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Meaning of form class

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

form class

noun

Definitions

  1. 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.

    Example: 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.