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81 The naming of organisms (and plant communities)<br />
gathering: (bot.) used for a collection of one or more specimens made at<br />
the same place and time, usually thought by the collector to<br />
represent a single species or infraspecific taxon; see also mixed<br />
gathering.<br />
gen.: see genus.<br />
gen. rev.: see genus revivisco.<br />
gen. sp. nov., [gen. et sp. nov.]: used when introducing a new monotypic<br />
genus and its’ single species in the same work, for example by<br />
publication of a descriptio generico-specifica (q.v.).<br />
gender: (1) a grammatical characteristic of nouns in some languages that<br />
may determine the way in which they, and adjectives and pronouns<br />
applied to them, are inflected; in Latin, Greek and many modern<br />
languages there are four genders, masculine, feminine, neuter, and<br />
common. (2) (zool.) of a genus group name, a grammatical property<br />
(masculine, feminine or neuter) that affects the way in which Latin<br />
or latin adjectival or participial species-group names are spelled,<br />
since the gender form of such species-group names must agree with<br />
the gender of the generic-group name with which it is combined; see<br />
ending, grammatical agreement.<br />
gene bank: a place where genetic variants are physically stored in a viable<br />
state; sometimes also used for genetic resource centres (q.v.),<br />
microbial resource centres and seed banks; not to be confused with<br />
GenBank where molecular sequence data is stored.<br />
gene pool: the range of generic variation found in a population.<br />
geneatype: (not nomenclatural, obsol.) proposed as an alternative to the<br />
genetical use of genotype, apparently to avoid possible confusion<br />
with the use of genotype in nomenclature.<br />
geneonym: see genonym.<br />
General Committee: (bot.) a body appointed by an International Botanical<br />
Congress and mandated to oversee the whole field of botanical<br />
nomenclature, receive reports from other Committees, and appoint<br />
other Committees if necessary, between International Botanical<br />
Congresses; the IUBS scientific member for Botanical<br />
Nomenclature.
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