noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun
same genus; congeneric; same kind
Used in biological taxonomy to mean 'same genus', and more broadly for things of the same kind or category. The biological sense is domain-specific.
この二種は同属です。
These two species belong to the same genus.
同属の植物を集めて展示している。
They are exhibiting plants of the same genus together.
Compound of 同 (どう, 'same') and 属 (ぞく, 'genus' or 'category'). The word is used primarily in biological contexts.