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Definition of Subtribes
1. subtribe [n] - See also: subtribe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subtribes
Literary usage of Subtribes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalae, Being a Second Edition by Asa Gray (1888)
"... and well-definable subtribes being still a desideratum, artificial sections
based primarily on the pappus are here employed. ..."
2. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1868)
"3-102) treats of the that subtribes are admitted in some of the tribes : the
tribe nerally the arrangement sketched in his first volume, ..."
3. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1907)
"Names of families and subfamilies, tribes and subtribes. Art. 21. Families (familiae)
are designated by the name of one of their genera or ancient generic ..."
4. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1907)
"Names of families and subfamilies, tribes and subtribes. Art. 21. Families (familiae)
are designated by the name of one of their genera or ancient generic ..."
5. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine, Taylor and Francis (1853)
"the latter being separated into nine subtribes, which are marked by very insufficient
characters, as I shall hereafter explain. Of these subtribes the most ..."
6. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1920)
""The other five subtribes should probably remain in the ... "The other four
subtribes are very artificial. ..."
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