1. a group of related genera-Family:
- Genera is the plural form of a taxonomic category called genus.
- A genus is composed of a group of closely related species that share some common characteristics. For example, tigers and lions come under the same genus ‘Panthera’.
- Family is the taxonomic category that is placed above the scientific classification level, genus.
- A family is composed of a group of related genera.
- Lion, tiger, and cat are included in the same family, Felidae.
2. Group of related species is called Genus.
- A genus is a group of organisms with similar characteristics. For example, Lions and tigers belong to the same genus, Panthera.
- According to the universal classification rules, the name of the genus should always begin with a capital letter.
3. A class is a group of related orders. An order is a group of related families. The taxonomic category family is a group of related genera. Families are characterised on the basis of both vegetative and reproductive features of plant species.
4. A genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial name for each species.
e.g., Felis leo - where Felis indicates a genus of cats from the family Felidae.
