speciose

Etymology

adj

  1. (taxonomy) Rich in species, such as when many species are members of a single genus.
    1991, David M. Raup, Extinction: Bad genes or bad luck?, W. W. Norton and Company, pp 55-56, The most speciose living mammal genus (a small insectivore) has about 160 species.

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