Amphoricarpos Neumayeri
''Amphoricarpos'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1847. ''Amphoricarpos'' is native to Asia Minor, the Caucasus, and the Balkan Peninsula (including Greece). ; Species * ''Amphoricarpos autariatus'' Bjelčić & E.Mayer - Albania, Greece, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro * ''Amphoricarpos elegans'' Albov - Republic of Georgia * ''Amphoricarpos exsul'' O.Schwarz - Asia Minor * ''Amphoricarpos neumayerianus'' (Vis.) Greuter - Albania, Greece, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro * ''Amphoricarpos praedictus'' Ayasligil & Grierson - Asia Minor References

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Genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants of an ancestral taxon are grouped together (i.e. Phylogeneti ...
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