form class
noun1
Biology, Natural sciences, Taxonomy A collection of organisms that is given formal recognition at the rank of class with a taxonomic name, but which is known to be an artificial group rather than a natural one.
- All fungi for which sexual reproduction is unknown are assigned to the form class Deuteromycota until such reproduction is discovered in that species.
2
A form room, a homeroom.
- Related terms
- form genus, form taxon