Japanese word

亜科

Pronunciation

Romajiaka

この植物はバラ科の亜科に属します。ko no shoku butsu wa ba ra ka no a ka ni zoku shi ma su

This plant belongs to a subfamily of the rose family.

この属には三つの亜科があります。ko no zoku ni wa mit tsu no a ka ga a ri ma su

This genus has three subfamilies.

亜科 (aka) divides a broad biological family into smaller groups of related genera without creating a separate family.

サブファミリーsabufamirī: A loanword for a taxonomic rank below a family and above a genus.

生物分類で、近縁な属をまとめて科の下に置く分類単位。sei butsu bun rui de kin en na zoku o ma to me te ka no shita ni o ku bun rui tan i

亜科 (aka) is a Sino-Japanese compound of 亜 (a, "subordinate") and 科 (ka, "category"), so its form expresses a subordinate category.

In botanical classification, the suffix -oideae often marks a subfamily, while zoological subfamilies commonly use -inae.