monotypic in English

adjective
1
having only one type or representative, especially (of a genus) containing only one species.
Gao and Fox indicate that they have identified characters that would separate the three species into three monotypic genera but do not discuss them.

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1. Epifagus virginiana - Beechdrops, Cancer Drops, Clapwort, Virginia Broomrape.Epifagus is monotypic - E

2. Though monotypic, it appears to be very closely related to Circaetus.

3. Sometimes, the former are removed to form a monotypic superorder Ateleopodomorpha.

4. Finally, in 1925 H. H. Hu created Neofinetia as a monotypic genus.

5. Canebrakes Cane (Arundinaria gigantea) is a native woody bamboo that forms monotypic stands known as Canebrakes

6. Apart from the genera based on wings, six new monotypic genera are represented by nymphs only:Triassoephemera punctata n. gen. n. sp.

7. Billfishes comprise two extant families, the monotypic Xiphiidae and the Istio-phoridae, which includes three genera and at least eight recognized species

8. Billfishes (suborder Xiphioidei) are distinct from the scombroids and comprise the sailfish and marlins (family Istiophoridae) and swordfish (of the monotypic family Xiphiidae)

9. Amaryllis is a monotypic (consisting of only one species) genus of flowering plants containing the Belladonna Lily, popularly known as the Amaryllis belladonna lily

10. It was more recently determined to be most likely closer to certain warblers, possibly the newly established Megaluridae, and might constitute a monotypic family.

11. Amorphous solid; Amorpha, a genus of plants in the pea family; Amorpha juglandis, in the monotypic moth genus Amorpha; Amorphae, a 2016 album by Ben Monder; Amorphea, or unikonts, a taxonomic supergroup of eukaryotes; Amorpheae, a monophyletic clade of the flowering plant subfamily Faboideae

12. The yellow-Bellied sea snake (Hydrophis platurus) is a venomous species of snake from the subfamily Hydrophiinae (the sea snakes) found in tropical oceanic waters around the world except for the Atlantic Ocean.For many years, it was placed in the monotypic genus Pelamis, but recent molecular evidence indicates it lies within the genus Hydrophis.