form class ( synonym found)
Definition of form class:

(n) : 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."
Definition of form class:

(n) : 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."
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