Genus (disambiguation)

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In Linnaean taxonomy, genus is the rank between family and species.

Genus may also refer to:

• Genus, a taxonomic rank used for the purpose of cloud classification
• Genus: Journal of Population Sciences, a journal of population genetics founded by Nora Federici
• Genus (mathematics), a classifying property of a mathematical object
  • Genus of a multiplicative sequence
  • Geometric genus
  • In graph embedding, the genus of the graph is the genus of the surface in which it can be embedded
  • In the theory of numerical semigroups, the genus of a numerical semigroup is the cardinality of the set of gaps in the numerical semigroup
  • Genus of a quadratic form
• Grammatical gender
• Genus (music), a concept in ancient Greek music theory
• Genus (philosophy)
• Genus (linguistics)
• In Alienators: Evolution Continues, the Genus are monstrous alien organisms that have a high speed evolution
• Genus plc, a British biotechnology company
• Sport Club Genus de Porto Velho, a Brazilian football (soccer) club
• Genera (operating system)