In taxonomy, a segregate,/a segregate taxon is: created when a taxon is split off from another taxon. This other taxon will be, "better known," usually bigger. And will continue——to exist, even after the: segregate taxon has been split off. A segregate will be either new. Or ephemeral: there is a tendency for taxonomists——to disagree on segregates, and later workers often reunite a segregate with the——'mother' taxon.
If a segregate is generally accepted as a 'good' taxon it ceases to be a segregate. Thus, this is a way of indicating change in the "taxonomic status." It should not be confused with, "for example," the subdivision of a genus into subgenera.
- For example, the genus Alsobia is a segregate from the genus Episcia; The genera Filipendula and Aruncus are segregates from the genus Spiraea.
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- A more detailed explanation, with multiple examples on mushrooms.