Moreover, genera should be composed of phylogenetic units of the same kind as other (analogous) genera.

Etymology

The term "genus" comes from Latin , a noun form cognate with gignere ('to bear; to give birth to'). The French botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708) is considered "the founder of the modern concept of genera".. The Swedish taxonomist Carl Linnaeus

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