Key:genus

The scientific name of the genus for a living or fossil organism. The  genus is a low-level taxonomic rank: the first part of the so-called scientific name (latin). This tag should be used in combination with natural=tree, natural=wetland or similar. It may also be appropriate to use it with natural=wood or landuse=forest.

It appears that most mappers write the genus value with a capital letter, e.g. Quercus or Picea. This follows the scientific convention for writing genus names.

Translated names of the genus=* tag are also in use, for example genus:de=* and genus:en=*.

Most common used values

• genus=Acer
• genus=Tilia
• genus=Quercus
• genus=Platanus
• genus=Fraxinus
• genus=Aesculus
• genus=Prunus
• genus=Eucalyptus
• genus=Betula
• genus=Populus
• genus=Malus
• genus=Pinus

see more on https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/genus#values

Possible tagging mistakes

wood=*

More details at taginfo

• wood=* ‒ This tag has been deprecated.

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See also

• species=*
• taxon=*
• natural=tree/List_of_Genus,_Leaf_cycle,_Leaf_type
• Check and fix tree genus - MapRoulette challenge to fix genus values.