Genus

A genus (pronounced GEAN-es | plural; genera) is a classification that is use after family (and other forms of family such as superfamily and subfamily) and is placed before a species. The first part of all the species' scientific names. The genus' name is always italic, even when it appears in a species' scientific name.

Genus is one of the main seven classifications, which include domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and the species.