_Drymarchon__Drymarchon a genus of Colubridae subtype: #genus_Charina__Charina boas of western North America subtype: #genus_Lichanura__Lichanura boas of western North America subtype: #genus_Eunectes__Eunectes anacondas subtype: #genus_Python Old World boas subtype: #genus_Micrurus__Micrurus coral snakes subtype: #genus_Micruroides__Micruroides coral snakes subtype: #genus_Calliophis__Calliophis__Callophis__genus_Callophis Asian coral snakes subtype: #genus_Aspidelaps__Aspidelaps African coral snakes subtype: #genus_Rhynchoelaps__Rhynchoelaps Australian coral snakes subtype: #genus_Denisonia__Denisonia copperheads subtype: #genus_Naja__Naja cobras subtype: #genus_Ophiophagus__Ophiophagus king cobra subtype: #genus_Hemachatus__Hemachatus ringhals subtype: #genus_Dendroaspis__Dendroaspis__Dendraspis__genus_Dendraspis mambas subtype: #genus_Acanthophis__Acanthophis Australian elapid snakes subtype: #genus_Notechis__Notechis tiger snakes subtype: #genus_Pseudechis__Pseudechis venomous Australian blacksnakes subtype: #genus_Bungarus__Bungarus kraits subtype: #genus_Oxyuranus__Oxyuranus taipans subtype: #genus_Vipera__Vipera type genus of the Viperidae subtype: #genus_Bitis__Bitis a genus of Viperidae subtype: #genus_Cerastes__Aspis__genus_Aspis horned vipers subtype: #genus_Agkistrodon__Agkistrodon__Ancistrodon__genus_Ancistrodon copperheads subtype: #genus_Crotalus__Crotalus large rattlesnakes; seldom bite unless startled or pursuing prey subtype: #genus_Sistrurus__Sistrurus pygmy rattlesnakes subtype: #genus_Bothrops__Bothrops fer-de-lance subtype: #arthropod_genus a genus of arthropods subtype: #genus_Phalangium__Phalangium type genus of the family Phalangiidae subtype: #genus_Chelifer__Chelifer a genus of Chelonethida subtype: #genus_Mastigoproctus__Mastigoproctus giant whip scorpions subtype: #genus_Argiope__Argiope the type genus of Argiopidae; small genus of orb-weaving spiders subtype: #genus_Aranea__Aranea__Araneus__araneu__genus_Araneus a genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders subtype: #genus_Latrodectus__Latrodectus venomous spiders subtype: #genus_Lycosa__Lycosa type genus of the family Lycosidae subtype: #genus_Ixodes__Ixodes type genus of the family Ixodidae subtype: #genus_Dermacentor__Dermacentor vectors of important diseases of man and animals subtype: #genus_Trombicula__Trombicula type genus of the family Trombiculidae subtype: #genus_Sarcoptes__Sarcoptes type genus of the family Sarcoptidae: itch mites subtype: #genus_Panonychus__Panonychus a genus of Tetranychidae subtype: #genus_Scutigerella__Scutigerella garden centipedes subtype: #genus_Scutigera__Scutigera a genus of Scutigeridae subtype: #genus_Geophilus__Geophilus type genus of the Geophilidae: cosmopolitan genus of centipedes sometimes called earwigs subtype: #genus_Limulus__Limulus type genus of the family Limulidae subtype: #genus_Tachypleus__Tachypleus a genus of Limulidae subtype: #genus_Architeuthis giant squid subtype: #genus_Menippe__Menippe stone crabs subtype: #genus_Cancer__Cancer type genus of the family Cancridae subtype: #genus_Portunus__Portunus type genus of the family Portunidae subtype: #genus_Ovalipes__Ovalipes a genus of Portunidae subtype: #genus_Callinectes__Callinectes New World blue crabs subtype: #genus_Uca__Uca fiddler crabs subtype: #genus_Pinnotheres__Pinnotheres type genus of the family Pinnotheridae: pea crabs subtype: #genus_Paralithodes__Paralithodes a genus of Lithodidae subtype: #genus_Maja__Maja__Maia__genus_Maia type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan subtype: #genus_Macrocheira__Macrocheira giant crabs of Japan subtype: #genus_Homarus__Homarus type genus of the family Homaridae: common edible lobsters subtype: #genus_Nephrops__Nephrops a genus of Nephropsidae subtype: #genus_Palinurus__Palinurus type genus of the family Palinuridae subtype: #genus_Astacus__Astacus type genus of the family Astacidae; Old World crayfish subtype: #genus_Cambarus__Cambarus a genus of Astacidae subtype: #genus_Pagurus__Pagurus type genus of the family Paguridae subtype: #genus_Crangon__Crangon type genus of the family Crangonidae subtype: #genus_Palaemon__Palaemon type genus of the family Palaemonidae; widely distributed genus subtype: #genus_Peneus__Peneus type genus of the family Peneidae subtype: #genus_Mysis__Mysis type genus of the family Mysidae subtype: #genus_Praunus__Praunus a genus of Mysidae subtype: #genus_Squilla type genus of the family Squillidae subtype: #genus_Armadillidium__Armadillidium type genus of the Armadillidiidae subtype: #genus_Oniscus__Oniscus type genus of the Oniscidae; woodlice that cannot roll into a ball subtype: #genus_Porcellio__Porcellio Old World genus of isopod crustaceans subtype: #genus_Orchestia__Orchestia type genus of the family Orchestiidae subtype: #genus_Caprella__Caprella skeleton shrimp subtype: #genus_Cyamus__Cyamus whale lice subtype: #genus_Daphnia water fleas subtype: #genus_Artemia__Artemia__Chirocephalus__genus_Chirocephalus fairy shrimp; brine shrimp subtype: #genus_Triops__Triops type genus of the family Triopidae: small crustaceans with a small third median eye subtype: #genus_Cyclops copepod water fleas subtype: #genus_Balanus__Balanus type genus of the family Balanidae subtype: #genus_Lepas__Lepas type genus of the family Lepadidae subtype: #genus_Peripatus type genus of Peripatidae; onychophorans of chiefly New World tropical regions subtype: #genus_Plicatoperipatus__Plicatoperipatus a genus of Peripatidae subtype: #genus_Peripatopsis__Peripatopsis type genus of Peripatopsidae; onychophorans of chiefly Asiatic and African tropical regions subtype: #genus_Adalia__Adalia genus of ladybugs subtype: #genus_Epilachna__Epilachna genus of ladybugs native to Mexico and Central America; both larvae and adults feed on plants subtype: #genus_Hippodamia__Hippodamia genus of ladybugs subtype: #genus_Rodolia__Rodolia__genus_Vedalia genus of Australian ladybugs subtype: #genus_Brachinus__Brachinus bombardier beetles subtype: #genus_Calosoma genus of large predaceous ground beetles that feed on injurious caterpillars subtype: #genus_Monochamus__Monochamus sawyer beetles subtype: #genus_Leptinotarsa__Leptinotarsa Colorado potato beetles subtype: #genus_Scarabaeus type genus of the Scarabaeidae subtype: #genus_Popillia__Popillia a genus of Scarabaeidae subtype: #genus_Anomala__Anomala genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants; includes several pests of cultivated grasses subtype: #genus_Melolontha__Melolontha a genus of Melolonthidae subtype: #genus_Macrodactylus__Macrodactylus a genus of Melolonthidae subtype: #genus_Cetonia__Cetonia a genus of Cetoniidae subtype: #genus_Pyrophorus__Pyrophorus tropical click beetles subtype: #genus_Anthonomus__Anthonomus weevils destructive of cultivated plants subtype: #genus_Scolytus__Scolytus type genus of the Scolytidae comprising numerous small bark beetles subtype: #genus_Dendroctonus__Dendroctonus genus of small bark beetles destructive especially to mature conifers subtype: #genus_Tribolium__Tribolium flour beetles subtype: #genus_Bruchus__Bruchus type genus of the Bruchidae subtype: #genus_Acanthoscelides__Acanthoscelides a genus of Bruchidae subtype: #genus_Sitophylus__Sitophylus a genus of Bruchidae subtype: #genus_Pediculus__Pediculus type genus of Pediculidae: true lice infecting humans subtype: #genus_Phthirius__Phthirius__Phthirus__genus_Phthirus true lice: crab lice subtype: #genus_Menopon__Menopon chicken lice subtype: #genus_Pulex__Pulex type genus of the Pulicidae subtype: #genus_Ctenocephalides__Ctenocephalides an arthropod genus of fleas subtype: #genus_Ctenocephalus__Ctenocephalus a former usage synonymous with Ctenocephalides subtype: #genus_Tunga__Tunga a genus of Siphonaptera subtype: #genus_Echidnophaga__Echidnophaga a genus of Siphonaptera subtype: #genus_Mayetiola__Mayetiola a genus of Cecidomyidae subtype: #genus_Musca__Musca type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies subtype: #genus_Glossina type genus of the Glossinidae: tsetse flies subtype: #genus_Calliphora__Calliphora type genus of the Calliphoridae: blowflies subtype: #genus_Lucilia__Lucilia greenbottle flies subtype: #genus_Sarcophaga__Sarcophaga flesh flies subtype: #genus_Gasterophilus__Gasterophilus type genus of the Gasterophilidae: horse botflies subtype: #genus_Cuterebra__Cuterebra type genus of the Cuterebridae subtype: #genus_Dermatobia__Dermatobia larvae live under the skin of domestic mammals and humans subtype: #genus_Oestrus__Oestrus type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies subtype: #genus_Hypoderma__Hypoderma in some classifications considered the type genus of the family Hypodermatidae: warble flies subtype: #genus_Rhagoletis__Rhagoletis a genus of Trypetidae subtype: #genus_Ceratitis__Ceratitis Mediterranean fruit flies subtype: #genus_Drosophila a genus of Drosophilidae subtype: #genus_Philophylla__Philophylla leaf miners subtype: #genus_Hippobosca__Hippobosca type genus of the Hippoboscidae subtype: #genus_Melophagus__Melophagus an arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked subtype: #genus_Haematobia__Haematobia European genus of bloodsucking flies subtype: #genus_Aedes__Aedes yellow-fever mosquitos subtype: #genus_Anopheles__Anopheles malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae subtype: #genus_Culex__Culex type genus of the Culicidae: widespread genus of mosquitoes distinguished by holding the body parallel to the resting surface subtype: #genus_Ceratopogon__Ceratopogon type genus of the Ceratopogonidae subtype: #genus_Chironomus__Chironomus type genus of the Chironomidae subtype: #genus_Phlebotomus__Phlebotomus small blood-sucking sand flies that resemble moths subtype: #genus_Sciara type genus of the Sciaridae: fungus gnat subtype: #genus_Simulium__Simulium type genus of the Simuliidae: blackflies subtype: #genus_Apis__Apis type genus of the Apidae: honeybees subtype: #genus_Xylocopa__Xylocopa carpenter bees subtype: #genus_Bombus__Bombus bumblebees subtype: #genus_Psithyrus__Psithyrus a large bee that resembles the bumblebee but lacks pollen-collecting apparatus and a worker caste subtype: #genus_Andrena a solitary burrowing short-tongued bee subtype: #nomia__genusnomia a genus of bee; some are important pollinators of legumes subtype: #genus_Megachile__Megachile type genus of the Megachilidae: leaf-cutting bees subtype: #genus_Anthidium__Anthidium potter bees subtype: #genus_Vespa__Vespa type genus of the Vespidae: various hornets and yellow jackets subtype: #genus_Vespula__Vespula sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social wasps subtype: #genus_Polistes__Polistes a genus of Vespidae subtype: #genus_Eumenes__Eumenes mason wasps subtype: #genus_Sceliphron__Sceliphron mud daubers subtype: #genus_Sphecius__Sphecius large solitary wasps: cicada killer subtype: #genus_Cynips__Cynips type genus of the Cynipidae: gall wasps subtype: #genus_Amphibolips__Amphibolips cynipid gall wasps, especially causing oak-apple galls subtype: #genus_Andricus__Andricus cynipid gall wasps, chiefly affecting oaks subtype: #genus_Chalcis__Chalcis type genus of the Chalcididae subtype: #genus-Fenusa__Fenusa birch leaf miner subtype: #genus_Monomorium__Monomorium a genus of Formicidae subtype: #genus_Camponotus__Camponotus carpenter ants subtype: #genus_Solenopsis__Solenopsis fire ants subtype: #genus_Formica__Formica type genus of the Formicidae subtype: #genus_Myrmecia__Myrmecia bulldog ants subtype: #genus_Polyergus__Polyergus Amazon ants subtype: #genus_Termes__Termes type genus of the Termitidae subtype: #genus_Reticulitermes__Reticulitermes includes species highly destructive to structures and living trees subtype: #genus_Mastotermes__Mastotermes primitive genus of termites; mostly extinct; sometimes considered the most primitive Isoptera subtype: #genus_Kalotermes__Kalotermes type genus of Kalotermitidae; termites destructive of wood and living trees subtype: #genus_Cryptotermes__Cryptotermes genus of dry wood termites; cosmopolitan; sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes subtype: #genus_Locusta__Locusta a genus of Acrididae subtype: #genus_Melanoplus__Melanoplus New World migratory locusts and common American grasshoppers subtype: #genus_Microcentrum__Microcentrum katydids subtype: #genus_Anabrus__Anabrus a genus of Tettigoniidae subtype: #genus_Stenopelmatus__Stenopelmatus sand crickets subtype: #genus_Acheta__Acheta common house and field crickets subtype: #genus_Oecanthus__Oecanthus tree crickets subtype: #genus_Diapheromera a genus of Phasmidae subtype: #genus_Phyllium__Phyllium type genus of the Phyllidae subtype: #genus_Blatta__Blatta type genus of the Blattidae: cockroaches infesting buildings worldwide subtype: #genus_Periplaneta__Periplaneta cosmopolitan genus of large cockroaches subtype: #genus_Blattella__Blattella small cockroaches subtype: #genus_Blaberus__Blaberus giant cockroaches subtype: #genus_Cryptocercus__Cryptocercus cockroaches subtype: #genus_Mantis type genus of the Mantidae: mantises subtype: #genus_Poecilocapsus__Poecilocapsus a genus of Miridae subtype: #genus_Lygus__Lygus plant-sucking bugs subtype: #genus_Blissus__Blissus chinch bugs subtype: #genus_Anasa__Anasa squash bugs subtype: #genus_Leptoglossus__Leptoglossus leaf-footed bugs subtype: #genus_Cimex__Cimex type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs subtype: #genus_Notonecta__Notonecta type genus of the Notonectidae: backswimmers subtype: #genus_Nepa__Nepa type genus of the Nepidae: typical elongate-oval water scorpions subtype: #genus_Ranatra__Ranatra elongate very slender water scorpions subtype: #genus_Corixa__Corixa type genus of the Corixidae: boat bugs subtype: #genus_Gerris__Gerris type genus of the Gerrididae subtype: #genus_Triatoma__Triatoma conenoses subtype: #genus_Arilus__Arilus a genus of Reduviidae subtype: #genus_Dysdercus__Dysdercus a genus of slender long-legged bugs that feed on the developing seeds of cotton and stain it subtype: #genus_Aleyrodes__Aleyrodes type genus of the Aleyrodidae subtype: #genus_Dialeurodes__Dialeurodes a genus of Aleyrodidae subtype: #genus_Trialeurodes__Trialeurodes a genus of Aleyrodidae subtype: #genus_Bemisia__Bemisia sweet-potato whitefly subtype: #genus_Coccus type genus of the Coccidae subtype: #genus_Aspidiotus__Aspidiotus a genus of Diaspididae subtype: #genus_Dactylopius__Dactylopius type genus of the Dactylopiidae subtype: #genus_Pseudococcus__Pseudococcus type genus of the Pseudococcidae subtype: #genus_Planococcus__Planococcus a genus of Pseudococcidae subtype: #genus_Aphis__Aphis type genus of the Aphididae: injurious to fruit trees and vegetables subtype: #genus_Eriosoma__Eriosoma woolly aphids subtype: #genus_Prociphilus__Prociphilus a genus of Aphididae subtype: #genus_Adelges__Adelges type genus of the Adelgidae: plant lice subtype: #genus_Pineus__Pineus a genus of Adelgidae subtype: #genus_Phylloxera__Phylloxera type genus of the Phylloxeridae: plant lice subtype: #genus_Cicada type genus of the Cicadidae: cicadas subtype: #genus_Tibicen__Tibicen harvest flies subtype: #genus_Magicicada__Magicicada seventeen-year locust subtype: #genus_Philaenus__Philaenus a genus of Cercopidae subtype: #genus_Aphrophora__Aphrophora a genus of Cercopidae subtype: #genus_Liposcelis__Liposcelis a genus of Psocidae subtype: #genus_Trogium__Trogium a genus of Psocidae subtype: #genus_Myrmeleon__Myrmeleon type genus of the Myrmeleontidae: antlions subtype: #genus_Corydalus__Corydalus__Corydalis__genus_Corydalis type genus of the Corydalidae subtype: #genus_Sialis__Sialis type genus of the Sialidae subtype: #genus_Lepisma__Lepisma type genus of the Lepismatidae: silverfish subtype: #genus_Thermobia__Thermobia a genus of Lepismatidae subtype: #genus_Frankliniella__Frankliniella tobacco thrips subtype: #genus_Thrips type genus of the Thripidae subtype: #genus_Forficula__Forficula type genus of Forficulidae subtype: #genus_Nymphalis__Nymphalis type genus of the Nymphalidae: mourning cloak butterflies subtype: #genus_Vanessa__Vanessa painted beauty and red admiral subtype: #genus_Limenitis__Limenitis mainly dark northern butterflies with white wing bars subtype: #genus_Polygonia__Polygonia comma butterflies subtype: #genus_Spyeria__Spyeria fritillaries subtype: #genus_Argynnis__Argynnis fritillaries subtype: #genus_Apatura__Apatura large Old World butterflies subtype: #genus_Inachis__Inachis a genus of Nymphalidae subtype: #genus_Danaus__Danaus type genus of the Danaidae: monarch butterflies subtype: #genus_Pieris__Pieris type genus of the Pieridae subtype: #genus_Lycaena__Lycaena type genus of the Lycaenidae; small slender butterflies with upper surface of wings usually metallic blue or green or copper subtype: #genus_Strymon__Strymon large and widely distributed genus of hairstreak butterflies subtype: #genus_Tortrix type genus of the Tortricidae subtype: #genus_Homona__Homona tea tortrix subtype: #genus_Argyrotaenia__Argyrotaenia orange tortrix subtype: #genus_Carpocapsa__Carpocapsa codling moths subtype: #genus_Lymantria__Lymantria type genus of the Lymantriidae; a pest (Lymantria means `destroyer') subtype: #genus_Euproctis__Euproctis a genus of Lymantriidae subtype: #genus_Paleacrita__Paleacrita geometrid moths subtype: #genus_Alsophila__Alsophila geometrid moths subtype: #genus_Pyralis__Pyralis type genus of the Pyralidae subtype: #genus_Galleria__Galleria a genus of Pyralidae subtype: #genus_Pyrausta__Pyrausta moths whose larvae are corn borers subtype: #genus_Anagasta__Anagasta moth whose larvae are flour moths subtype: #genus_Ephestia__Ephestia small moths whose larvae spin silken tunnels and feed on stored food products subtype: #genus_Cadra__Cadra a genus of Pyralidae subtype: #genus_Tinea__Tinea type genus of the Tineidae: clothes moths subtype: #genus_Tineola__Tineola webbing clothes moths subtype: #genus_Trichophaga__Trichophaga carpet moths subtype: #genus_Gelechia__Gelechia type genus of the Gelechiidae: pink bollworms subtype: #genus_Sitotroga__Sitotroga grain moths subtype: #genus_Phthorimaea__Phthorimaea potato moths subtype: #genus_Noctua__Noctua type genus of the Noctuidae: moths whose larvae are cutworms subtype: #genus_Catacala__Catacala moths whose larvae are cutworms: underwings subtype: #genus_Cerapteryx__Cerapteryx antler moths subtype: #genus_Heliothis__Heliothis a genus of Noctuidae subtype: #genus_Chorizagrotis__Chorizagrotis moths whose larvae are army cutworms subtype: #genus_Pseudaletia__Pseudaletia moths whose larvae are armyworms subtype: #genus_Spodoptera__Spodoptera moths whose larvae are armyworms subtype: #genus_Manduca__Manduca moths whose larvae are tobacco hornworms or tomato hornworms subtype: #genus_Acherontia__Acherontia death's-head moth subtype: #genus_Bombyx__Bombyx type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth subtype: #genus_Saturnia__Saturnia type genus of the Saturniidae: emperor moth subtype: #genus_Eacles__Eacles imperial moths subtype: #genus_Actias__Actias luna moths subtype: #genus_Hyalophora__Hyalophora American silkworm moth subtype: #genus_Samia__Samia silkworm moths subtype: #genus_Automeris__Automeris io moth subtype: #genus_Antheraea__Antheraea large moths whose larvae produce silk of high quality subtype: #genus_Atticus__Atticus atlas moth subtype: #genus_Callimorpha__Callimorpha cinnabar moths subtype: #genus_Lasiocampa__Lasiocampa type genus of the Lasiocampidae: eggars subtype: #genus_Malacosoma__Malacosoma tent caterpillars subtype: #genus_Hyphantria__Hyphantria fall webworms subtype: #genus_Loxostege__Loxostege garden webworms subtype: #mammal_genus a genus of mammals subtype: #genus_Tachyglossus__Tachyglossus type genus of the family Tachyglossidae subtype: #genus_Zaglossus__Zaglossus a genus of Tachyglossidae subtype: #genus_Ornithorhynchus__Ornithorhynchus type genus of the family Ornithorhynchidae subtype: #genus_Didelphis__Didelphis type genus of the family Didelphidae subtype: #genus_Caenolestes__Caenolestes type genus of the family Caenolestidae subtype: #genus_Macrotis__Macrotis a genus of Peramelidae subtype: #genus_Macropus__Macropus type genus of the family Macropodidae: typical kangaroos and wallabies subtype: #genus_Lagorchestes__Lagorchestes hare wallabies subtype: #genus_Onychogalea__Onychogalea a genus of Macropodidae subtype: #genus_Petrogale__Petrogale rock wallabies subtype: #genus_Thylogale__Thylogale pademelons subtype: #genus_Dendrolagus__Dendrolagus tree wallabies subtype: #genus_Hypsiprymnodon__Hypsiprymnodon musk kangaroos subtype: #genus_Potorous__Potorous potoroos subtype: #genus_Bettongia__Bettongia jerboa kangaroo subtype: #genus_Phalanger type genus of the family Phalangeridae: cuscuses subtype: #genus_Trichosurus__Trichosurus a genus of Phalangeridae subtype: #genus_Petaurus__Petaurus a genus of Phalangeridae subtype: #genus_Acrobates__Acrobates a genus of Phalangeridae subtype: #genus_Phascolarctos__Phascolarctos koalas subtype: #genus_Dasyurus__Dasyurus type genus of the family Dasyuridae: native cats subtype: #genus_Thylacinus__Thylacinus Tasmanian wolf subtype: #genus_Sarcophilus__Sarcophilus Tasmanian devil subtype: #genus_Phascogale__Phascogale pouched mice subtype: #genus_Myrmecobius__Myrmecobius banded anteater subtype: #genus_Notoryctus__Notoryctus type genus of the family Notoryctidae: comprising solely the marsupial mole subtype: #genus_Condylura__Condylura star-nosed moles subtype: #genus_Parascalops__Parascalops brewer's moles subtype: #genus_Chrysochloris__Chrysochloris type genus of the Chrysochloridae subtype: #genus_Uropsilus__Uropsilus shrew moles subtype: #genus_Neurotrichus__Neurotrichus shrew moles subtype: #genus_Sorex__Sorex type genus of the family Soricidae: shrews subtype: #genus_Blarina__Blarina shrews subtype: #genus_Neomys__Neomys a genus of Soricidae subtype: #genus_Cryptotis__Cryptotis least shrews subtype: #genus_Erinaceus__Erinaceus type genus of the family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs subtype: #genus_Tenrec type genus of the family Tenrecidae: tenrecs subtype: #genus_Potamogale type genus of the family Potamogalidae: otter shrews subtype: #genus_Balaena__Balaena type genus of the Balaenidae: Greenland whales subtype: #genus_Balaenoptera__Balaenoptera type genus of the Balaenopteridae subtype: #genus_Megaptera__Megaptera humpback whales subtype: #genus_Eschrichtius__Eschrichtius type and sole genus of the Eschrichtiidae subtype: #genus_Physeter__Physeter type genus of the Physeteridae subtype: #genus_Kogia__Kogia pygmy sperm whales subtype: #genus_Hyperoodon__Hyperoodon bottle-nosed whales subtype: #genus_Delphinus__Delphinus type genus of the Delphinidae subtype: #genus_Tursiops__Tursiops a genus of Delphinidae subtype: #genus_Phocaena__Phocaena porpoises subtype: #genus_Grampus grampus subtype: #genus_Orcinus__Orcinus killer whales subtype: #genus_Globicephala__Globicephala pilot whales subtype: #genus_Monodon__Monodon type genus of the Monodontidae subtype: #genus_Delphinapterus__Delphinapterus white whale subtype: #Trichechus__genus_Trichecus type and sole genus of the Trichechidae subtype: #genus_Dugong type genus of the Dugongidae comprising only the dugongs subtype: #genus_Hydrodamalis__Hydrodamalis a genus of the family Dugongidae comprising only Steller's sea cow subtype: #genus_Arctocephalus__Arctocephalus fur seals subtype: #genus_Callorhinus__Callorhinus fur seals subtype: #genus_Otaria__Otaria type genus of the Otariidae subtype: #genus_Zalophus__Zalophus sea lions subtype: #genus_Eumetopias__Eumetopias sea lions subtype: #genus_Phoca__Phoca type genus of the Phocidae: earless seals subtype: #genus_Pagophilus__Pagophilus harp seals subtype: #genus_Mirounga__Mirounga elephant seals subtype: #genus_Erignathus__Erignathus bearded seals subtype: #genus_Cystophora__Cystophora hooded seals subtype: #genus_Odobenus__Odobenus type genus of the Odobenidae: walruses subtype: #genus_Orycteropus__Orycteropus coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae subtype: #genus_Canis__Canis type genus of the Canidae: domestic and wild dogs; wolves; jackals subtype: #genus_Cuon__Cuon__Cyon__genus_Cyon Asiatic wild dog subtype: #genus_Dusicyon__Dusicyon crab-eating dog subtype: #genus_Nyctereutes__Nyctereutes raccoon dogs subtype: #genus_Lycaeon__Lycaeon African hunting dog subtype: #genus_Hyaena type genus of the Hyaenidae subtype: #genus_Crocuta__Crocuta a genus of Hyaenidae subtype: #genus_Proteles__Proteles aardwolf subtype: #genus_Vulpes__Vulpes foxes subtype: #genus_Alopex__Alopex arctic foxes subtype: #genus_Urocyon__Urocyon gray foxes subtype: #genus_Felis__Felis type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcats subtype: #genus_Lynx lynxes subtype: #genus_Panthera__Panthera lions; leopards; snow leopards; jaguars; tigers; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers subtype: #genus_Acinonyx__Acinonyx cheetahs subtype: #genus_Smiledon__Smiledon saber-toothed tigers subtype: #genus_Nimravus__Nimravus false sabertoothed tigers subtype: #genus_Ursus__Ursus type genus of Ursidae: brown bears; in some classifications genus Ursus includes all bears subtype: #genus_Euarctos__Euarctos American black bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus subtype: #genus_Selenarctos__Selenarctos Asiatic black bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus subtype: #genus_Thalarctos__Thalarctos polar bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus subtype: #genus_Melursus__Melursus sloth bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus subtype: #genus_Viverra__Viverra type genus of the family Viverridae subtype: #genus_Viverricula__Viverricula a genus of Viverridae subtype: #genus_Arctictis__Arctictis binturongs subtype: #genus_Fossa__Fossa monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets subtype: #genus_Genetta__Genetta genets subtype: #genus_Hemigalus__Hemigalus banded palm civets subtype: #genus_Herpestes__Herpestes mongooses subtype: #genus_Paradoxurus__Paradoxurus palm civets subtype: #genus_Suricata__Suricata meerkats subtype: #genus_Pteropus__Pteropus a genus of Megachiroptera subtype: #genus_Nyctimene__Nyctimene East Indian fruit bats subtype: #genus_Cynopterus__Cynopterus a genus of Megachiroptera subtype: #genus_Macrotus leafnose bats subtype: #genus_Phyllostomus__Phyllostomus type genus of the family Phyllostomatidae subtype: #genus_Choeronycteris__Choeronycteris a genus of Phyllostomatidae subtype: #genus_Hipposideros__Hipposideros horseshoe bats subtype: #genus_Rhinonicteris__Rhinonicteris orange horseshoe bats subtype: #genus_Megaderma__Megaderma type genus of the Megadermatidae subtype: #genus_Vespertilio__Vespertilio a genus of Vespertilionidae subtype: #genus_Lasiurus__Lasiurus a genus of Vespertilionidae subtype: #genus_Myotis__Myotis largest and most widely distributed genus of bats subtype: #genus_Eptesicus__Eptesicus a genus of Vespertilionidae subtype: #genus_Antrozous__Antrozous a genus of Vespertilionidae subtype: #genus_Pipistrellus__Pipistrellus nearly cosmopolitan genus of very small bats subtype: #genus_Euderma__Euderma a genus of Vespertilionidae subtype: #genus_Plecotus__Plecotus a genus of Vespertilionidae subtype: #genus_Tadarida__Tadarida freetail bats subtype: #genus_Eumops__Eumops mastiff bats subtype: #genus_Desmodus__Desmodus type genus of the Desmodontidae: vampire bats subtype: #genus_Diphylla__Diphylla vampire bats subtype: #genus_Oryctolagus__Oryctolagus Old World rabbits subtype: #genus_Sylvilagus__Sylvilagus North American rabbits subtype: #genus_Lepus__Lepus type genus of the Leporidae: hares subtype: #genus_Ochotona__Ochotona type genus of the Ochotonidae subtype: #genus_Mus__Mus type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; upper incisors have a square-notched tip subtype: #genus_Micromyx__Micromyx Old World harvest mice subtype: #genus_Apodemus__Apodemus Old World field mice subtype: #genus_Rattus__Rattus common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge subtype: #genus_Nesokia__Nesokia bandicoot rats subtype: #genus_Conilurus__Conilurus jerboa rats subtype: #genus_Notomys__Notomys jerboa rats subtype: #genus_Hydromys__Hydromys water rats subtype: #genus_Reithrodontomys__Reithrodontomys New World harvest mice subtype: #genus_Peromyscus__Peromyscus New World wood mice subtype: #genus_Baiomys__Baiomys pygmy mice subtype: #genus_Onychomys__Onychomys grasshopper mice subtype: #genus_Ondatra__Ondatra muskrats subtype: #genus_Neofiber__Neofiber round-tailed muskrat subtype: #genus_Sigmodon__Sigmodon American cotton rats subtype: #genus_Neotoma__Neotoma packrats subtype: #genus_Oryzomys__Oryzomys rice rats subtype: #genus_Pitymys__Pitymys pine mice subtype: #genus_Microtus__Microtus voles of the northern hemisphere subtype: #genus_Arvicola__Arvicola in some classifications considered synonymous with Microtus subtype: #genus_Clethrionomys__Clethrionomys a genus of Cricetidae subtype: #genus_Phenacomys North American boles subtype: #genus_Cricetus__Cricetus type genus of the Cricetidae: Old World hamsters subtype: #genus_Mesocricetus__Mesocricetus golden hamsters subtype: #genus_Gerbillus__Gerbillus type genus of the Gerbillinae: typical gerbils subtype: #genus_Meriones__Meriones a genus of Cricetidae subtype: #Lemmus__genus_lemmus lemmings subtype: #genus_Myopus__Myopus a genus of Cricetidae subtype: #genus_Dicrostonyx__Dicrostonyx pied lemmings subtype: #genus_Synaptomys__Synaptomys bog lemmings subtype: #genus_Atherurus__Atherurus a genus of Hystricidae subtype: #genus_Trichys__Trichys a genus of Hystricidae subtype: #genus_Erethizon__Erethizon a genus of Erethizontidae subtype: #genus_Perognathus__Perognathus pocket mice subtype: #genus_Liomys__Liomys pocket mice subtype: #genus_Dipodomys__Dipodomys kangaroo rats subtype: #genus_Microdipodops__Microdipodops kangaroo mice subtype: #genus_Zapus__Zapus type genus of the Zapodidae subtype: #genus_Dipus__Dipus type genus of the Dipodidae; typical jerboas having three toes on each hind food subtype: #genus_Jaculus__Jaculus jerboas subtype: #genus_Glis__Glis type genus of the Gliridae subtype: #genus_Muscardinus__Muscardinus a genus of Gliridae subtype: #genus_Eliomys__Eliomys lerots subtype: #genus_Geomys__Geomys type genus of the Geomyidae subtype: #genus_Thomomys__Thomomys western pocket gophers subtype: #genus_Sciurus__Sciurus type genus of the Sciuridae; typical moderate-sized arboreal squirrels subtype: #genus_Tamiasciurus__Tamiasciurus American red squirrels subtype: #genus_Citellus__Citellus__Spermophilus__genus_Spermophilus typical ground squirrels subtype: #genus_Cynomys__Cynomys prairie dogs subtype: #genus_Tamias__Tamias chipmunks of eastern North America subtype: #genus_Eutamias__Eutamias chipmunks of western America and Asia subtype: #genus_Glaucomys__Glaucomys New World flying squirrels subtype: #genus_Marmota__Marmota marmots subtype: #genus_Petaurista__Petaurista very large Asiatic flying squirrels subtype: #genus_Castor__Castor type genus of the Castoridae: beavers subtype: #genus_Castoroides__Castoroides extinct beavers of the Pleistocene; of eastern and southern United States subtype: #genus_Aplodontia__Aplodontia type genus of the Aplodontiidae: comprising the mountain beavers subtype: #genus_Cavia__Cavia type genus of the Caviidae: guinea pigs subtype: #genus_Dolichotis__Dolichotis maras subtype: #genus_Hydrochoerus__Hydrochoerus a genus of Hydrochoeridae subtype: #genus_Dasyprocta__Dasyprocta type genus of the Dasyproctidae: agoutis subtype: #genus_Cuniculus__Cuniculus pacas subtype: #genus_Stictomys__Stictomys mountain pacas subtype: #genus_Myocastor__Myocastor a genus of Capromyidae subtype: #genus_Chinchilla type genus of the Chinchillidae subtype: #genus_Lagidium__Lagidium a genus of Chinchillidae subtype: #genus_Lagostomus__Lagostomus viscachas subtype: #genus_Abrocoma__Abrocoma abrocomes subtype: #genus_Spalax__Spalax type genus of the Spalacidae subtype: #genus_Bathyergus__Bathyergus mole rats subtype: #genus_Heterocephalus__Heterocephalus sand rats subtype: #genus_Uintatherium__Uintatherium type genus of the Uintatheriidae; extinct large herbivorous ungulates somewhat resembling elephants; from the Eocene in Wyoming subtype: #genus_Procavia__Procavia type genus of the Procaviidae subtype: #genus_Equus__Equus type genus of the Equidae: only surviving genus of the family Equidae subtype: #genus_Hyracotherium__Hyracotherium extinct horse genus; formerly called genus Eohippus subtype: #genus_Mesohippus a genus of Equidae subtype: #genus_Protohippus a genus of Equidae subtype: #genus_Rhinoceros type genus of the Rhinocerotidae subtype: #genus_Ceratotherium__Ceratotherium African genus subtype: #genus_Diceros__Diceros most common species in Africa subtype: #genus_Tapirus__Tapirus type genus of the Tapiridae subtype: #genus_Sus__Sus type genus of the Suidae subtype: #genus_Babyrousa__Babyrousa a genus of Suidae subtype: #genus_Phacochoerus__Phacochoerus warthogs subtype: #genus_Tayassu__Tayassu__genus_Pecari type genus of the Tayassuidae subtype: #genus_Hippopotamus type genus of the Hippopotamidae subtype: #genus_Bos__Bos wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini subtype: #genus_Bubalus__Bubalus__tribe_Bubalus in some classification systems included in genus Bos; water buffaloes subtype: #genus_Anoa a genus of mammals of the family Bovidae subtype: #genus_Synercus__Synercus__tribe_synercus Cape buffalo subtype: #genus_Bibos__Bibos wild ox subtype: #genus_Bison sometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos: American buffalo subtype: #genus_Ovibos__Ovibos consisting of the musk-ox subtype: #genus_Ovis__Ovis sheep subtype: #genus_Ammotragus__Ammotragus genus of wild sheep subtype: #genus_Capra__Capra goats subtype: #genus_Oreamnos__Oreamnos mountain goats subtype: #genus_Naemorhedus__Naemorhedus gorals subtype: #genus_Capricornis__Capricornis serows subtype: #genus_Rupicapra__Rupicapra chamois subtype: #genus_Budorcas__Budorcas gnu goats subtype: #genus_Antilope__Antilope blackbucks subtype: #genus_Litocranius__Litocranius E African antelopes: gerenuks subtype: #genus_Addax genus of antelopes of North African deserts subtype: #genus_Connochaetes__Connochaetes African antelopes: gnus subtype: #genus_Madoqua__Madoqua genus comprising some small antelopes of eastern and northeastern Africa subtype: #genus_Alcelaphus__Alcelaphus African antelopes: hartebeests subtype: #genus_Damaliscus__Damaliscus African antelopes: sassabies subtype: #genus_Aepyceros__Aepyceros African antelopes: impalas subtype: #genus_Gazella__Gazella typical gazelles subtype: #genus_Antidorcas__Antidorcas springboks subtype: #genus_Tragelaphus__Tragelaphus__Strepsiceros__genus_Strepsiceros African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucks subtype: #genus_Boselaphus__Boselaphus Indian antelopes: nilgais subtype: #genus_Hippotragus__Hippotragus sable antelopes subtype: #genus_Saiga Eurasian antelopes: saigas subtype: #genus_Raphicerus__Raphicerus African antelopes: steenboks subtype: #genus_Taurotragus__Taurotragus African antelopes: elands subtype: #genus_Kobus__Kobus African antelopes: waterbucks subtype: #genus_Adenota__Adenota African antelopes: puku subtype: #genus_Oryx African antelopes: oryxes subtype: #genus_Pseudoryx__Pseudoryx species of large cow-like mammals of Vietnam discovered by scientists in 1992 subtype: #genus_Antilocapra__Antilocapra type and sole genus of the Antilocapridae comprising one species subtype: #genus_Cervus__Cervus type genus of the Cervidae subtype: #genus_Odocoileus__Odocoileus North American deer subtype: #genus_Alces__Alces elk or moose subtype: #genus_Dama__Dama fallow deer subtype: #genus_Capreolus__Capreolus roe deer subtype: #genus_Rangifer__Rangifer reindeer or caribou subtype: #genus_Mazama__Mazama brockets subtype: #genus_Muntiacus__Muntiacus muntjacs subtype: #genus_Moschus__Moschus musk deer subtype: #genus_Elaphurus__Elaphurus a genus of Cervidae subtype: #genus_Tragulus__Tragulus type genus of the Tragulidae subtype: #genus_Hyemoschus__Hyemoschus water chevrotains subtype: #genus_Camelus__Camelus type genus of the Camelidae: camels subtype: #genus_Lama__Lama llamas subtype: #genus_Vicugna__Vicugna a genus of Camelidae subtype: #genus_Giraffa__Giraffa type genus of the Giraffidae subtype: #genus_Okapia__Okapia okapis subtype: #genus_Mustela__Mustela type genus of the family Mustelidae: minks and weasels subtype: #genus_Poecilogale__Poecilogale muishonds subtype: #genus_Ictonyx__Ictonyx a genus of Mustelidae subtype: #genus_Lutra__Lutra in some classifications considered a genus of the subfamily Lutrinae subtype: #genus_Enhydra__Enhydra sea otters subtype: #genus_Mephitis__Mephitis in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Mephitinae subtype: #genus_Conepatus__Conepatus a genus of Mustelidae subtype: #genus_Spilogale__Spilogale a genus of Mustelidae subtype: #genus_Taxidea__Taxidea in some classifications considered a genus of subfamily Melinae subtype: #genus_Meles__Meles in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Melinae subtype: #genus_Mellivora__Mellivora ratels subtype: #genus_Melogale__Melogale a genus of Mustelidae subtype: #genus_Arctonyx__Arctonyx a genus of Mustelidae subtype: #genus_Gulo__Gulo a genus of Mustelidae subtype: #genus_Grison a genus of Mustelidae subtype: #genus_Galictis alternative name for the genus Grison subtype: #genus_Martes__Martes martens subtype: #genus_Charronia__Charronia a genus of Mustelidae subtype: #genus_Eira__Eira a genus of Mustelidae subtype: #genus_Dasypus__Dasypus__dasypu type genus of the Dasypodidae subtype: #genus_Tolypeutes__Tolypeutes a genus of Dasypodidae subtype: #genus_Cabassous solely the tatouay subtype: #genus_Euphractus__Euphractus a genus of Dasypodidae subtype: #genus_Priodontes__Priodontes solely the giant armadillo subtype: #genus_Chlamyphorus__Chlamyphorus pichiciago subtype: #genus_Burmeisteria__Burmeisteria a genus of Dasypodidae subtype: #genus_Bradypus__Bradypus type genus of the Bradypodidae: three-toed sloths subtype: #genus_Choloepus__Choloepus a genus of Megalonychidae subtype: #genus_Megatherium__Megatherium type genus of the Megatheriidae subtype: #genus_Mylodon type genus of the Mylodontidae; sometimes included in family Megatheriidae subtype: #genus_Myrmecophaga__Myrmecophaga type genus of the Myrmecophagidae; South American ant bear subtype: #genus_Cyclopes__Cyclopes only the silky anteater subtype: #genus_Tamandua lesser anteater subtype: #genus_Manis__Manis type genus of the Manidae subtype: #genus_Homo type genus of the family Hominidae subtype: #genus_Australopithecus__Australopithecus extinct genus of African hominid subtype: #genus_Plesianthropus__Plesianthropus former name for the genus Australopithecus subtype: #genus_Sivapithecus extinct primates; lower Pliocene subtype: #genus_Dryopithecus__Dryopithecus genus of Old World hominoids; Miocene and Pliocene subtype: #genus_Ouranopithecus__Ouranopithecus a genus of Hominidae subtype: #genus_Lufengpithecus__Lufengpithecus a genus of Hominidae subtype: #genus_Proconsul genus of extinct primitive African Miocene primates; sometimes considered a subgenus of Dryopithecus subtype: #genus_Kenyapithecus__Kenyapithecus extinct primate having powerful chewing muscles along with large molars and small incisors; fossils found in Kenya subtype: #genus_Aegyptopithecus a genus of Hominoidea subtype: #genus_Algeripithecus__Algeripithecus an extinct genus of Hominoidea subtype: #genus_Pongo__Pongo type genus of the family Pongidae: orangutans subtype: #genus_Gorilla gorillas subtype: #genus_Pan__Pan chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids subtype: #genus_Hylobates__Hylobates gibbons subtype: #genus_Symphalangus__Symphalangus used in some classifications for the siamangs subtype: #genus_Cercopithecus__Cercopithecus type genus of the Cercopithecidae: guenons subtype: #genus_Cercocebus__Cercocebus mangabeys subtype: #genus_Erythrocebus__Erythrocebus patas subtype: #genus_Papio__Papio baboons subtype: #genus_Mandrillus__Mandrillus baboons subtype: #genus_Macaca__Macaca macaques; rhesus monkeys subtype: #genus_Presbytes__Presbytes__mammal_Semnopithecus langurs subtype: #genus_Colobus a genus of Cercopithecidae subtype: #genus_Nasalis__Nasalis__nasali proboscis monkeys subtype: #genus_Callithrix__Callithrix type genus of the Callithricidae: true marmosets subtype: #genus_Cebuella__Cebuella pygmy marmosets subtype: #genus_Leontocebus__Leontocebus__genus_Leontideus tamarins subtype: #genus_Cebus__Cebus type genus of the Cebidae subtype: #genus_Aotus__Aotus douroucoulis subtype: #genus_Alouatta__Alouatta howler monkeys subtype: #genus_Pithecia__Pithecia sakis subtype: #genus_Cacajao__Cacajao uakaris subtype: #genus_Callicebus__Callicebus titis subtype: #genus_Ateles__Ateles spider monkeys subtype: #genus_Saimiri__Saimiri squirrel monkeys subtype: #genus_Lagothrix__Lagothrix woolly monkeys subtype: #genus_Tupaia__Tupaia type genus of the Tupaia: chief genus of tree shrews subtype: #genus_Ptilocercus__Ptilocercus pentails subtype: #genus_Lemur type genus of the Lemuridae subtype: #genus_Daubentonia__Daubentonia type genus; coextensive with the family Daubentoniidae subtype: #genus_Loris type genus of the Lorisidae subtype: #genus_Nycticebus__Nycticebus a genus of Lorisidae subtype: #genus_Perodicticus__Perodicticus a genus of Lorisidae subtype: #genus_Arctocebus__Arctocebus a genus of Lorisidae subtype: #genus_Galago bush babies subtype: #genus_Indri type genus of the Indriidae subtype: #genus_Avahi__Avahi a genus of Indriidae subtype: #genus_Tarsius__Tarsius type and sole genus of the family Tarsiidae subtype: #genus_Cynocephalus__Cynocephalus type genus of the family Cynocephalidae subtype: #genus_Elephas__Elephas type genus of the family Elephantidae subtype: #genus_Loxodonta__Loxodonta a genus of Elephantidae subtype: #genus_Mammuthus__Mammuthus extinct genus: mammoths subtype: #genus_Archidiskidon__Archidiskidon a genus of Elephantidae subtype: #genus_Mammut__Mammut__genus_Mastodon extinct type genus of the Mammutidae: mastodons subtype: #genus_Gomphotherium__Gomphotherium type genus of the Gomphotheriidae subtype: #genus_Procyon__Procyon type genus of the family Procyonidae: raccoons subtype: #genus_Bassariscus__Bassariscus cacomistles subtype: #genus_Potos__Potos a genus of Procyonidae subtype: #genus_Nasua__Nasua coatis subtype: #genus_Ailurus__Ailurus lesser pandas subtype: #genus_Ailuropoda__Ailuropoda only the giant panda: in some classifications considered a genus of the separate family Ailuropodidae subtype: #sponge_genus a genus of Porifera subtype: #genus_Euplectella__Euplectella a genus of Hyalospongiae subtype: #coelenterate_genus a genus of coelenterates subtype: #genus_Chrysaora__Chrysaora a genus of Scyphozoa subtype: #genus_Hydra hydras subtype: #genus_Nanomia a genus of Siphonophora subtype: #genus_Physalia__Physalia Portuguese man-of-war subtype: #genus_Sertularia__Sertularia sessile hydroid that forms feathery colonies subtype: #genus_Actinia__Actinia a genus of sea anemone common in rock pools subtype: #genus_Pennatula__Pennatula type genus of the family Pennatulidae: sea pens subtype: #genus_Maeandra__Maeandra brain corals subtype: #genus_Acropora__Acropora coelenterate genus of order Madreporaria, including staghorn corals subtype: #genus_Fungia__Fungia mushroom corals subtype: #ctenophore_genus a genus of ctenophores subtype: #genus_Beroe coextensive with the class Nuda subtype: #genus_Pleurobrachia__Pleurobrachia sea gooseberries subtype: #genus_Cestum__Cestum Venus's girdle subtype: #worm_genus a genus of worms subtype: #genus_Sagitta chief genus of Chaetognatha including the largest arrowworms subtype: #genus_Spadella marine worms resembling the sagittas but with a broader body and only one pair of lateral fins subtype: #genus_Fasciola__Fasciola a genus of Fasciolidae subtype: #genus_Fasciolopsis__Fasciolopsis a genus of Fasciolidae subtype: #genus_Schistosoma__Schistosoma type genus of the family Schistosomatidae: blood flukes subtype: #genus_Echinococcus tapeworms subtype: #genus_Taenia type genus of the family Taeniidae: tapeworms subtype: #genus_Ascaris__Ascaris type genus of the family Ascaridae: roundworms with a three-lipped mouth subtype: #genus_Ascaridia__Ascaridia roundworm having a preanal sucker subtype: #genus_Enterobius__Enterobius pinworms subtype: #genus_Anguillula__Anguillula__Turbatrix__genus_Turbatrix a genus of Cephalobidae subtype: #genus_Tylenchus__Tylenchus type genus of the family Tylenchidae subtype: #genus_Dracunculus__Dracunculus type genus of the family Dracunculidae subtype: #genus_Branchiobdella__Branchiobdella type genus of the Branchiobdellidae: a small worm that lives on the gills or surface of a crayfish attached by a sucker subtype: #genus_Terebella__Terebella type genus of Terebellidae; tube-forming marine polychete worms with many filamentous tentacles subtype: #genus_Polycirrus__Polycirrus genus of soft-bodied polychete marine worms subtype: #genus_Hirudo__Hirudo type genus of the family Hirudinidae subtype: #genus_Haemopis__Haemopis leeches subtype: #mollusk_genus__molluskgenu a genus of mollusks subtype: #genus_Haliotis__Haliotis type genus of the family Haliotidae subtype: #genus_Lambis__Lambis scorpion shells of shallow tropical waters of the eastern hemisphere subtype: #genus_Strombus__Strombus type genus of the family Strombidae subtype: #genus_Helix__Helix type genus of the family Helicidae subtype: #genus_Limax__Limax a genus of Limacidae subtype: #genus_Nerita type genus of the Neritidae subtype: #genus_Neritina a genus of Neritidae subtype: #genus_Littorina__Littorina type genus of the family Littorinidae: periwinkles subtype: #genus_Patella__Patella type genus of the family Patellidae: common European limpets subtype: #genus_Fissurella__Fissurella type genus of the family Fissurellidae: keyhole limpets subtype: #genus_Ancylus__Ancylus type genus of the family Ancylidae: river limpet subtype: #genus_Aplysia__Aplysia__Tethys__genus_Tethus type genus of the family Aplysiidae subtype: #genus_Hermissenda__Hermissenda genus of marine sea slugs subtype: #genus_Haminoea__Haminoea common genus of marine bubble shells of the Pacific coast of North America subtype: #genus_Physa type genus of the physidae; freshwater air-breathing snails subtype: #genus_Cypraea__Cypraea type genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowries subtype: #genus_Chiton a genus of Polyplacophora subtype: #genus_Mya__Mya type genus of the family Myacidae subtype: #genus_Venus__Venus type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells subtype: #genus_Mercenaria__Mercenaria a genus of Veneridae subtype: #genus_Ensis__Ensis razor clams subtype: #genus_Tridacna__Tridacna type genus of the family Tridacnidae: giant clams subtype: #genus_Cardium__Cardium type genus of the family Cardiidae: cockles subtype: #genus_Ostrea__Ostrea type genus of the family Ostreidae subtype: #genus_Crassostrea__Crassostrea Virginia oysters subtype: #genus_Pinctada__Pinctada pearl oysters subtype: #genus_Anomia__Anomia type genus of the family Anomiidae: saddle oysters subtype: #genus_Placuna__Placuna windowpane oysters subtype: #genus_Arca__Arca type genus of the family Arcidae: ark shells and blood clams subtype: #genus_Mytilus__Mytilus type genus of the family Mytilidae: smooth-shelled marine mussels subtype: #genus_Unio__Unio type genus of the family Unionidae subtype: #genus_Anodonta__Anodonta thin-shelled freshwater mussels subtype: #genus_Dreissena__Dreissena zebra mussels subtype: #genus_Pecten type genus of the family Pectinidae: sea and bay scallops subtype: #genus_Teredo type genus of the family Teredinidae subtype: #genus_Bankia__Bankia giant shipworms subtype: #genus_Pholas__Pholas type genus of the family Pholadidae: piddocks subtype: #genus_Nautilus type genus and sole recent representative of the family Nautilidae subtype: #genus_Octopus type genus of the family Octopodidae subtype: #genus_Argonauta__Argonauta type genus of the family Argonautidae: paper nautilus subtype: #genus_Loligo squids subtype: #genus_Ommastrephes a genus of Decapoda subtype: #genus_Sepia__Sepia type genus of the Sepiidae subtype: #genus_Spirula genus of small cephalopods with many-chambered spiral shells resembling those of the extinct belemnites subtype: #echinoderm_genus a genus of echinoderms subtype: #genus_Euryale__Euryale basket stars subtype: #genus_Astrophyton__Astrophyton includes many of the basket stars subtype: #genus_Gorgonocephalus__Gorgonocephalus basket stars subtype: #genus_Ptilocrinus__Ptilocrinus sea lilies subtype: #genus_Antedon__Antedon a genus of echinoderms of the family Antedonidae subtype: #genus_Comatula__Comatula former usage synonymous with Antedon subtype: #genus_Holothuria__Holothuria type genus of the Holothuridae subtype: #type_genus (biology) genus from which the name of a family or subfamily is formed; it is not necessarily the most representative genus by often the largest or best known or earliest described subtype: #form_genus.genus__formgenu (biology) an artificial taxonomic category for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure subtype: #moss_genus a genus of mosses subtype: #genus_Anthoceros__Anthoceros hornworts subtype: #genus_Andreaea__Andreaea brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits subtype: #genus_Dicranum__Dicranum type genus of Dicranaceae subtype: #genus_Bryum__Bryum type genus of the Bryaceae: mosses distinguished by mostly erect and tufted gametophytes and symmetrical short-necked capsules subtype: #genus_Mnium__Mnium mosses similar to those of genus Bryum but larger subtype: #genus_Sphagnum a large genus constituting the order Sphagnales: atypical mosses of temperate bogs with leaves that can hold much water subtype: #genus_Marchantia__Marchantia type genus of Marchantiaceae; liverworts that reproduce asexually by gemmae and have stalked antheridiophores subtype: #genus_Sphaerocarpus__Sphaerocarpus__Sphaerocarpos__genus_Sphaerocarpos type genus of Sphaerocarpaceae; liverworts with small many-lobed usually orbicular thallus subtype: #gymnosperm_genus a genus of gymnosperms subtype: #genus_Gnetum type genus of the Gnetaceae; small trees or shrubs usually with climbing jointed stems and terminal spikes of flowers with orange-red seeds clustered in rough cones subtype: #genus_Ephedra type and sole genus of Ephedraceae: tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubby or creeping plants native to dry and inhospitable regions subtype: #genus_Welwitschia__genus_Welwitchia type and sole genus of Welwitschiaceae subtype: #genus_Cycas__Cycas type genus of Cycadaceae: genus of widely distributed Old World evergreen tropical trees having pinnate leaves and columnar stems covered with persistent bases of old leaves subtype: #genus_Zamia genus of small evergreen tropical and subtropical American cycads subtype: #genus_Ceratozamia small genus of Mexican cycads; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae subtype: #genus_Dioon small genus of arborescent cycads of Mexico and Central America; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae subtype: #genus_Encephalartos genus of arborescent African cycads; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae subtype: #genus_Macrozamia genus of large evergreen Australian cycads; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae subtype: #genus_Bennettitis__Bennettitis type of the Bennettitales subtype: #genus_Lyginopteris__Lyginopteris genus of fossil seed ferns of the Carboniferous subtype: #genus_Cordaites__Cordaites tall Paleozoic trees superficially resembling modern screw pines; structurally intermediate in some ways between cycads and conifers subtype: #genus_Pinus__Pinus type genus of the Pinaceae: large genus of true pines subtype: #genus_Larix__Larix larches subtype: #genus_Pseudolarix__Pseudolarix one species: golden larch subtype: #genus_Abies__Abies true firs subtype: #genus_Cedrus__Cedrus true cedars subtype: #genus_Picea__Picea a genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce) subtype: #genus_Tsuga__Tsuga hemlock; hemlock fir; hemlock spruce subtype: #genus_Pseudotsuga__Pseudotsuga douglas fir; closely related to genera Larix and Cathaya subtype: #genus_Cathaya one species; related to Pseudotsuga and Larix subtype: #genus_Cupressus__Cupressus type genus of Cupressaceae subtype: #genus_Athrotaxis__Athrotaxis a genus of gymnosperm subtype: #genus_Austrocedrus__Austrocedrus one species; formerly included in genus Libocedrus subtype: #genus_Callitris__Callitris evergreen monoecious coniferous trees or shrubs: cypress pines subtype: #genus_Calocedrus__Calocedrus tall evergreens of western North America and eastern Asia; formerly included in genus Libocedrus subtype: #genus_Chamaecyparis__Chamaecyparis a genus of Chamaecyparis subtype: #genus_Cryptomeria__Cryptomeria Japanese cedar; sugi subtype: #genus_Juniperus__Juniperus junipers subtype: #genus_Libocedrus__Libocedrus cypresses that resemble cedars subtype: #genus_Metasequoia genus of deciduous conifers comprising both living and fossil forms; 1 extant species: dawn redwood of China; variously classified as member of Pinaceae or Taxodiaceae subtype: #genus_Sequoia redwoods; until recently considered a genus of a separate family Taxodiaceae subtype: #genus_Taxodium__Taxodium bald cypress; swamp cypress subtype: #genus_Tetraclinis__Tetraclinis sandarac tree subtype: #genus_Thuja__Thuja red cedar subtype: #genus_Thujopsis__Thujopsis one species; has close similarity to genus Thuja subtype: #genus_Keteleeria a genus of Keteleeria subtype: #genus_Araucaria a genus of Araucaria subtype: #genus_Agathis__Agathis kauri pine subtype: #genus_Cephalotaxus__Cephalotaxus the genus of Cephalotaxus (see plum-yews) subtype: #genus_Torreya__Torreya nutmeg-yews subtype: #genus_Phyllocladus__Phyllocladus celery pine subtype: #genus_Podocarpus__Podocarpus evergreen trees or shrubs; sometimes classified as member of the family Taxaceae subtype: #genus_Afrocarpus__Afrocarpus dioecious evergreen trees or shrubs; equatorial to southern and southeastern Africa: yellowwood; similar to trees or genus Podocarpus subtype: #genus_Dacrycarpus__Dacrycarpus evergreen coniferous shrubs or trees of New Zealand to Malaysia and Philippines subtype: #genus_Dacrydium__Dacrydium Australasian evergreen trees or shrubs subtype: #genus_Falcatifolium__Falcatifolium sickle pines: dioecious evergreen tropical trees and shrubs having sickle-shaped leaves; similar to Dacrycarpus in habit; Malaysia and Philippines to New Guinea and New Caledonia subtype: #genus_Halocarpus__Halocarpus dioecious trees or shrubs of New Zealand; similar in habit to Dacrydium subtype: #genus_Lagarostrobus__Lagarostrobus genus of dioecious evergreen trees of New Zealand and Tasmania; similar to genus Dacrydium subtype: #genus_Lepidothamnus__Lepidothamnus small usually shrubby conifers subtype: #genus_Microstrobos__Microstrobos 2 species of small evergreen shrubs of Australia and Tasmania subtype: #genus_Nageia__Nageia small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib; eastern Asia including India and Philippines and New Guinea subtype: #genus_Parasitaxus__Parasitaxus 1 species: parasite yew subtype: #genus_Prumnopitys__Prumnopitys mostly dioecious evergreen conifers; leaves are softer than in Podocarpus subtype: #genus_Retrophyllum__Retrophyllum small genus of tropical evergreen dioecious shrubs or trees of Oceania and tropical South America subtype: #genus_Saxe-gothea__Saxe-gothea__Saxegothea__genus_Saxegothea 1 species: Prince Albert's yew subtype: #genus_Sundacarpus__Sundacarpus 1 species subtype: #genus_Sciadopitys__Sciadopitys type and sole genus of Sciadopityaceae; Japanese umbrella pines subtype: #genus_Taxus__Taxus yews subtype: #genus_Austrotaxus__Austrotaxus a gymnosperm genus having one species: New Caledonian yew subtype: #genus_Pseudotaxus__Pseudotaxus one species subtype: #genus_Ginkgo sole surviving genus of the Ginkgoaceae subtype: #monocot_genus__monocotgenu__liliopsid_genus genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed subtype: #liliid_monocot_genus genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils subtype: #genus_Iris large genus of perennials that develop from bulbs or rhizomes subtype: #genus_Belamcanda__Belamcanda a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae subtype: #genus_Crocus a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae subtype: #genus_Freesia cormous perennial herbs; native to South Africa subtype: #genus_Gladiolus gladiolas subtype: #genus_Ixia__Ixia a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae subtype: #genus_Sisyrinchium__Sisyrinchium chiefly North American grasslike herbs subtype: #genus_Sparaxis__Sparaxis deciduous perennial herbs of South Africa subtype: #genus_Amaryllis type genus of the Amaryllidaceae; bulbous flowering plants of southern Africa subtype: #genus_Bomarea__Bomarea large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae especially subfamily Alstroemeriaceae subtype: #genus_Haemanthus__Haemanthus genus of African deciduous or evergreen bulbous herbs: blood lilies subtype: #genus_Hippeastrum bulbous flowering plants of tropical America subtype: #genus_Narcissus Old World perennial bulbous herbs subtype: #genus_Strekelia__Strekelia a monocotyledonous genus of the amaryllis family subtype: #genus_Hypoxis__Hypoxis small plants that resemble Amaryllis and that grow from a corm and bear flowers on a leafless stalk; sometimes classified as member of the family Amaryllidaceae: star grass subtype: #genus_Lilium__Lilium type genus of Liliaceae subtype: #genus_Agapanthus small genus of South African evergreen or deciduous plants; sometimes placed in the family or subfamily Alliaceae subtype: #genus_Albuca genus of bulbous plants of South Africa; sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae subtype: #genus_Aletris__Aletris small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae subtype: #genus_Allium__Allium large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus subtype: #genus_Aloe large genus of chiefly African liliaceous plants; in some systems placed in family Aloeaceae subtype: #genus_Kniphofia genus of showy clump-forming African herbs with grasslike leaves; sometimes placed in family Aloeaceae subtype: #genus_Alstroemeria genus of showy South American herbs with leafy stems; sometimes placed in family Alstroemeriaceae or in family Amaryllidaceae subtype: #genus_Amianthum__Amianthum 1 species: fly poison; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae subtype: #genus_Anthericum__Anthericum genus of Old World (mainly African) perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae subtype: #genus_Aphyllanthes__Aphyllanthes 1 species; small fibrous-rooted perennial with rushlike foliage and deep blue flowers; sometimes placed in its own family Aphyllanthaceae subtype: #genus_Asparagus large genus of Old World perennial herbs with erect or spreading or climbing stems and small scalelike leaves and inconspicuous flowers; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae subtype: #genus_Asphodeline__Asphodeline genus of rhizomatous perennial or biennial herbs with numerous sometimes fragrant flowers in long cylindrical racemes; Mediterranean region to Caucasus; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae subtype: #genus_Asphodelus__Asphodelus small genus of tall striking annuals or perennials with grasslike foliage and flowers in dense racemes or panicles; Mediterranean to Himalayas; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae subtype: #genus_Aspidistra genus of eastern Asiatic herbs; sometimes placed in the family Convallariaceae subtype: #genus_Bessera__Bessera small genus of cormous perennials of Mexico; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae subtype: #genus_Blandfordia__Blandfordia small species of tuberous-rooted Australian perennial herbs subtype: #genus_Bloomeria__Bloomeria small genus of bulbous perennial herbs of southwestern United States and Mexico; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae subtype: #genus_Bowiea__Bowiea small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae subtype: #genus_Brodiaea genus of western United States bulbous plants with basal leaves and variously colored flowers; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae subtype: #genus_Calochortus__Calochortus large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs subtype: #genus_Camassia__Camassia__Quamassia__genus_Quamassia genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs subtype: #genus_Erythronium__Erythronium perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States: dogtooth violet; adder's tongue; trout lily; fawn lily subtype: #genus_Fritillaria__Fritillaria fritillary subtype: #genus_Tulipa__Tulipa Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs subtype: #genus_Colchicum__Colchicum chiefly fall-blooming perennial cormous herbs; sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae subtype: #genus_Gloriosa sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae; one species: glory lily subtype: #genus_Hemerocallis__Hemerocallis east Asian rhizomatous clump-forming perennial herbs having flowers on long leafless stalks; cosmopolitan in cultivation: day lilies; sometimes placed in subfamily Hemerocallidaceae subtype: #genus_Hosta__Hosta__Funka__genus_Funka robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies; sometimes placed in family Hostaceae subtype: #genus_Hyacinthus sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae as the type genus subtype: #genus_Hyacinthoides__Hyacinthoides small genus of perennial bulbs of western Europe and North Africa; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae subtype: #genus_Ornithogalum__Ornithogalum sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae subtype: #genus_Muscari__Muscari sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae subtype: #genus_Scilla sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae subtype: #genus_Tofieldia__Tofieldia genus of perennial herbs of cool temperate regions; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae subtype: #genus_Urginea__Urginea Mediterranean liliaceous plants; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae subtype: #genus_Ruscus__Ruscus a genus of European evergreen shrubs; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae subtype: #genus_Narthecium__Narthecium bog asphodels; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae subtype: #genus_Veratrum__Veratrum a genus of coarse poisonous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae subtype: #genus_Xerophyllum__Xerophyllum small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves: squaw grass; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae subtype: #genus_Xanthorroea__Xanthorroea grass trees; sometimes placed in family Xanthorrhoeaceae subtype: #genus_Zigadenus__Zigadenus genus of mostly North American poisonous plants; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae subtype: #genus_Trillium deciduous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae subtype: #genus_Smilax__Smilax sometimes placed in Smilacaceae subtype: #genus_Convallaria__Convallaria sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lily of the valley subtype: #genus_Clintonia sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae subtype: #genus_Liriope__Liriope sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lilyturf subtype: #genus_Maianthemum__Maianthemum sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: false lily of the valley subtype: #genus_Polygonatum__Polygonatum sometimes placed in subfamily Convallariaceae subtype: #genus_Uvularia__Uvularia genus of perennial rhizomatous herb of southern and southeastern United States subtype: #genus_Tacca__Tacca genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers subtype: #genus_Agave type genus of the Agavaceae; in some classifications considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae subtype: #genus_Cordyline__Cordyline Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs; fragments of the trunk will regrow to form whole plants subtype: #genus_Dracaena Old World tropical plants with branches ending in tufts of sword-shaped leaves; in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae subtype: #genus_Nolina__Nolina perennial plants resembling yucca; found in southern United States and Mexico subtype: #genus_Polianthes__Polianthes genus of perennial tuberous herbs having lilylike flowers; Mexico; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae subtype: #genus_Sansevieria Old World tropical herbaceous perennial of the agave family; in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae subtype: #genus_Yucca tropical American plants with stiff lancelike leaves and spikes of white blossoms; sometimes considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae subtype: #genus_Juncus__Juncus type genus of the Juncaceae; perennial tufted glabrous marsh plants of temperate regions: rushes subtype: #genus_Arum type genus of the Araceae: tuberous perennial herbs of Europe and Asia with usually heart-shaped leaves subtype: #genus_Acorus__Acorus sweet flags; sometimes placed in subfamily Acoraceae subtype: #genus_Aglaonema__Aglaonema climbing herbs of southeastern Asia having thick fleshy oblong leaves and naked unisexual flowers: Chinese evergreen subtype: #genus_Alocasia tropical Asiatic herbs similar to Colocasia but distinguished by a large sterile spadix subtype: #genus_Amorphophallus genus of large tropical east Asian cormous aroids: devil's tongue; snake palm subtype: #genus_Anthurium large genus of often epiphytic evergreen tropical American plants often cultivated as houseplants subtype: #genus_Arisaema__Arisaema tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials subtype: #genus_Arisarum__Arisarum tuberous or rhizomatous perennial herbs; mainly Mediterranean area subtype: #genus_Caladium small genus of tropical South American tuberous perennials with large variously colored leaves subtype: #genus_Calla__Calla water arum subtype: #genus_Colocasia__Colocasia small genus of perennial tuberous herbs of tropical Asia: taro subtype: #genus_Cryptocoryne water trumpet; aquatic herbs having broad leaves and long slender spathes; often used as aquarium plants subtype: #genus_Dieffenbachia__Dieffenbachia evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush foliage and poisonous sap; often cultivated as houseplants subtype: #genus_Dracontium small genus of tropical American cormous herbs subtype: #Dracunculus__genus_Dracunculus tuberous herbaceous perennials: dragon arum subtype: #genus_Epipremnum__Epipremnum small genus of evergreen lianas of southeastern Asia to western Pacific areas subtype: #genus_Lysichiton__Lysichiton__Lysichitum__genus_Lysichitum skunk cabbage subtype: #genus_Monstera tropical American climbing plant with deeply incised leaves subtype: #genus_Nephthytis small genus of tropical western African creeping or twining herbs subtype: #genus_Orontium__Orontium 1 species of aquatic plant: golden club subtype: #genus_Peltandra__Peltandra small genus of North American marsh or aquatic herbs subtype: #genus_Philodendron any of several tropical American climbing plants with smooth shiny evergreen leaves subtype: #genus_Pistia 1 species: water lettuce subtype: #genus_Scindapsus__Scindapsus__genus_Pothos evergreen climbers with adhesive adventitious roots; southeastern Asia and Brazil subtype: #genus_Spathiphyllum evergreen rhizomatous perennials of tropical America and Philippines and Indonesia subtype: #genus_Symplocarpus__Symplocarpus one species: skunk cabbage subtype: #genus_Syngonium__Syngonium epiphytic or terrestrial climbing shrubs of Central and South America; used as ornamental houseplants for their velvety foliage subtype: #genus_Xanthosoma__Xanthosoma tropical American tuberous perennials subtype: #genus_Zantedeschia__Zantedeschia calla lily subtype: #genus_Lemna__Lemna minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root subtype: #genus_Spirodela__Spirodela minute aquatic herbs floating on the water surface consisting of a shiny leaflike frond and 2-21 roots subtype: #genus_Wolffia__Wolffia minute rootless aquatic herbs having globular fronds floating on or near the water surface and bearing one flower per frond subtype: #genus_Wolffiella__Wolffiella minute rootless aquatic herbs having flat fronds floating on or below the water surface and bearing 1-2 flowers per frond; America and Africa subtype: #genus_Orchis type genus of the orchid family; hardy terrestrial orchids of the temperate the northern hemisphere subtype: #genus_Aerides epiphytic orchids of tropical Asia having stiff 2-ranked leaves and fragrant white flowers in arching racemes subtype: #genus_Angrecum__Angraecum__genus_Angraecum genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque subtype: #genus_Anoectochilus__Anoectochilus genus of delicate Asiatic orchids subtype: #genus_Aplectrum__Aplectrum a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae subtype: #genus_Arethusa genus of bog orchids of North America and Japan subtype: #genus_Bletia genus of tropical American terrestrial orchids with large purple or pink flowers subtype: #genus_Bletilla__Bletilla small genus of chiefly east Asiatic hardy terrestrial orchids similar to genus Bletia subtype: #genus_Brassavola genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic rhizomatous orchids subtype: #genus_Brassia__Brassia genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips: spider orchids subtype: #genus_Caladenia terrestrial orchids of Australia to New Caledonia subtype: #genus_Calanthe large and widely distributed genus of terrestrial orchids subtype: #genus_Calopogon__Calopogon terrestrial orchids of North America subtype: #genus_Calypso 1 species found throughout much of northern North America and Eurasia subtype: #genus_Catasetum__Catasetum genus of tropical American orchids having showy male and female flowers usually on separate inflorescences subtype: #genus_Cattleya large and highly valued genus of beautiful tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids; the typical orchids; known in many varieties subtype: #genus_Cephalanthera__Cephalanthera small genus of temperate Old World terrestrial orchids subtype: #genus_Cleistes__Cleistes terrestrial orchids of North and South America having slender fibrous roots; allied to genus Pogonia subtype: #genus_Coeloglossum__Coeloglossum terrestrial orchids of cooler parts of North America and Europe: satyr orchid subtype: #genus_Coelogyne large diverse genus of tropical Asiatic epiphytic orchids subtype: #genus_Corallorhiza__Corallorhiza genus of leafless root-parasitic orchids having small purplish or yellowish racemose flowers with lobed lips; widely distributed in temperate regions subtype: #genus_Coryanthes__Coryanthes small genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids subtype: #genus_Cycnoches__Cycnoches genus of epiphytic or terrestrial tropical American orchids subtype: #genus_Cymbidium genus of tropical epiphytic or terrestrial Old World orchids; one of the most popular orchid genera subtype: #genus_Cypripedium__Cypripedium genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids: lady's slippers; sometimes includes species of genus Paphiopedilum subtype: #genus_Dactylorhiza__Dactylorhiza genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Asia and North Africa subtype: #genus_Dendrobium large genus and variable genus of chiefly epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Asia and Australasia subtype: #genus_Disa genus of showy tropical African terrestrial orchids subtype: #genus_Dracula__Dracula comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants having bizarre and often sinister-looking flowers with pendulous scapes and motile lips subtype: #genus_Dryadella__Dryadella comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: very dwarf plants having short tufted and usually unifoliate stems with usually solitary flowers subtype: #genus_Eburophyton__Eburophyton a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae subtype: #genus_Encyclia__Encyclia large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies; formerly included in genus Epidendrum subtype: #genus_Epidendrum__Epidendrum large and variable genus of terrestrial or epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas; some native to United States subtype: #genus_Epipactis__Epipactis genus of hardy orchids with leafy-bracted racemes of greenish or purplish irregular flowers subtype: #genus_Glossodia__Glossodia small genus of Australian orchids subtype: #genus_Goodyera__Goodyera genus of small orchids of the northern hemisphere with creeping rhizomes and stalked ovate leaves and small flowers subtype: #genus_Grammatophyllum__Grammatophyllum small genus of large epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of southeastern Asia to Polynesia; the giants of the Orchidaceae having long narrow leaves and drooping flower clusters often 6 feet long subtype: #genus_Gymnadenia__Gymnadenia small genus of terrestrial orchids of North America and temperate Eurasia subtype: #genus_Gymnadeniopsis__Gymnadeniopsis genus of North American terrestrial orchids usually included in genus Habenaria subtype: #genus_Habenaria__Habenaria chiefly terrestrial orchids with tubers or fleshy roots often having long slender spurs and petals and lip lobes; includes species formerly placed in genus Gymnadeniopsis subtype: #genus_Hexalectris__Hexalectris a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae subtype: #genus_Himantoglossum__Himantoglossum small genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Mediterranean region subtype: #genus_Laelia large genus of mostly epiphytic or lithophytic Central and South American orchids of various sizes subtype: #genus_Liparis genus of terrestrial and epiphytic orchids; pantropical to temperate subtype: #genus_Listera__Listera__listera genus of terrestrial orchids having usually a single pair of broad shining leaves near the middle of the stem; found in temperate Asia and North America and Europe subtype: #genus_Malaxis__Malaxis large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green flowers; cosmopolitan subtype: #genus_Masdevallia large genus of tropical American mostly epiphytic orchids whose flowers have sepals fused at the base forming a tube; includes orchids sometimes placed in genera Dracula and Dryadella and Scaphosepalum subtype: #genus_Maxillaria large genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with persistent leathery leaves and single-flowered scapes subtype: #genus_Miltonia__Miltonia genus of tropical American orchids subtype: #genus_Odontoglossum large and important genus of tropical American mostly epiphytic orchids; some of the most widely grown species are often placed in other genera subtype: #genus_Oncidium large genus of showy epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical and subtropical America subtype: #genus_Ophrys__Ophrys a hardy genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and northern Africa and western Asia subtype: #genus_Paphiopedilum__Paphiopedilum horticulturally important genus of mainly terrestrial orchids including many hybrids; southeastern Asia and Indonesia to Philippines and Solomon Islands; Paphiopedilum species sometimes included in genus Cypripedium subtype: #genus_Phaius genus of Asiatic ans Australian terrestrial orchids subtype: #genus_Phalaenopsis__Phalaenopsis genus of ornamental epiphytic orchids of Asia and Australia subtype: #genus_Pholidota__Pholidota genus of mostly epiphytic orchids of Indonesia and the western Pacific subtype: #genus_Phragmipedium__Phragmipedium genus of tropical American orchid species often included in genus Cypripedium or Paphiopedilum and Selenipedium: lady slippers subtype: #genus_Platanthera__Platanthera herbaceous terrestrial orchids of temperate northern and southern hemispheres subtype: #genus_Plectorrhiza__Plectorrhiza small genus of Australian orchids subtype: #genus_Pleione__Pleione small genus of dwarf orchids; India to Thailand and Taiwan subtype: #genus_Pleurothallis large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical America subtype: #genus_Pogonia small but widely distributed genus of orchids closely related to genus Cleistes;: of damp or boggy areas of north temperate zone subtype: #genus_Psychopsis__Psychopsis epiphytic orchids of Central and South America formerly included in genus Oncidium subtype: #genus_Pterostylis__Pterostylis genus of terrestrial orchids of Australia and New Zealand and western Pacific subtype: #genus_Rhyncostylis__Rhyncostylis genus of epiphytic orchids of tropical Asia subtype: #genus_Sarcochilus__Sarcochilus diminutive epiphytic or lithophytic orchids with clumped short-stemmed foliage and arching racemes of colorful flowers; Australia and Polynesia to southeastern Asia subtype: #genus_Scaphosepalum__Scaphosepalum comprises some tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants with small flowers carried on one scape subtype: #genus_Schomburgkia__Schomburgkia genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with showy racemose flowers subtype: #genus_Selenipedium__Selenipedium genus of tall reedlike tropical American orchids; includes species with pods used locally as a substitute for vanilla subtype: #genus_Sobralia genus of tropical American orchids subtype: #genus_Spiranthes__Spiranthes large cosmopolitan genus of white-flowered terrestrial orchids subtype: #genus_Stanhopea genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids subtype: #genus_Stelis genus of small caespitose orchids of tropical America subtype: #genus_Trichoceros__Trichoceros small genus of small epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical South America subtype: #genus_Vanda genus of showy epiphytic orchids of Himalayas to Malaysia subtype: #genus_Vanilla large genus of tropical climbing orchids; Old and New Worlds subtype: #genus_Burmannia__Burmannia type genus of the Burmanniaceae; slender herbs of warm regions with leaves resembling scales and flowers with a 3-angled or 3-winged perianth subtype: #genus_Aegilops__Aegilops goat grass subtype: #genus_Agropyron__Agropyron perennial grasses of temperate and cool regions: wheatgrass; dog grass subtype: #genus_Alopecurus__Alopecurus annual or perennial grasses including decorative and meadow species as well as notorious agricultural weeds subtype: #genus_Andropogon__Andropogon tall annual or perennial grasses with spikelike racemes; warm regions subtype: #genus_Arundo__Arundo any of several coarse tall perennial grasses of most warm areas: reeds subtype: #genus_Bromus__Bromus a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae subtype: #genus_Bouteloua__Bouteloua forage grasses subtype: #genus_Buchloe__Buchloe buffalo grass subtype: #genus_Calamagrostis__Calamagrostis reed grass subtype: #genus_Cenchrus__Cenchrus a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs subtype: #genus_Chloris__Chloris tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass; windmill grass subtype: #genus_Cortaderia__Cortaderia tall ornamental grasses of South America and New Zealand and New Guinea: pampas grass subtype: #genus_Cynodon__Cynodon creeping perennial grasses of tropical and southern Africa subtype: #genus_Dactylis__Dactylis a monocotyledonous grass of the family Gramineae (has only one species) subtype: #genus_Dactyloctenium__Dactyloctenium a monocotyledonous genus of the family Gramineae subtype: #genus_Digitaria__Digitaria crab grass; finger grass subtype: #genus_Echinochloa__Echinochloa annual or perennial succulent grasses of warm regions subtype: #genus_Eleusine__Eleusine annual and perennial grasses of savannas and upland grasslands subtype: #genus_Elymus__Elymus tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye) subtype: #genus_Eragrostis__Eragrostis annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics subtype: #genus_Erianthus__Erianthus genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairs subtype: #genus_Festuca__Festuca a genus of tufted perennial grasses of the family Gramineae subtype: #genus_Glyceria__Glyceria manna grass subtype: #genus_Holcus__Holcus a genus of Old World grasses widely cultivated in America subtype: #genus_Hordeum__Hordeum annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America: barley subtype: #genus_Leymus__Leymus genus that in some classifications overlaps the genus Elymus subtype: #genus_Lolium__Lolium darnel; ryegrass subtype: #genus_Muhlenbergia__Muhlenbergia a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae grown in America and Asia subtype: #genus_Oryza__Oryza rice subtype: #genus_Oryzopsis__Oryzopsis rice grass subtype: #genus_Panicum__Panicum panic grass subtype: #genus_Paspalum a genus of perennial grasses of warm regions subtype: #genus_Pennisetum__Pennisetum a genus of Old World grasses subtype: #genus_Phalaris__Phalaris a genus of grasses with broad leaves and a dense spike of flowers subtype: #genus_Phleum__Phleum grasses native to temperate regions subtype: #genus_Phragmites__Phragmites reeds of marshes and riversides in tropical or temperate regions subtype: #genus_Poa__Poa chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions subtype: #genus_Saccharum__Saccharum tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane subtype: #genus_Schizachyrium__Schizachyrium overlaps the genus Andropogon subtype: #genus_Secale__Secale cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain: rye subtype: #genus_Setaria__Setaria annual or perennial grasses of warm regions: bristlegrasses subtype: #genus_Sorghum annual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses: sorghum subtype: #genus_Spartina__Spartina grass of freshwater swamps and salt marshes of Europe, Africa, America, and South Atlantic islands subtype: #genus_Sporobolus__Sporobolus cosmopolitan annual and perennial grasses (as dropseed or rushgrass) subtype: #genus_Stenotaphrum__Stenotaphrum lawn grasses subtype: #genus_Triticum__Triticum annual cereal grasses from Mediterranean area; widely cultivated in temperate regions subtype: #genus_Zea__Zea corn subtype: #genus_Zizania__Zizania wild rice subtype: #genus_Zoysia__Zoisia__genus_Zoisia lawn grasses native to southeastern Asia and New Zealand; grown especially in warm regions subtype: #genus_Bambusa__Bambusa tall tender clumping bamboos subtype: #genus_Arundinaria__Arundinaria North American bamboo subtype: #genus_Dendrocalamus__Dendrocalamus giant clump-forming bamboos subtype: #genus_Phyllostachys__Phyllostachys medium and large bamboos subtype: #genus_Cyperus__Cyperus type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions subtype: #genus_Carex__Carex large genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and ditches or at water margins: sedges subtype: #genus_Eriophorum__Eriophorum cotton grass subtype: #genus_Scirpus__Scirpus rhizomatous perennial grasslike herbs subtype: #genus_Eleocharis__Eleocharis sedges having dense spikes of flowers and leaves reduced to basal sheaths subtype: #genus_Pandanus type genus of the Pandanaceae (as screw pines) subtype: #genus_Typha__Typha reed maces; cattails subtype: #genus_Sparganium__Sparganium type and sole genus of Sparganiaceae; marsh or aquatic herbs of temperate regions subtype: #genus_Haemodorum__Haemodorum type genus of family Haemodoraceae subtype: #genus_Anigozanthus__Anigozanthus genus of monocotyledonous plants with curious woolly flowers on sturdy stems above a fan of sword-shaped leaves; includes kangaroo's paw and cat's paw and Australian sword lily; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae subtype: #genus_Canna type and sole genus of the Cannaceae: perennial lilylike herbs of New World tropics subtype: #genus_Maranta herbs of tropical America subtype: #genus_Musa__Musa type genus of the Musaceae: bananas subtype: #genus_Ensete__Ensete Old World tropical herbs: Abyssinian bananas subtype: #genus_Strelitzia__Strelitzia small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having leaves resembling those of banana plants; sometimes placed in family Musaceae subtype: #genus_Ravenala woody tropical plants with tall trunks; sometimes placed in family Musaceae subtype: #genus_Zingiber__Zingiber tropical Asiatic and Polynesian perennial plants: ginger subtype: #genus_Curcuma__Curcuma tropical Asiatic perennial herbs subtype: #genus_Elettaria__Elettaria cardamom subtype: #genus_Acrocomia__Acrocomia Central and South American feather palms subtype: #genus_Areca a monocotyledonous genus of palm trees subtype: #genus_Attalea__Attalea unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America subtype: #genus_Borassus__Borassus palmyra subtype: #genus_Calamus distinctive often spiny-stemmed palms found as climbers in tropical and subtropical forest subtype: #genus_Caryota__Caryota fishtail palms subtype: #Ceroxylon__genus_ceroxylon__genusceroxylon wax palms subtype: #genus_Cocos__Cocos coconut palms subtype: #genus_Copernicia__Copernicia slow-growing tropical fan palms subtype: #genus_Corozo a monocotyledonous genus of tropical American palm trees subtype: #genus_Corypha__Corypha large fan palms of tropical Asia to Australia subtype: #genus_Elaeis__Elaeis oil palms subtype: #genus_Euterpe__Euterpe a monocotyledonous genus of graceful palm trees in tropical America subtype: #genus_Metroxylon__Metroxylon a genus of Malayan pinnate-leaved palm trees that flower and fruit once and then die subtype: #genus_Nipa__Nipa__Nypa__genus_Nypa monotypic genus of palms of Australasia subtype: #genus_Orbignya__Orbignya palms of southern Mexico to northern South America: babassu palm subtype: #genus_Phoenicophorium__Phoenicophorium latanier palm subtype: #genus_Phoenix__Phoenix a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa subtype: #genus_Raffia__Raffia__Raphia__genus_Raphia feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes subtype: #genus_Rhapis__Rhapis genus of small clump-forming fan palms of China and Japan subtype: #genus_Roystonea__Roystonea a monocotyledonous genus of West Indian feather palms subtype: #genus_Sabal__Sabal American dwarf fan palms subtype: #genus_Serenoa__Serenoa one species: saw palmetto subtype: #genus_Thrinax__Thrinax small to medium-sized fan palms subtype: #genus_Xyris__Xyris chiefly American marsh plants, having usually yellow flowers subtype: #genus_Commelina type genus of the Commelinaceae; large genus of herbs of branching or creeping habit: day flower; widow's tears subtype: #genus_Tradescantia__Tradescantia spiderworts subtype: #genus_Ananas__Ananas a genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples) subtype: #Bromelia the type genus of the family Bromeliaceae which includes tropical American plants with deeply cleft calyx subtype: #genus_Tillandsia__Tillandsia large genus of epiphytic or terrestrial sparse-rooting tropical plants usually forming dense clumps or pendant masses subtype: #genus_Mayaca__Mayaca small genus of delicate mossy bog plants having white or violet flowers subtype: #genus_Eriocaulon__Eriocaulon type genus of the Eriocaulaceae: rushlike aquatic or marginal perennials usually found in shallow waters of acid lakes and pools and bogs subtype: #genus_Pontederia__Pontederia pickerelweed subtype: #genus_Eichhornia__Eichhornia water hyacinth; water orchid subtype: #genus_Heteranthera__Heteranthera mud plantains subtype: #genus_Naias__Naias__Najas__genus_Najas sole genus of the family Naiadaceae subtype: #genus_Alisma__Alisma small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants subtype: #genus_Sagittaria__Sagittaria genus of aquatic herbs of temperate and tropical regions having sagittate or hastate leaves and white scapose flowers subtype: #common_arrowhead a weed subtype: #genus_Hydrocharis__Hydrocharis frogbit subtype: #genus_Hydrilla 1 species subtype: #genus_Limnobium__Limnobium American frogbit subtype: #genus_Elodea__Elodea__pondweed__ditchmoss__ditchmos submerged freshwater perennials subtype: #genus_Egeria__Egeria small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants subtype: #genus_Vallisneria__Vallisneria eelgrass; eel grass subtype: #genus_Potamogeton__Potamogeton a large genus of aquatic herbs found in quiet waters in temperate regions; leaves usually float on the water subtype: #genus_Groenlandia__Groenlandia a monocotyledonous genus of the family Potamogetonaceae subtype: #genus_Triglochin__Triglochin perennial or annual bog or marsh plants; includes arrow grass subtype: #genus_Zannichellia__Zannichellia horned pondweed: completely submerged herbs; in some classifications included in Potamogetonaceae subtype: #genus_Zostera__Zostera (or in some classifications family Zosteraceae) small genus of widely distributed marine plants subtype: #dicot_genus__dicotgenu__magnoliopsidgenu genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination subtype: #fungus_genus includes lichen genera subtype: #plant_genus__plantgenu a genus of plants subtype: #fern_genus genera of ferns and fern allies subtype: #subgenus (biology) taxonomic group between a genus and a species subtype: #monotype.taxonomic_group (biology) a taxonomic group with a single member (a single species or genus) subtype: #species__specie (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed subtype: #subspecies__race (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species subtype: #var.__form__variant (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; "a new strain of microorganisms" subtype: #type.taxonomic_group (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon subtype: #group_Pteridospermae__Pteridospermae__Pteridospermaphyta__group_Pteridospermaphyta used in some classification systems: a group of extinct fossil gymnosperms coextensive with the order Cycadofilicales subtype: #group_Centrospermae__Centrospermae used in former classification systems; approximately synonymous with order Caryophyllales subtype: #group_Amentiferae__Amentiferae used in some classification systems for plants that bear catkins subtype: #Phycomycetes_group__Phycomycetes a large and probably unnatural group of fungi and funguslike organisms comprising the Mastigomycota (including the Oomycetes) and Zygomycota subdivisions of the division Eumycota; a category not used in all systems
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