Hirudo

A taxonomic genus within the family Hirudinidae – principally one species of leech used for medical purposes.

for other species see Hirudo at National Center for Biotechnology Information


Hyperoodon

From either Ancient Greek ὑπερῷος (huperôios, “that is above”, “superior”) or ὑπερῴη (huperṓiē, “palate”) + -odon.

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Ziphiidae – the bottlenose whales.


Hydrochoeridae

(archaic) A taxonomic family within the order Rodentia – capybaras and rock cavies, but recently reassessed as a subfamily, Hydrochoerinae.


Hydrochoerus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + χοῖρος (khoîros, “pig”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Caviidae – the capybaras, native to parts of the tropical Americas.


Pinus sylvestris

A taxonomic species within the family Pinaceae – Scots pine.


Cyprinus

Latin cyprīnus (“a species of carp”), from Ancient Greek κυπρῖνος (kuprînos).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyprinidae – the typical carps.


Cyprinus carpio

A taxonomic species within the family Cyprinidae – common carp.


Agkistrodon piscivorus

A taxonomic species within the family Viperidae – a venomous, semi-aquatic species of pit viper, found in the southeastern United States.


Anacardium occidentale

A taxonomic species within the family Anacardiaceae – the cashew tree.


Agkistrodon

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἄγκιστρον (ánkistron, “fishhook”) + -odon (“tooth”). The usual transliteration of γ for g follows the pronunciation. This spelling distinguishes this genus from the genus Ankistrodon of archosaurs.

A taxonomic genus within the family Viperidae – certain pit vipers, the moccasins.


Adelges

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + δῆλος (dêlos, “visible”) + -ges of uncertain meaning and derivation.

A taxonomic genus within the family Adelgidae – the adelgids, some parasitic of trees.


Ananas comosus

A taxonomic species within the family Bromeliaceae – pineapple.


Asparagus officinalis

A taxonomic species within the family Asparagaceae – the common asparagus or garden asparagus.


Allium sativum

A taxonomic species within the family Amaryllidaceae – cultivated garlic.


Monas

From Latin monas, from Ancient Greek μονάς (monás, “solitary, unit”).


Amelanchier bartramiana

A taxonomic species within the family Rosaceae – the oblongfruit serviceberry, native to the northeastern US and eastern Canada.


Comptonia

New Latin, after Compton + -ia, in reference to Rev. Henry Compton (1632-1713), bishop of Oxford.

A taxonomic genus within the family Myricaceae – sweet fern, native to eastern North America.


Ribes

New Latin, from Medieval Latin ribes (“currant”), from Arabic رِيبَاس (rībās, “rhubarb”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Grossulariaceae – true currants and gooseberries.

Ribes rubrum

genus): Ribes subg. Berisia, Ribes subg. Grossularia, Ribes subg. Grossularioides, Ribes subg. Parilla, Ribes subg. Ribes (subgenera


Lonicera

A taxonomic genus within the family Caprifoliaceae – honeysuckles.


Alphaherpesvirinae

From New Latin alpha- + Latin herpes + -virinae.

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Herpesviridae – alphaherpesviruses, various herpes viruses that reproduce relatively quickly.

Duplodnaviria

(order): Virus - kingdom; double-stranded DNA viruses (dsDNA, Group 1) - Baltimore virus classification; Herpesvirales - order; Herpesviridae - family

Chelonid alphaherpesvirus 6

subfamily): Iltovirus, Mardivirus, Scutavirus, Simplexvirus, Varicellovirus (genera


Amelanchier spicata

running serviceberry
running serviceberry

A taxonomic species within the family Rosaceae – running serviceberry, native to temperate Eastern North America.


Clethra

A taxonomic genus within the family Clethraceae – shrubs and trees, evergreen or deciduous, with clustered flowers, the species being in many temperate and subtropical parts of Asia and the Western hemisphere.


Ceanothus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek κεανοθος (keanothos, “corn-thistle”), probably Cirsium arvense

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhamnaceae – shrubs and small trees of North America, especially California.


Itea

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἰτέα (itéa, “willow”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Iteaceae – sweetspires, principally native to Asia.


Hibiscus moscheutos

A taxonomic species within the family Malvaceae – crimson-eyed rosemallow, found from Texas to Ontario in North America.


Hibiscus laevis

A taxonomic species within the family Malvaceae – the halberdleaf rosemallow.


Symphoricarpos

New Latin, from Ancient Greek συμφορέω (sumphoréō, “bear together”) + καρπός (karpós, “fruit”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Caprifoliaceae – snowberry, waxberry, or ghostberry, mostly native to North America.


Dipodidae

A taxonomic family within the order Rodentia – jerboas, jumping mice and birch mice.


Areca

Ultimately from Malayalam അടയ്ക്ക (aṭaykka).

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – palms native to tropical Asia.

Areca catechu. For other species see Areca


Areca catechu

A taxonomic species within the family Arecaceae – betel palm, producer of betel nuts.


Hibiscus syriacus

A taxonomic species within the family Malvaceae.


Choloepus hoffmanni

A taxonomic species within the family Choloepodidae – Hoffmann's two-toed sloth.


Choloepus didactylus

A taxonomic species within the family Choloepodidae – Linnaeus's two-toed sloth.


Rhamnus

Late Latin rhamnus (“a thorn bush”), from Ancient Greek ῥάμνος (rhámnos, “various prickly shrubs, such as boxthorn, Lycium europaeum; stone buckthorn, Rhamnus lycioides subsp. graeca, syn. Rhamnus graeca; and black buckthorn, Rhamnus oleoides”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhamnaceae – buckthorns.


Australosphenida

A taxonomic clade within the class Mammalia – the monotremes and certain extinct species.


Asclepias

From Latin asclepias (“common swallow-wart”), from Ancient Greek ἀσκληπιάς (asklēpiás, “swallow-wort”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – milkweeds.

Asclepias viridiflora

selected other species. For the numerous other species see Wikispecies


Osphronemidae

A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes – the gouramis, perciform freshwater fish.


Macropodusinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Osphronemidae – certain perciform freshwater fish.


Anabantoidei

A taxonomic suborder within the order Perciformes – freshwater perciform fish with a labyrinth organ (lung-like organ for beathing air).


Pseudosphromenus

A taxonomic genus within the family Osphronemidae – certain gouramis endemic to India.


Malpulutta

A taxonomic genus within the family Osphronemidae – the sole species Malpulutta kretseri.


Belontiinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Osphronemidae – the sole genus Belontia.


Parosphromenus

A taxonomic genus within the family Osphronemidae – certain perciform freshwater fish.


Trichopsis

A taxonomic genus within the family Osphronemidae – certain gouramis popular as aquarium fish.


Malpulutta kretseri

A taxonomic species within the family Osphronemidae – the ornate paradisefish.


Osphroneminae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Osphronemidae – sole genus Osphronemus.


Osphronemus

A taxonomic genus within the family Osphronemidae – certain gouramis.


Belontia

From a native Bornean word for an unspecified related species.

A taxonomic genus within the family Osphronemidae – combtail gouramis.


Luciocephalinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Osphronemidae – certain gouramis.


Anabantidae

A taxonomic family within the order Anabantiformes – the climbing gouramis.


Benincasa

After the 16th century botanist Joseph Goedenhuyze, aka Giuseppe Benincasa, (1535-1596), who founded the Botanic Garden in Pisa.

A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae – the winter melon.


Vibrio

Coined by Italian anatomist Filippo Pacini in 1854, from Italian vibrione, from Latin vībro (“to move rapidly to and fro, to shake, to agitate”) + Italian -one (“-er, -or”, nominal suffix).

af

A taxonomic genus within the family Vibrionaceae – gram-negative bacteria possessing a curved rod shape (comma shape), several species of which can cause foodborne infection.


Erythrina

From Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”) + -ina.

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – coral trees, flowering trees of the tropics and subtropics.


Lithospermum

New Latin, from Latin lithospermon, from Ancient Greek λιθόσπερμον (lithóspermon, “a plant: gromwell, stonecrop”)

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Boraginaceae – stoneseeds and gromwells.

Lithospermum officinale

type species. For other species see Lithospermum


Juncus

→ English: juncus

From Latin iuncus (“rush”). Doublet of Junco.

A taxonomic genus within the family Juncaceae – rushes.


Sigillaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Lepidodendraceae – an extinct tree.


Lathyrus

From Latin lathyros, from Ancient Greek λάθυρος (láthuros).

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – numerous species of sweet peas and vetchlings.


Fusarium

A taxonomic genus within the family Nectriaceae – many filamentous soil fungi.


Lecanora

→ Russian: лекано́ра (lekanóra)

A taxonomic genus within the family Lecanoraceae – the fungal component of rim lichen.


Strombus

Ultimately from Ancient Greek στρόμβος (strómbos, “conch; snail”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Strombidae – formerly included most conches, now many are in other genera.


Helostomatidae

A taxonomic family within the order Anabantiformes – sole genus Helostoma, the kissing gouramis.


Pholas

From Ancient Greek φωλάς (phōlás, “lurking in a whole”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Pholadidae – including the common piddock.


Helostoma

From Ancient Greek ἧλος (hêlos, “nailhead”) + -stoma.

af

A taxonomic genus within the family Helostomatidae – sole species Helostoma temminckii (kissing gourami).


Sandelia

A taxonomic genus within the family Anabantidae – certain climbing gouramis.


Ateles

Ancient Greek ἀτελής (atelḗs, “incomplete, imperfect”), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) and τέλος (télos, “end”)

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Atelidae – the spider monkeys.


Anabas

From Ancient Greek ἀναβάς (anabás, “having gone up”), the aorist participle of ἀναβαίνω (anabaínō, “go up, ascend”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Anabantidae – certain climbing gouramis of southern and eastern Asia.


Microctenopoma

A taxonomic genus within the family Anabantidae – certain climbing gouramis native to Africa.


Ctenopoma

From cteno- + Ancient Greek πῶμα (pôma, “lid”).


Crotalaria

New Latin, from Ancient Greek κρόταλον (krótalon, “rattle, referring to the seeds rattling in the pod”) + -aria.

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – the rattlepods, of Africa.


Photinia

A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae.


Aronia

A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – the chokeberries, native to eastern North America.


Arctostaphylos

arcto- + -staphylos, from Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”) + Ancient Greek στᾰ́φῠλος (stáphulos, “of grapes”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – manzanitas and bearberries.


Centaurium

A taxonomic genus within the family Gentianaceae – the centauries.

Schenkia

genera with species formerly all included in Centaurium


Eryngium

From Latin eryngium, from Ancient Greek ἠρύγγιον (ērúngion), diminutive of ἤρυγγος (ḗrungos).

A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – a flowering plant of cosmopolitan distribution, including the sea hollies and eryngos.


Misgurnus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cobitidae – the weather loaches.


Centaurea

→ English: centaurea

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – thistle-like flowering plants, called knapweeds, starthistles, etc.


Lepidium

A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – peppergrasses.

Lepidium latifolium

broadleaved pepperweed, dittander, dittany


Polemonium

From Ancient Greek πολεμώνιον (polemṓnion).

A taxonomic genus within the family Polemoniaceae – Jacob's ladder and related flowering plants.


Araneus

From Latin arāneus (“spider, spiderweb”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Araneidae – many common orb-weaving spiders.

Araneus acuminatus

For other species see List of Araneus species on Wikipedia.


Dipsacus

From Latin dipsacos (“teasel”), from Ancient Greek δίψακος (dípsakos).

A taxonomic genus within the family Caprifoliaceae – the teasels.


Cerastium

Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras, “horn”), from the shape of the fruits

A taxonomic genus within the family Caryophyllaceae – mouse-ear chickweed.


Ascalaphidae

A taxonomic family within the order Neuroptera – the owlflies.


Opuntia

→ English: opuntia

→ Russian: опу́нция (opúncija)

From Post-classical Latin opuntia, a plant from Opus (Ancient Greek Ὀποῦς (Opoûs)), a city in Locris.

A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – prickly pears.


Ascalaphinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Ascalaphidae – split-eyed owlflies.


Limonium

From Latin limonium (“sea lavender”), from Ancient Greek λειμών (leimṓn, “meadow”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Plumbaginaceae – statice, sea lavender and related species.


Parietaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Urticaceae – the pellitories.


Diodon

A taxonomic genus within the family Diodontidae – spiny balloonfishes.


Aralia spinosa

A taxonomic species within the family Araliaceae – devil's walkingstick, angelica, Hercules' club, prickly ash, prickly elder, native to eastern North America.


Oplopanax

New Latin oplo- (“alternative form of hoplo-”) + Panax

prefix

A taxonomic genus within the family Araliaceae – devil's club.


Aralia elata

A taxonomic species within the family Araliaceae – the Japanese angelica, native to east Asia.


Phellinus

From Ancient Greek φέλλινος (phéllinos, “made of cork”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Hymenochaetaceae – fungi whose fruiting bodies grow on wood, some species causing white rot.


Tiarella

A taxonomic genus within the family Saxifragaceae – the foamflowers.


Hymenochaetales

A taxonomic order within the class Agaricomycetes – various fungi, whose relationship is established by molecular phylogenetics.

Cyanotrama

order): Hymenochaetaceae, Repetobasidiaceae) (syn. Rickenellaceae, Schizoporaceae (families


Dioscorea

New Latin, from Ancient Greek after Πεδάνιος Διοσκουρίδης (Pedánios Dioskourídēs, “Dioscorides”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Dioscoreaceae – tropical and warm temperate flowering plants, including yams.

Dioscorea villosa

syn. Dioscorea sativa; wild yam, fourleaf yam

Dioscorea bulbifera

air potato, air yam, bitter yam, cheeky yam, potato yam, aerial yam, parsnip yam

for other species see Dioscorea at The Plant List


Malpighia

After Marcello Malpighi, Italian doctor and botanist, + -ia

A taxonomic genus within the family Malpighiaceae.


Hymenochaetaceae

⇒ English: hymenochaetaceous

A taxonomic family within the order Hymenochaetales – various fungi, some causing tree disease.


Berberis

From Medieval Latin, probably referring to species of this genus growing in Europe or specifically Spain, see Arabic بَرْبَارِيس (barbārīs) for more.

A taxonomic genus within the family Berberidaceae – barberries, shrubs of temperate and subtropical environments nearly worldwide.


Aesculus

A taxonomic genus within the family Sapindaceae – buckeyes and horse chestnuts.


Gyromitra

From Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “ring, circle”) + Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra, “girdle”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Discinaceae – including some false morels.


Tricholoma

→ Russian: трихоло́ма (trixolóma)

From Ancient Greek τριχός (trikhós) (genitive of θρίξ (thríx, “hair”)) + λῶμα (lôma, “border”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Tricholomataceae – certain gilled mushrooms.


Lotus

From Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós), a name of multiple plants, of unknown origin.

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – species principally among those called trefoils, especially bird's-foot trefoils, and also deervetches and deerweeds.

Lotus pedunculatus

greater bird's-foot-trefoil, big trefoil, marsh bird's-foot trefoil


Nymphaea

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphaeaceae – waterlilies.


Culex

From Latin culex (“midge, gnat”); named by Linnaeus.

A taxonomic genus within the family Culicidae – certain mosquitoes, including several that transmit important diseases.

Culex (Culex)
Culex (Culex)#Translingual

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Culicidae – certain mosquitoes (Culex (Culex)).


Apis

Braunsapis

Effractapis

Eremapis

Halterapis

Martinapis

Micronychapis

Mirnapis

Nasutapis

Neopasites

Nogueirapis

Peponapis

Trichocerapis

A taxonomic genus within the family Apidae – honey bees.


Strongyloides stercoralis

A taxonomic species within the family Strongyloididae – a parasitic roundworm that causes strongyloidiasis.


Cucumis sativus

A taxonomic species within the family Cucurbitaceae – garden cucumber.


Pituophis

→ Chinese: 松蛇 (sōngshé) (calque)

Modern scientific compound Πιτυόφις : Pituophis "pine snake". From
Ancient Greek πίτυς (pítus, “pine”), and Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis, “snake”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – nonvenomous colubrid snakes, called gopher snakes, pine snakes, or bullsnakes, endemic to North America.


Strongyloides

From Strongylus + -oides (“-like”, taxonomic suffix).

af

A taxonomic genus within the family Strongyloididae – parasitic nematodes whose life cycle involves one or several generations of free-living adult worms.


Pasteurella

Named after French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822–1895) + -ella (taxonomic suffix).

named-after

A taxonomic genus within the family Pasteurellaceae – gram-negative facultatively anaerobic nonmotile rod bacteria that stain differentially at the poles of the cell and include several important pathogens especially of domestic animals.


Amphisbaena

Ancient Greek ἀμφίσβαινα (amphísbaina, “a kind of serpent, supposed to go either forwards or backwards”), from ἀμφίς (amphís, “both sides, both ways”) + βαίνω (baínō, “I walk, I go”)

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Amphisbaenidae – worm lizards.


Lilium

A taxonomic genus within the family Liliaceae – true lilies.


Mullidae

A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes – the goatfish or red mullets.


Fallopia

New Latin, after Gabriello Fallopio botanist and anatomist + -ia

A taxonomic genus within the family Polygonaceae – various plants, some highly invasive outside their native territory, known as knotweeds or bindweeds.


Bryaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Bryales – typical mosses.


Bryum

From New Latin, from Latin bryon (“moss”), from Ancient Greek βρύον (brúon, “tree-moss, oyster-green”), from βρύω (brúō, “be full to bursting, abound”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Bryaceae – typical mosses.


Tamarix

From Latin tamarix, possibly associated with Tamarici (“a people of the Atlantic Coast of Spain”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Tamaricaceae – the tamarisk or salt cedars, native to arid regions in Eurasia and Africa and often invasive in other arid regions.


Pulsatilla

A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – the pasqueflower and related species; sometimes treated as a subgenus of Anemone.


Equus burchelli

(obsolete) A taxonomic species within the family Equidae – Equus quagga.


Equus zebra

A taxonomic species within the family Equidae – mountain zebra.


Commiphora

→ Russian: комми́фора (kommífora)

From Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi, “gum”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “-bearing”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Burseraceae – many subtropical arid zone species, including the myrrhs.


Calophyllum

→ Azerbaijani: kalofillum

→ Malayalam: കാലോഫൈല്ലം (kālōphaillaṁ)

→ Russian: калофи́ллум (kalofíllum)

From Ancient Greek καλός (kalós, “beautiful”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Clusiaceae – tropical evergreen flowering trees of wide distribution.


Cruziohyla

After Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz + Hyla (genus of tree frogs)

A taxonomic genus within the family Hylidae – certain tree frogs.


Dirca

A taxonomic genus within the family Thymelaeaceae – leatherwoods.

Dirca palustris

eastern leatherwood, moosewood, ropebark, wicopy


Phyllomedusinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Hylidae – some tree frogs.


Agalychnis

A taxonomic genus within the family Hylidae – some tree frogs, native to the tropical Americas.


Phasmahyla

A taxonomic genus within the family Hylidae – certain tree frogs, shining leaf frogs.


Phrynomedusa

A taxonomic genus within the family Hylidae – some tree frogs.


Hylidae

A taxonomic family within the order Anura – various frogs including the tree frogs.


Picea

From Latin picea (“pitch pine”), referring to Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris), ultimately from pix (“pitch”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Pinaceae – spruces.

Picea sitchensis

selected species. For other species see Picea


Festuca

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – the fescue grasses.


Luzula

A taxonomic genus within the family Juncaceae – woodrushes, flowering plants of wide distribution with grasslike leaves.


Spartina

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – the cordgrasses, that grow in marshes, especially on seashores.


Iberis

From Latin iberis, from Ancient Greek ἰβηρίς (ibērís).

A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – the candytufts, native to the Old World.


Pagrus

A taxonomic genus within the family Sparidae – certain perciform marine fish.


Conium

From Latin conium, borrowed from Ancient Greek κώνειον (kṓneion).

A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – poison hemlock, native around the Mediterranean.


Nelumbo

From New Latin, from Sinhalese නෙලුම්බ (nelumba).

A taxonomic genus within the family Nelumbonaceae – sacred lotus and American lotus, resembling water lilies.


Myrtus

From Latin myrtus (“myrtle”), from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).

A taxonomic genus within the family Myrtaceae – possibly only the single species true myrtle, has included other species, most now in other genera in the same family.


Arabis

From Ancient Greek ἀραβίς (arabís, “whitetop (Lepidium draba)”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – rockcresses and certain similar plants.


Vachellia

After Rev. John Harvey Vachell (1798-1839), chaplain to the British East India Company in Macao from 1825-1836 and a plant collector in China.

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae.


Caesalpinia

→ English: caesalpinia (learned)

→ French: césalpinie f (learned)

From Italian Cesalpino (“surname”) + -ia f. Named after Italian botanist Andrea Cesalpino. Coined by Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus in 1753.

coined

1. CÆSALPINIA foliolis obovatis integerrimus.

1753, Carl Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, volume 1, Cæsalpinia., page 380:

1. CAESALPINIA has the most obovate leaf.

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – nickers, brazilwoods, holdbacks and similar trees and shrubs, found from Peru and Mexico to the Bahamas.


Phasma

From New Latin phasma, from Ancient Greek φάσμα (phásma, “apparition, phantom, omen, prodigy, monster”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Phasmatidae – certain stick insects.


Vigna

After Domenico Vigna, 17th century Italian botanist. The surname means "vineyard;" see vigna.


Mirza

A taxonomic genus within the family Cheirogaleidae – giant mouse lemurs.

Mirza coquereli

Coquerel's giant mouse lemur, Coquerel's dwarf lemur


Pistacia

A taxonomic genus within the family Anacardiaceae – trees and shrubs, including those that produce pistachios and mastic.


Diospyros

From Ancient Greek διόσπυρος (dióspuros, literally “wheat of Zeus”), from Διός (Diós, “Zeus”) + πυρός (purós, “wheat”).

affix

A taxonomic genus within the family Ebenaceae – persimmon and ebony trees.


Phragmites

From Latin phragmītēs, from Ancient Greek φραγμίτης (phragmítēs).

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – many reeds.


Santalum

New Latin, from Medieval Latin sandalum, from Late Ancient Greek [Term?], from Ancient Greek σάνταλον (sántalon, “sandalwood”), possibly from Sanskrit चन्दन (candana, “sandalwood, incense wood”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Santalaceae – sandalwoods and related trees and shrubs, probably native to Australasia, but introduced long ago in India and throughout Oceania.


Solidago

Adapted from Medieval Latin solidāgō, soldāgō, a comparatively rare interpretation within the textual corruption complex cōnsolida, consolda, cōnserva, cōnferva, cōnfirma denoting comfrey (“Symphytum officinale”), whose name was transferred to the “woundwort”, European goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea, as equally used to treat lesions.

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – goldenrods.

Solidago flexicaulis

zig-zag goldenrod, broadleaved goldenrod

Solidago nemoralis

gray goldenrod, American western goldenrod

Solidago odora

anise-scented goldenrod, sweet-scented goldenrod

Solidago rugosa

wrinkleleaf goldenrod, rough-stemmed goldenrod


Erythronium

From Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”), alluding to the pink to purple flowers of Erythronium dens-canis.

A taxonomic genus within the family Liliaceae – the fawnlilies.


Soldanella

From Italian soldo (“coin”), Latin solidus (“coin”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Primulaceae – snowbells, that grow in mountain meadows and woods in Europe.


Caranx

New Latin, from French carangue (“a fish of the Caribbean”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Carangidae – fish called jacks, trevallies, or kingfishes.


Zapus

A taxonomic genus within the family Zapodidae – certain jumping mice native to North America.


Napaeozapus

A taxonomic genus within the family Zapodidae – sole species Napaeozapus insignis (woodland jumping mouse).


Eozapus

A taxonomic genus within the family Zapodidae – Eozapus setchuanus (Chinese jumping mouse).


Zapodinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Dipodidae – jumping mice, rodents of North America and China, now often family Zapodidae.


Myomorpha

A taxonomic suborder within the order Rodentia – very many mouse-like rodents.


Sicistinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Dipodidae – the sole genus Sicista (the birch mice).


Sicista

A taxonomic genus within the family Dipodidae – the birch mice.


Pseudois

From pseudo- + Ancient Greek οἶς (oîs, “sheep”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – blue sheep of the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau.


Dipodoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Rodentia – the single family Dipodidae.


Gnaphalium

From Ancient Greek γναφάλλιον (gnaphállion, “cottonweed”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – the cudweeds.


Gnetum

A taxonomic genus within the family Gnetaceae – some of the jointfirs; woody gymnosperms, often growing as a vine, native to many tropical regions.


Erysimum

A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – wallflowers.


Gruinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Gruidae – typical cranes.


Antilocapridae

From Antilocapra (“genus name”) + -idae.

Antilocapra americana
Antilocapra americana#Translingual

A taxonomic family within the order Artiodactyla – some artiodactyls of North America, of which only Antilocapra americana is extant – the pronghorns.


Prosopis

Late Latin prosopis (“burdock”), from Ancient Greek προσωπίς (prosōpís, “burdock”), original sense "mask," from πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – the mesquites and algarrobos.


Balearicinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Gruidae – the crowned cranes.


Antilocapra americana

A taxonomic species within the family Antilocapridae – pronghorn.


Antilocapra

From New Latin, contraction from Latin antilopocapra, from antilope (“antelope”) + capra (“goat”).

Antilocapra americana
Antilocapra americana

A taxonomic genus within the family Antilocapridae – the sole extant species Antilocapra americana.


Naemorhedus

An 1827 misspelling of Nemorhaedus (by Charles Hamilton Smith) that has gained significant usage.

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – the gorals, native to Asia.


Ovibos

From Latin ovis (“sheep”) + bōs (“cow, bull, ox”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – the musk ox.


Trachurus

From Ancient Greek τράχουρος (trákhouros).

A taxonomic genus within the family Carangidae – the jack mackerels.


Capricornis

From Latin caper (“goat”) + cornu (“horn”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – the serows.


Chione

From Ancient Greek Χιόνη (Khiónē, “nymph in Greek myth”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Veneridae – certain Venus clams.

A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – trees from the neotropics.


Hemitragus

From Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) + τράγος (trágos, “he-goat”).

Hemitragus jemlahicus
Hemitragus jemlahicus

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – the sole species Hemitragus jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr).


Merluccius

A taxonomic genus within the family Merlucciidae – certain hakes.


Oreamnos

From Ancient Greek ὄρος (óros, “mountain”) + ἀμνός (amnós, “lamb”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae.


Coluber

→ Ido: kolubro (learned)

A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – certain racers and whipsnakes.


Gaylussacia

From French Gay-Lussac + -ia, after Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac.

A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – a substantial genus with members in semi-tropical to subarctic regions in the Americas, including huckleberries found in eastern North America.


Rajidae

A taxonomic family within the order Rajiformes – skates.


Podocarpus

From Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”) + καρπός (karpós, “fruit”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Podocarpaceae – plum pines and yellowwoods.

Podocarpus elongatus

Podocarpus sect. Foliolatus, Podocarpus sect. Acuminatus, Podocarpus sect. Globulus, Podocarpus sect. Longifoliolatus, Podocarpus sect. Gracilis, Podocarpus sect. Macrostachyus, Podocarpus sect. Rumphius, Podocarpus sect. Polystachyus, Podocarpus sect. Spinulosus - sections in P. subg. Foliolatus; P. sect. Podocarpus, Podocarpus sect. Scytopodium, Podocarpus sect. Australis, Podocarpus sect. Crassiformis, Podocarpus sect. Capitulatis, Podocarpus sect. Pratensis, Podocarpus sect. Lanceolatis, Podocarpus sect. Pumilis, Podocarpus sect. Nemoralis - sections in P. subg. Podocarpus


Rajinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Rajidae – the hardnose skates.


Dipturus

A taxonomic genus within the family Rajidae – numerous hardnose skates.


Cupressus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – cypresses.

Cupressus abramsiana (syn. Callitropsis abramsiana

Cupressus arizonica (syn. Callitropsis arizonica

Cupressus bakeri (syn. Callitropsis bakeri

Cupressus benthamii (syn. Callitropsis benthamii

Cupressus forbesii (syn. Callitropsis forbesii

Cupressus glabra (syn. Callitropsis glabra

Cupressus goveniana (syn. Callitropsis goveniana

Cupressus guadalupensis (syn. Callitropsis guadalupensis

Cupressus lusitanica (syn. Callitropsis lusitanica

Cupressus macnabiana (syn. Callitropsis macnabiana

Cupressus macrocarpa (syn. Callitropsis macrocarpa

Cupressus montana (syn. Callitropsis montana

Cupressus nevadensis (syn. Callitropsis nevadensis

Cupressus pygmaea (syn. Callitropsis pygmaea

Cupressus sargentii (syn. Callitropsis sargentii

Cupressus stephensonii (syn. Callitropsis stephensonii


Cycas

English: cycasin

From a mistranscription of the Ancient Greek name of a palm mentioned by Theophrastus, κοικας.

A taxonomic genus within the family Cycadaceae – typical cycads.


Peziza

From a New Latin alteration of Classical Latin pezica (“a kind of stalkless fungus”), from Ancient Greek πέζις (pézis, “puffball”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Pezizaceae – certain cup fungi.

for other species see Peziza at MycoBank


eupolypods II

A taxonomic clade within the order Polypodiales.


Pleuronectes

A taxonomic genus within the family Pleuronectidae – certain righteye flounders.


Parathelypteris noveboracensis

Parahelypteris noveboracensis (canonical feminine)

A taxonomic species within the family Thelypteridaceae – New York fern, native to eastern North America.


Pteridium

From Ancient Greek πτέρις (ptéris, “fern”) + -ium.

A taxonomic genus within the family Dennstaedtiaceae – bracken, the most widely distributed ferns.


eupolypods I

A taxonomic clade within the order Polypodiales – ferns, mostly with three vascular bundles.


Pteridaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Pteridales – consisting of more than a thousand species of ferns.


Osmerus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὀσμήρης (osmḗrēs, “odorous”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Osmeridae – smelts.


Mullus

From Latin mullus (“red mullet”), from Ancient Greek μύλλος (múllos).

A taxonomic genus within the family Mullidae – the red mullets or goatfish.


Scleractinia

New Latin, based on Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”) + ἀκτίς (aktís, “ray”).

A taxonomic order within the subclass Hexacorallia – stony corals.

†Archaeocoeniina

(order): Astrocoeniina, Caryophylliina, Dendrophylliina, Faviina, Fungiina, Meandriina – suborders


Roccella

A taxonomic genus within the family Roccellaceae – certain fungi that form lichens.


Salicornia

From Latin sal (“salt”) + Latin cornu (“horn”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Amaranthaceae – succulent, salt-tolerant herbs (glasswort, pickleweed, swampfire, and marsh samphire).


Alyssum

New Latin, from Latin ălyssŏn (“madwort”) (alyssum; Lobularia maritima, sweet alyssum (Asperugo, from Ancient Greek ἄλυσσον (álusson).

A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – flowering herbs, native to western Eurasia and North Africa, formerly including the members of Lobularia and Aurinia.

Alyssum montanum

creeping basket of gold, madwort, mountain alison

Alyssum szovitsianum

selected other species. For others of the numerous species see Alyssum


Patrinia

A taxonomic genus within the family Caprifoliaceae – flowering herbs native to east Asia, some with medicinal use.


Ophioglossum

A taxonomic genus within the family Ophioglossaceae – adder's tongue, the species being distributed widely in the subtropics and tropics.


Bupleurum

A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – Old World plants, known principally for the medicinal properties of its roots.

Bupleurum falcatum

Chinese thorow wax, sickle-leaf hare's ear


Colchicum

From Latin, from Ancient Greek κολχικόν (kolkhikón).

A taxonomic genus within the family Colchicaceae – the autumn crocus and similar plants, native to west Asia, Europe and parts of Africa.


Digitaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – crabgrasses, fonio, and others.

A taxonomic genus within the family Astartidae – a single species of clams.


Chironectes

From Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + νήκτης (nḗktēs, “swimmer”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Didelphidae – marsupial water opossum; yapok.


Didelphys

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Didelphydae – alternative form of Didelphis.


Scrophularia

New Latin, borrowed from Latin scrōfula + New Latin -aria; from the supposed efficacy of such plants in the treatment of scrofula.

A taxonomic genus within the family Scrophulariaceae – figworts, native principally to Asia.


Salsola

A taxonomic genus within the family Amaranthaceae – certain saltworts.

Salsola soda

oppositeleaf Russian thistle, now Soda inermis

Salsola vermiculata

shrubby Russian thistle, now Nitrosalsola vermiculata


Lupinus

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – the lupines and lupins.


Tachyglossus

From Ancient Greek ταχύς (takhús, “swift”) + γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Tachyglossidae – the short-beaked echidna.


Colocasia

From New Latin colocāsia, from Ancient Greek κολοκασία (kolokasía, “rhizome of the Egyptian water-lily”).

Colocasia gigantea

selected species. For other species see Colocasia

A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae – herbaceous perennial plants with a large corm on or just below the ground surface and large to very large leaves, such as taro.

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain moths.


Cheirogaleus

From Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) and Ancient Greek γαλέη (galéē, “weasel”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cheirogaleidae – dwarf lemurs.


Chlorogalum

A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – soap plants.


Setaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – bristle grasses and foxtails.

Setaria viridis

green foxtail, green bristlegrass, wild foxtail millet


Phyllostachys

From Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”) + στάχυς (stákhus, “ear of grain”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – certain bamboos.


Thalictrum

From Latin thalictrum, from Ancient Greek θάλικτρον (tháliktron, “meadowrue”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – the meadow rues.


Agavoideae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Asparagaceae – plants of many deserts and other dry zones.


Hemitragus jemlahicus

A taxonomic species within the family Bovidae – the Himalayan tahr.


Nilgiritragus

From the Nilgiri mountains (Hindi नीलगिरि (nīlgiri)) + Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “he-goat”).

Nilgiritragus hylocrius
Nilgiritragus hylocrius

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – the sole species Nilgiritragus hylocrius (Nilgiri tahr).


Nilgiritragus hylocrius

A taxonomic species within the family Bovidae – Nilgiri tahr.


Arabitragus

From Ancient Greek Ἀραβία (Arabía, “Arabia”) + τράγος (trágos, “he-goat”).

Arabitragus jayakari
Arabitragus jayakari

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – the sole species Arabitragus jayakari (Arabian tahr).


Arabitragus jayakari

A taxonomic species within the family Bovidae – Arabian tahr.


Nasuella

A taxonomic genus within the family Procyonidae – the mountain coatis.


Haloxylon

A taxonomic genus within the family Amaranthaceae – the saxauls, which grow in sandy environments from Egypt to western China.


Spinacia

A taxonomic genus within the family Amaranthaceae – spinach and its closest relatives.


Salsoloideae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Amaranthaceae.

Caroxylon

(subfamily): Caroxyleae, Salsoleae - tribes


Acanthella

for other species see Acanthella at World Register of Marine Species

A taxonomic genus within the family Dictyonellidae – certain sponges.

A taxonomic genus within the family Melastomataceae – two among the very many species of melastomes, flowering plants of tropical South America.


Camassia

A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – camases, quamashes, Indian hyacinths, and wild hyacinths of temperate North America.


Juniperus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – junipers, certain evergreen trees and shrubs, widely distributed in the northern hemisphere.


Liriodendron

From Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion, “lily”) + -dendron (“tree”).

af

A taxonomic genus within the family Magnoliaceae – with two extant and many extinct species of tulip trees.


Funkia

From the German botanist H. C. Funck (1771-1839).


Osmunda

From Medieval Latin osmunda (“royal fern”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Osmundaceae – flowering ferns, including the royal ferns.


Cedrus

From Latin cedrus, from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros, “cedar”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Pinaceae – the one to five species of true cedars, native to the mountains around the Mediterranean and to the western Himalayas.


Fragaria

From Latin fragum (“strawberry”) + -aria (“-ary, forming feminine nouns and plant names”), probably ultimately from a PIE root meaning "berry".

A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – strawberries.


Ulmus

A taxonomic genus within the family Ulmaceae – elm trees.

Ulmus minor

Ulmus section Blepharocarpus, Ulmus section Chaetoptelea, Ulmus section Foliaceae, Ulmus section Microptelea, Ulmus section Trichocarpus, Ulmus section Ulmus - sections


Rudbeckia

→ English: rudbeckia

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→ French: rudbeckia, rudbeckie, rudbéckie

Borrowed from New Latin, from Swedish Rudbeck, after Olaus Rudbeck (1630–1702), Swedish scientist and writer, and his son Olof Rudbeck the Younger (1660–1740), Swedish explorer and scientist, teacher of Linnaeus + -ia

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – coneflowers and black-eyed susans, native to North America.


Gentiana

From Latin gentiāna, from Ancient Greek γεντιανή (gentianḗ).

A taxonomic genus within the family Gentianaceae – flowering plants known for their intense blue color in the northern hemisphere portion of their near-cosmopolitan temperate zone range, common name gentian.

Gentiana lutea

(genus): Gentiana sect. Asclepiadeae, Gentiana sect. Calathianae, Gentiana sect. Chondrophylla, Gentiana sect. Ciminalis, Gentiana sect. Cruciata, Gentiana sect. Dolichocarpa, Gentiana sect. Fimbricorona, Gentiana sect. Frigida, Gentiana sect. Gentiana, Gentiana sect. Isomeria, Gentiana sect. Kudoa, Gentiana sect. Microsperma, Gentiana sect. Otophora, Gentiana sect. Phyllocalyx, Gentiana sect. Pneumonanthe - sections


Schizachyrium

From schiz- (“split”) + Ancient Greek ἄχυρον (ákhuron, “chaff”), referring to either the glume or the toothed lemmas.

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – the little bluestem grasses.

For additional species see Schizachyrium


Sagittaria

From Latin sagittārius (“pertaining to arrows”), in reference to the arrow shape of the leaves of many species.

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Alismataceae – the arrowheads or duck potatoes.


Verbena

A taxonomic genus within the family Verbenaceae – the vervains.


Erigeron

From Ancient Greek ἠριγέρων (ērigérōn, “groundsel”), from ἦρι (êri, “early in the morning”) and γέρων (gérōn, “old man”), a reference to the appearance of the white hairs of the fruit soon after flowering or possibly alluding to the early appearance of the seed heads.

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – flowering daisy-like plants, including certain fleabanes.


Gaultheria

New Latin, Gaulthier, a misspelling of Jean-François Gaultier's surname, + -ia. The surname corresponds to English Walter.

A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – wintergreen and similar plants.


Asplenium

From New Latin asplenium (“spleenworts”), Linnaeus's adjustment of Latin asplenon (“spleenwort”), from Ancient Greek ἄσπληνον (ásplēnon, “spleenwort”), from ἀ- (a-, “un-”) + σπλήν (splḗn, “spleen”) + -ον (-on, “-um”), from its use to cure anthrax in livestock.

A taxonomic genus within the family Aspleniaceae – spleenworts and similar ferns.

Asplenium sibiricum Asplenium trichomanes

for more than 750 other species see Asplenium at Plants of the World Online


Trombidiformes

A taxonomic order within the superorder Acariformes – many diverse mites.


Ammodytes

From Ancient Greek ἀμμοδύτης (ammodútēs, “sand burrower”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Ammodytidae – sand lances and sand eels.


Helminthomorpha

A taxonomic infraclass within the class Diplopoda – most of the millipedes.

Callipodida

subclass): Anocheta, Coelocheta, Diplocheta, Merocheta, Monocheta, Ommatophora, Typhlogena (superorders


Prostigmata

A taxonomic suborder within the order Trombidiformes – various parasitic mites.


Conyza

From Latin conȳza (“fleabane”), from Ancient Greek κόνυζα (kónuza).

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – horseweeds, butterweeds, fleabanes, now often incorporated into genus Erigeron.


Julida

A taxonomic order within the class Diplopoda – many millipedes.


Penstemon

From the specific epithet of Chelone pentstemon, the name used by Carl Linnaeus for Penstemon laevigatus, a blend of Ancient Greek πεντα- (penta-, “five”) + στήμων (stḗmōn, “thread”), because of its sterile fifth stamen (staminode).

affix

A taxonomic genus within the family Plantaginaceae – the beardtongues, native to east Asia and North America.


Tuber

A taxonomic genus within the family Tuberaceae – true truffles and close relatives.


Hemiphyllodactylus

A taxonomic genus within the family Gekkonidae – half leaf-fingered geckos, of southern and southeastern Asia.

Hemiphyllodactylus typus

Indopacific tree gecko, Indopacific slender gecko, common dwarf gecko


Ammodytidae

A taxonomic family within the order Uranoscopiformes – sand lances or sand eels.


Trachinoidei

A taxonomic order within the superorder Acanthopterygii.

A taxonomic suborder within the order Perciformes.


Cheimarrichthyidae

A taxonomic family within the order Uranoscopiformes – the sole genus Cheimarrichthys and species Cheimarrichthys fosteri (torrent fish).


Psathyrotes

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – certain small plants native to the arid southwest of North America, called turtlebacks or brittlestems.


Drosera

From Ancient Greek δρόσος (drósos, “dew”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Droseraceae – sundews, insectivore plants of cosmopolitan distribution.


Chiasmodontidae

A taxonomic family within the order Scombriformes – snaketooth fishes.


Champsodontidae

A taxonomic family within the infraclass Teleostei – sole genus Champsodon.


Strophanthus

From Ancient Greek στρόφος (stróphos, “(twisted) cord”) + Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – plants found in Africa and in tropical and subtropical Asia that produce toxic alkaloids and cardiac glycosides.


Agrostemma

From Ancient Greek ἀγρός (agrós, “farm field”) + στέμμα (stémma, “wreath”), because its flowers were used to make garlands

af

A taxonomic genus within the family Caryophyllaceae – corncockles, apparently originating with grain cultivation in western Asia, now virtually worldwide.


Pangasius

From New Latin pangasius, from Bengali পাঙ্গাশ (paṅgaś, “mud-coloured fish”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Pangasiidae – shark catfishes native to Asia.


Saimiri

A taxonomic genus within the family Cebidae – the squirrel monkeys.


Flustra

Borrowed from Latin flū̆stra, plural of Latin flū̆strum n (“stream”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Flustridae – simple invertebrates that live in colonies.


Presbytis

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – surilis, langurs, and leaf monkeys of southeast Asia.


Pterocarpus

From Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + καρπός (karpós, “fruit”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – tropical plants of Africa and Asia that yield the valuable timber padauk and produce a bright red resin.


Abelisaurus

From the discoverer's name, Roberto Abel, + -saurus (“lizard”), meaning “Abel's lizard”.
Abel + -i- + -saurus

A taxonomic genus within the clade Saurischia – a ceratosaur dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina.

Abelisaurus comahuensis - sole species (1 specimen)


Gleditsia

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – honey locust.


Labrus

New Latin, from Latin labrum (“lip”), as some members have thick protruding lips.

A taxonomic genus within the family Labridae – typical wrasses.


Pteris

From Ancient Greek πτέρις (ptéris, “fern”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Pteridaceae – brakes, tropical and subtropical ferns.


Poecilia

English: poeciliid

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ποικιλία (poikilía, “being marked with various colours, striped, spotted”), or ποικιλίας (poikilías, “a kind of fish”), both ultimately from ποικίλος (poikílos, “many-coloured, spotted, pied, dappled”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Poeciliidae – poeciliids, called guppy or molly.


Pagellus

A taxonomic genus within the family Sparidae – certain porgies.


Elops

From Ancient Greek ἔλλοψ (éllops, “sea fish”).

bor

A taxonomic genus within the family Elopidae – the ladyfishes, mostly of subtropical and tropical waters.


Pinguicula

A taxonomic genus within the family Lentibulariaceae – insectivorous plants, the butterworts.


Boswellia

A taxonomic genus within the family Burseraceae – frankincense and close relatives.


Semnopithecus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek σεμνός (semnós, “revered, august, holy”) + Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos, “ape, monkey”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – gray langurs.


Nepenthes

From Latin nēpenthes, from Ancient Greek νηπενθής (nēpenthḗs, “sorrow-banishing”) (neuter), from νη- (nē-, “not”) + πένθος (pénthos, “grief”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Nepenthaceae – pitcher plants, carnivorous plants of the Old World tropics.

Nepenthes × alisaputrana

genus): Nepenthes distillatoria - type species; Nepenthes adnata, Nepenthes alata, Nepenthes albomarginata, Nepenthes ampullaria, Nepenthes anamensis, Nepenthes andamana, Nepenthes angasanensis, Nepenthes argentii, Nepenthes aristolochioides, Nepenthes attenboroughii, Nepenthes bellii, Nepenthes benstonei, Nepenthes bicalcarata, Nepenthes bokorensis, Nepenthes bongso, Nepenthes boschiana, Nepenthes burbidgeae, Nepenthes burkei, Nepenthes campanulata, Nepenthes chang, Nepenthes chaniana, Nepenthes clipeata, Nepenthes danseri, Nepenthes deaniana, Nepenthes densiflora, Nepenthes diatas, Nepenthes dubia, Nepenthes edwardsiana, Nepenthes ephippiata, Nepenthes eustachya, Nepenthes eymae, Nepenthes faizaliana, Nepenthes flava, Nepenthes fusca, Nepenthes glabrata, Nepenthes glandulifera, Nepenthes globosa, Nepenthes gracilis, Nepenthes gracillima, Nepenthes gymnamphora, Nepenthes hamata, Nepenthes hirsuta, Nepenthes hispida, Nepenthes hurrelliana, Nepenthes inermis, Nepenthes insignis, Nepenthes izumiae, Nepenthes jacquelineae, Nepenthes khasiana, Nepenthes klossii, Nepenthes jamban, Nepenthes kampotiana, Nepenthes kerrii, Nepenthes lamii, Nepenthes lavicola, Nepenthes lingulata, Nepenthes longifolia, Nepenthes lowii, Nepenthes macfarlanei, Nepenthes macrophylla, Nepenthes macrovulgaris, Nepenthes madagascariensis, Nepenthes mantalingajanensis, Nepenthes mapuluensis, Nepenthes masoalensis, Nepenthes maxima, Nepenthes merrilliana, Nepenthes micramphora, Nepenthes mikei, Nepenthes mindanaoensis, Nepenthes mira, Nepenthes mirabilis, Nepenthes mollis, Nepenthes muluensis, Nepenthes murudensis, Nepenthes naga, Nepenthes neoguineensis, Nepenthes northiana, Nepenthes ovata, Nepenthes paniculata, Nepenthes papuana, Nepenthes pervillei, Nepenthes peltata, Nepenthes petiolata, Nepenthes philippinensis, Nepenthes pilosa, Nepenthes pitopangii, Nepenthes platychila, Nepenthes rafflesiana, Nepenthes rajah, Nepenthes ramispina, Nepenthes reinwardtiana, Nepenthes rhombicaulis, Nepenthes rigidifolia, Nepenthes robcantleyi, Nepenthes rowanae, Nepenthes sanguinea, Nepenthes saranganiensis, Nepenthes sibuyanensis, Nepenthes singalana, Nepenthes smilesii, Nepenthes spathulata, Nepenthes spectabilis, Nepenthes stenophylla, Nepenthes sumatrana, Nepenthes suratensis, Nepenthes surigaoensis, Nepenthes talangensis, Nepenthes tenax, Nepenthes tentaculata, Nepenthes tenuis, Nepenthes thai, Nepenthes thorelii, Nepenthes tobaica, Nepenthes tomoriana, Nepenthes treubiana, Nepenthes truncata, Nepenthes veitchii, Nepenthes ventricosa, Nepenthes vieillardii, Nepenthes villosa, Nepenthes vogelii, Nepenthes xiphioides (other species


Bostrichus

From Ancient Greek βόστρυχος (bóstrukhos).

A taxonomic genus within the family Bostrichidae.


Morbillivirus

From Italian morbillo (“measles”) + -virus.

A taxonomic genus within the family Paramyxoviridae – several viruses that cause diseases in mammals, including measles.


Serranus

A taxonomic genus within the family Serranidae – certain Atlantic dwarf sea basses.


Rhizobium

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhizobiaceae – soil bacteria that fix nitrogen in association with roots of legumes.


Thermococcus

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→ Chinese: 嗜熱球菌／嗜热球菌 (shìrè qiújūn) (calque)

A taxonomic genus within the family Thermococcaceae – anaerobes growing in temperatures above 70 °C.


Acrida

New Latin, from plural of Ancient Greek ἀκρίς (akrís, “a locust”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Acrididae – typical grasshoppers, some very destructive of crops.


Bothrops

From Ancient Greek βόθρος (bóthros, “pit”) + ὄψ (óps, “face”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Viperidae – lancehead vipers.


Sarcoptes

New Latin, from Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) + κόπτω (kóptō, “to cut”) + -ης (-ēs, nominal suffix).

af

A taxonomic genus within the family Sarcoptidae – certain common mites that cause scabies or mange.


Hypoderma

A taxonomic genus within the family Oestridae – warble flies.

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhytismataceae – a fungus.


Lucilia

A taxonomic genus within the family Calliphoridae – blow flies, including green bottle flies.

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae.


Parvovirus

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Parvoviridae – very small viruses that cause disease in many mammals, but not humans, now split into the numerous genera within Parvovirinae.

Monodnaviria

(genus): Virus - kingdom; Parvoviridae - family; Parvovirinae - subfamily


Cottus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cottidae – the freshwater sculpins.


Crossarchus

A taxonomic genus within the family Herpestidae – kusimanses or dwarf mongooses.


Paenungulata

A taxonomic clade within the superorder Afrotheria – includes elephants, sirenians, and hyraxes.


Barbus

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(formerly) A taxonomic genus within the family Barbidae – many fish resembling barbs and barbels, now being assigned to genera, mostly in Barbinae, especially Puntius.

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyprinidae – typical barbs and barbels.


Epitheria

A taxonomic magnorder within the class Mammalia – a grouping of mammals diverging about 65 million years ago, including most common mammals.


Ungulata

Latin ungulatus (“having hoofs or having talons”)

der

(obsolete) A taxonomic order within the superorder Laurasiatheria – a polyphyletic form taxon, which included hoofed animals.


Centaurea cyanus

A taxonomic species within the family Asteraceae – garden cornflower, native to Europe, but introduced elsewhere.


Capsicum annuum

A taxonomic species within the family Solanaceae – many widely cultivated, edible sweet peppers and hot peppers.


Martyniaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Lamiales – some New World flowering plants.


Phragmites australis

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – common reed.


Gaultheria procumbens

A taxonomic species within the family Ericaceae – eastern teaberry, of North America, type species of the genus.


Phaseolus vulgaris

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – string bean and numerous different-appearing dry beans, endemic to the Americas, domesticated in Mexico, now cultivated on every continent but Antarctica.


Asplenium scolopendrium

A taxonomic species within the family Aspleniaceae – hart's tongue fern.

Asplenium scolopendrium var. scolopendrium


Brassica napus

A taxonomic species within the family Brassicaceae – rapeseed.


Solen strictus

A taxonomic species within the family Solenidae – Gould's razor shell, found in the waters from Taiwan to Japan.


Allium ursinum

A taxonomic species within the family Amaryllidaceae – ramsons.


Vigna angularis

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – azuki bean.


Allium schoenoprasum

A taxonomic species within the family Amaryllidaceae – wild chives, native to both Old and New World.


Lolium temulentum

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – darnel ryegrass, native to Europe, common in wheat fields worldwide.


Ulmus minor

A taxonomic species within the family Ulmaceae – field elm of Europe and the eastern Mediterranean.


Morinda citrifolia

A taxonomic species within the family Rubiaceae – Indian mulberry or noni, native to India, now widely cultivated.


Equus hemionus

A taxonomic species within the family Equidae – onager, hemione, Asiatic wild ass, native from the Middle East to Mongolia.


Aepyprymnus

A taxonomic genus within the family Potoroidae – single species Aepyprymnus rufescens (rufous rat-kangaroo), native to the east coast of Australia.


Robinia pseudoacacia

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – black locust or false acacia tree.


Araucariaceae

Some ancient conifers, now restricted to the southern hemisphere

A taxonomic family within the order Pinales.

A taxonomic family within the order Cupressales.

†Araucarioxylon

family): Agathis, Araucaria, Wollemia (genera


Perisoreus canadensis

A taxonomic species within the family Corvidae – the gray jay.


Avena sativa

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – the common oat, widely cultivated.


Acer rubrum

A taxonomic species within the family Sapindaceae – the red maple.


Schizachyrium scoparium

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – little bluestem, a prairie grass of North America.

Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. divergens

Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. littorale

Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. neomexicanum

Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. scoparium


Colocasia esculenta

A taxonomic species within the family Araceae – cocoyam.

for additional varieties and forms see Colocasia esculenta at Tropicos


Quercus rubra

A taxonomic species within the family Fagaceae – northern red oak, native to most of temperate eastern North America.


Juniperus virginiana

A taxonomic species within the family Cupressaceae – the eastern red cedars, of eastern North America.


Tsuga canadensis

A taxonomic species within the family Pinaceae – Canadian hemlock, eastern hemlock, hemlock spruce of most of temperate eastern North America.


Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

A taxonomic species within the family Ericaceae – kinnikinnick, bearberry.


Giardia lamblia

Named after Czech physician Vilém Dušan Lambl (1824–1895) + -ia.

named-after

A taxonomic species within the family Hexamitidae – a water-borne protozoan intestinal parasite that causes giardiasis in mammals including humans.


Tachyglossus aculeatus

A taxonomic species within the family Tachyglossidae – short-beaked echidna, sole species of its genus.

Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus aculeatus


Grammatidae

A taxonomic family within the infraclass Teleostei – basslets.


Hexagonaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Disphyllidae – fossil corals from the Devonian period.


Camellia japonica

A taxonomic species within the family Theaceae – common camellia, Japanese camellia, native to temperate east Asia.


Camellia sinensis

A taxonomic species within the family Theaceae – tea plant.

Camellia sinensis on Wikipedia for some of the other cultivars


Agathis

New Latin -l, from Ancient Greek ἀγαθίς (agathís, “ball of thread”)

Agathis brevigongylodes

genus of Araucariaceae): Agathis dammara - type species; Agathis atropurpurea, Agathis australis, Agathis borneensis, Agathis corbassonii, Agathis endertii, Agathis flavescens, Agathis kinabaluensis, Agathis labillardieri, Agathis lanceolata, Agathis lenticula, Agathis macrophylla, Agathis microstachya, Agathis montana, Agathis moorei, Agathis orbicula, Agathis ovata, Agathis philippensis, Agathis robusta, Agathis silbae, Agathis spathulata (other species

A taxonomic genus within the family Araucariaceae – certain ancient conifers, called kauri or dammara, native to southeast Asia, especially Indonesia.

A taxonomic genus within the family Braconidae – certain parasitoid wasps.


Gramma

A taxonomic genus within the family Grammatidae – some of the basslets.


Nicotiana tabacum

A taxonomic species within the family Solanaceae – cultivated tobacco plants, believed to be a hybrid of three species of South American Nicotiana: Nicotiana sylvestris, Nicotiana tomentosiformis, and, possibly, Nicotiana otophora.


Tsuga caroliniana

A taxonomic species within the family Pinaceae – the Carolina hemlock, native to the southeastern United States.


Potosinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Procyonidae – the kinkajou, the olingos and the olinguito.


Bassaricyon

A taxonomic genus within the family Procyonidae – the olingos and olinguito.


Ailurus fulgens

Coined by French zoologist and paleontologist Frédéric Cuvier in 1825; generic name Ailurus from Ancient Greek αἴλουρος (aílouros, “cat”), for the animal's external resemblance with the cat, and specific name from Latin fulgens (“shining, glittering”), for the brilliance of its colors.

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A taxonomic species within the family Ailuridae – red panda, of an endangered species native to the Himalayas closely related to species of the weasel family (Mustelidae).

Frédéric Cuvier
Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire


Potos

Of unknown origin, most likely in reference to the potto, an African primate whose name was transferred to the kinkajou.

unk

Of unknown

A taxonomic genus within the family Procyonidae – the single species Potos flavus (kinkajou).


Asilomorpha

A taxonomic infraorder within the order Diptera – most of the non-muscoid flies.


Bassaricyon gabbii

A taxonomic species within the family Procyonidae – bushy-tailed olingo.


Bassaricyon alleni

A taxonomic species within the family Procyonidae – Allen's olingo.


Bassaricyon neblina

A taxonomic species within the family Procyonidae – olinguito.


Bassaricyon lasius

A taxonomic species within the family Procyonidae – Harris's olingo.


Liquidambar styraciflua

A taxonomic species within the family Altingiaceae – the American sweetgum tree, native to the southeastern US and cloud forests in Central America, until recently classified in Hamamelidaceae.

Liquidambar styraciflua on Wikipedia for ornamental varieties


Bassaricyon medius

A taxonomic species within the family Procyonidae – western lowland olingo.


Bassaricyon pauli

A taxonomic species within the family Procyonidae – the Chiriqui olingo.


Bassaricyon beddardi

A taxonomic species within the family Procyonidae – Beddard's olingo.


Sanguinaria canadensis

A taxonomic species within the family Papaveraceae – bloodroot.


Myrtus communis

A taxonomic species within the family Myrtaceae – the common myrtle, native to the Mediterranean.


Eryngium foetidum

A taxonomic species within the family Apiaceae – spritweed, Mexican coriander.


Alauda arvensis

A taxonomic species within the family Alaudidae – skylark.


Saniculoideae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Apiaceae.


Setaria italica

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – foxtail millet, a common food grain, probably originating in southern China.


Diospyros lotus

A taxonomic species within the family Ebenaceae – the date plum, native to subtropical southwest Asia and southeast Europe.


Kali turgidum

A taxonomic species within the family Amaranthaceae – prickly saltwort, or prickly glasswort, an annual plant that grows in salty, sandy soils along the shores of Baltic Sea, North Sea and the European Atlantic Ocean, now usually Salsola kali.


Crocus sativus

A taxonomic species within the family Iridaceae – saffron crocus, the source of the spice saffron.


Conium maculatum

A taxonomic species within the family Apiaceae – poison hemlock plant.


Cottus gobio

A taxonomic species within the family Cottidae – European bullhead or freshwater sculpin.


Crataegus monogyna

A taxonomic species within the family Rosaceae – oneseed hawthorn or common hawthorn, native to Europe, western Asia, and northwestern Africa.


Polypodium vulgare

A taxonomic species within the family Polypodiaceae – common polypody, of western Europe and northern Africa.


Betula lenta

A taxonomic species within the family Betulaceae – black, cherry, or sweet birch.


Toxicodendron rydbergii

A taxonomic species within the family Anacardiaceae – western poison ivy, a shrub found in western parts of the US that causes acute contact dermatitis.


Erythrina subumbrans

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – an erythrina; December tree.


Hamamelis virginiana

A taxonomic species within the family Hamamelidaceae – A shrub, American witch hazel, the most common North American species of witch hazel.


Digitaria exilis

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – a food grain, white fonio or acha, native to and cultivated in the savannah of western Africa.


Eruca vesicaria

A taxonomic species within the family Brassicaceae – produces leaves sold as arugula, native to the western Mediterranean.


Kalmia latifolia

A taxonomic species within the family Ericaceae – mountain laurel, a flowering shrub, native to the eastern United States.


Eruca sativa

A taxonomic species within the family Brassicaceae – produces leaves sold as rocket or arugula.


Cetartiodactyla

A taxonomic clade within the class Mammalia – including both whales and their nearest land-dwelling relatives, sometimes treated as an order.


Toxicodendron diversilobum

A taxonomic species within the family Anacardiaceae – the western poison oak, native to far western North America.


Acer saccharum

From Latin acer (“maple tree”) + Latin saccharum (“sugar”).

A taxonomic species within the family Sapindaceae – sugar maple, native to cooler portions of eastern North America, from the Appalachians and Ozarks to Minnesota and Quebec, the source of maple syrup.


Xanthosoma sagittifolium

A taxonomic species within the family Araceae – arrowleaf elephant's ear.


Cosmia

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain moths.


Pinus palustris

A taxonomic species within the family Pinaceae – longleaf pine, native to the Piedmont and coastal plain of the southeastern US.


Didelphis virginiana

A taxonomic species within the family Didelphidae – Virginia opossum, a cat-sized marsupial, native to Central American and eastern North America, introduced to the Pacific coast of the US.


Poeciliidae

A taxonomic family within the order Cyprinodontiformes – many aquarium fish, especially livebearers.


Macropodinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Macropodidae – most of the macropods.

Bohra

subfamily): Dendrolagus, Dorcopsis, Dorcopsulus, Lagorchestes, Macropus, Onychogalea, Petrogale, Setonix, Thylogale, Wallabia (genera


Setonix brachyurus

A taxonomic species within the family Macropodidae – quokka.


Dorcopsulus

A taxonomic genus within the family Macropodidae – certain macropods of New Guinea.


Dorcopsis

A taxonomic genus within the family Macropodidae – certain macropods of New Guinea and southeast Indonesia.


Onychogalea

A taxonomic genus within the family Macropodidae – the nail-tail wallabies.

Onychogalea lunata

genus): Onychogalea fraenata, Onychogalea unguifera (species


Thylogale

A taxonomic genus within the family Macropodidae – pademelons.


Rhinoncomimus latipes

Persicaria perfoliata
Persicaria perfoliata

A taxonomic species within the family Curculionidae – a weevil, native to east Asia, believed to exclusively feed on Persicaria perfoliata, a mile-a-minute vine.


Dendrolagus

From Ancient Greek δένδρον (déndron, “tree”) + λαγώς (lagṓs, “hare”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Macropodidae – the tree kangaroos.


Astyanax

From Ancient Greek Ἀστυάναξ (Astuánax), nickname of the firstborn son of Hector. Some species epithets also refer to the Trojan War.

A taxonomic genus within the family Characidae – numerous fish, including some of the tetras.


Bromus tectorum

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – cheatgrass.


Persicaria perfoliata

A taxonomic species within the family Polygonaceae – Asiatic tearthumb, one of the mile-a-minute vines.


Setonix

A taxonomic genus within the family Macropodidae – the single species Setonix brachyurus.


Amphilochus

After Ἀμφίλοχος (Amphílokhos), of Greek mythology

A taxonomic genus within the family Amphilochidae – certain amphipod crustaceans.


Pleuronectes platessa

A taxonomic species within the family Pleuronectidae – European plaice, a commercially important flatfish.


Ficus religiosa

A taxonomic species within the family Moraceae – sacred fig, some specimens of which are held sacred in three main religions of its native south Asian range.


Ursus thibetanus

A taxonomic species within the family Ursidae – the Asian black bear, native to an area centered in mountainous south central China.


Viticoideae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Lamiaceae – certain flowering plants related to mint.


Nosema

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1857, coined by Carl Nägeli. New Latin, a borrowing from Ancient Greek νόσημᾰ (nósēma, “disease”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Nosematidae – some microsporidian parasites.


Nosema

Integrated Taxonomic Information System
Tropicos


Vitex

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – certain flowering plants, some called chaste tree.


Verbascum thapsus

A taxonomic species within the family Scrophulariaceae – common mullein.


Lampyrinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Lampyridae – some fireflies.


Lampyrini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Lampyridae – certain fireflies.


Tracheophyta

tracheophyte

From Ancient Greek τραχεῖα (trakheîa, “windpipe”) + -ophyta; compare English trachea (“xylem vessel”).

A taxonomic division within the kingdom Plantae.

A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Embryophyta.


Arvicola terrestris

A taxonomic species within the family Cricetidae – Arvicola amphibius, the European water vole.


Arvicola amphibius

A taxonomic species within the family Cricetidae – the European water vole.


Cyperus rotundus

A taxonomic species within the family Cyperaceae – nutgrass.


Platanus occidentalis

A taxonomic species within the family Platanaceae – American sycamore, of the central and eastern US.


Coenagrionidae

A taxonomic family within the order Odonata – the pond damselflies.


Coenagrionoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Odonata – some of the damselflies.


Coenagrioninae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Coenagrionidae – some of the pond damselflies.


Etheostomatinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Percidae – darters and logperches.


Coenagrion

A taxonomic genus within the family Coenagrionidae – the Eurasian bluets.


Cassia alata

Synonym of Senna alata (candlebush), of Mexico.


Lampyris

From Latin lampȳris, from Ancient Greek λαμπυρίς (lampurís).

A taxonomic genus within the family Lampyridae – certain fireflies, glowworms.


Beregama

From beregegama (“horseshoe canyon”), in an unknown language of New South Wales, Australia.

A taxonomic genus within the family Sparassidae – certain huntsman spiders.


Senna alata

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – candle bush or emperor's candlesticks, native to Mexico.


Carduus

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – many thistles native to the Old World, many commonly called plumeless thistles.

Carduus tenuiflorus

winged thistle, winged plumeless thistle, sheep thistle


Heteropodidae

From Heteropoda (“spider genus”) + -idae.


Deleninae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Sparassidae – certain huntsman spiders.


Heteropodinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Sparassidae – some of the huntsman spiders.


Micrommata

A taxonomic genus within the family Sparassidae – certain huntsman spiders, chiefly of the Palearctic.


Sparassus

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Sparassidae – now genus Micrommata.


Palystes

A taxonomic genus within the family Sparassidae – rain spiders or lizard-eating spiders.


Isopeda

Isopeda deianira

genus): Isopeda alpina, Isopeda binnaburra, Isopeda brachyseta, Isopeda canberrana, Isopeda catmona, Isopeda echuca, Isopeda girraween, Isopeda igraya, Isopeda leishmanni, Isopeda magna, Isopeda montana, Isopeda neocaledonica, Isopeda parnabyi, Isopeda prolata, Isopeda queenslandensis, Isopeda subalpina, Isopeda sungaya, Isopeda vasta, Isopeda villosa, Isopeda woodwardi (species


Sinopoda

A taxonomic genus within the family Sparassidae – some huntsman spiders of Asia.


Cerbalus

A taxonomic genus within the family Sparassidae – certain huntsman spiders of the Middle East, North Africa and the Canary Islands.


Etheostoma

From Ancient Greek ἠθέω (ēthéō, “to sift”) + -stoma, literally “sift-mouth.”

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A taxonomic genus within the family Percidae – many of the darters, freshwater perciform fish of North America.

Etheostoma acuticeps

genus): Etheostoma (Allohistium), Etheostoma (Belophlox), Etheostoma (Boleosoma), Etheostoma (Catonotus), Etheostoma (Doration), Etheostoma (Etheostoma), Etheostoma (Fuscatelum), Etheostoma (Hololepis), Etheostoma (Ioa), Etheostoma (Litocara), Etheostoma (Microperca), Etheostoma (Nothonotus), Etheostoma (Oligocephalus), Etheostoma (Ozarka), Etheostoma (Poecilichthys), Etheostoma (Psychromaster), Etheostoma (Ulocentra), Etheostoma (Vaillantia), Etheostoma (Villora) (subgenera


Olios

A taxonomic genus within the family Sparassidae – many huntsman spiders.


Capsicum frutescens

A taxonomic species within the family Solanaceae – Capsicum annuum or a variety of C. annuum; cayenne pepper.


Rhodope

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhodopidae.


Eodelena

A taxonomic genus within the family Sparassidae – certain huntsman spiders, proposed as synonymous with Delena.


Sarotesius

A taxonomic genus within the family Sparassidae – a single huntsman spider species, Sarotesius melanognathus.


Capsicum chinense

A taxonomic species within the family Solanaceae – a spicy pepper, native to Central America and the Caribbean islands; aji.


Capsicum pubescens

A taxonomic species within the family Solanaceae – mild peppers native to Central America and western South America; rocoto.


Isopedella

A taxonomic genus within the family Sparassidae – certain huntsman spiders.


Capsicum baccatum

A taxonomic species within the family Solanaceae – mild peppers native to Bolivia and some surrounding areas; locoto.


Sparassoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Araneae – the sole family Sparassidae (huntsman spiders).


Dionycha

A taxonomic section within the order Araneae – very many spiders.

Anyphaenidae

section): Corinnoidea, Gnaphosoidea, Salticoidea, Selenopoidea, Sparassoidea, Thomisoidea (superfamilies


Callicebus aureipalatii

Named as a result of an auction in 2005 for the naming of the new species of monkey. The online casino GoldenPalace.com won the auction, paying $650,000 for the privilege.

Plecturocebus aureipalatii
Wikispecies:Plecturocebus aureipalatii

A taxonomic species within the family Pitheciidae – a New World monkey, native to Bolivia; Synonym of Plecturocebus aureipalatii.


Rungwecebus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – single species Rungwecebus kipunji (kipunji).


Abdominalia

Named, based on a faulty understanding of their anatomy, by Charles Darwin

(obsolete) A taxonomic order within the infraclass Cirripedia – burrowing barnacles, now superorder Acrothoracica.


Lophocebus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – crested mangabeys.


Cercocebus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – white-eyelid mangabey.


Erythrocebus

Erythrocebus patas
Erythrocebus patas#Translingual

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – either with just the single species Erythrocebus patas (patas monkey) or with another.


Theropithecus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – a single extant species Theropithecus gelada (gelada).


Miopithecus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – talapoins.


Nasalis

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – the single species Nasalis larvatus (proboscis monkey).


Allenopithecus

From Allen + Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos, “monkey”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – a single species Allenopithecus nigroviridis (Allen's swamp monkey).


Colobus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek κολοβός (kolobós, “maimed”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – the black-and-white colobuses.


Cerambycinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Cerambycidae – some of the longhorn beetles.

Acanthoptera

(subfamily): Achrysonini, Agallissini, Alanizini, Anaglyptini, Aphanasiini, Aphneopini, Auxesini, Basipterini, Bimiini, Bothriospilini, Callichromatini, Callidiini, Callidiopini, Cerambycini, Certallini, Childonini, Clytini, Compsocerini, Coptommatini, Curiini, Deilini, Dejanirini, Diorini, Distichocerini, Dodecosini, Dryobiini, Eburiini, Ectenessini, Elaphidiini, Eligmodermini, Erlandiini, Eroschemini, Eumichthini, Gahaniini, Glaucytini, Graciliini, Hesperophanini, Hesthesini, Heteropsini, Hexoplonini, Holopleurini, Holopterini, Hyboderini, Ibidionini, Ideratini, Lissonotini, Macronini, Megacoelini, Methiini, Molorchini, Mythodini, Necydalopsini, Neostenini, Obriini, Ochyrini, Oedenoderini, Oemini, Opsimini, Paraholopterini, Phalotini, Phlyctaenodini, Phoracanthini, Phyllarthriini, Piesarthriini, Piezocerini, Platyarthrini, Plectogastrini, Plectromerini, Pleiarthrocerini, Protaxini, Prothemini, Psebiini, Pseudocephalini, Psilomorphini, Pteroplatini, Pyrestini, Rhagiomorphini, Rhinotragini, Rhopalophorini, Rosaliini, Sestyrini, Smodicini, Spintheriini, Stenhomalini, Stenoderini, Stenopterini, Strongylurini, Tessarommatini, Thraniini, Thyrsiini, Tillomorphini, Torneutini, Trachyderini, Tragocerini, Trichomesini, Tropocalymmatini, Typhocesini, Unxiini, Uracanthini, Vesperellini, Xystrocerini – tribes


Procolobus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – Procolobus verus (olive colobus).


Rachycentron canadum

A taxonomic species within the family Rachycentridae – the cobia, native to warm waters worldwide, considered a candidate for aquaculture.


Rhinopithecus

From ῥίς (rhís, “nose”) + πίθηκος (píthēkos, “monkey”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – snub-nosed monkeys.


Manilkara zapota

A taxonomic species within the family Sapotaceae – the sapodilla, native to Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, cultivated in tropical and subtropical climates worldwide.


Simias

From Latin sīmia (“ape, monkey”), from Ancient Greek σιμός (simós, “bent upward”).

cog

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – the single species Simias concolor (pig-tailed langur).


Piliocolobus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – red colobus monkeys.


Trachypithecus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – lutungs.


Addax

From Latin addax, apparently from an African language.

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – the single species Addax nasomaculatus (addax).


Zygoballus

From a combination of the Ancient Greek word ζυγόν (zygon), meaning "yoke", and the genus name Ballus. The etymology of Ballus is unknown, but may be related to the Greek word βαλλίζω (ballizo), meaning "dance" or "jump about".

A taxonomic genus within the family Salticidae – certain jumping spiders.


Hippotraginae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Bovidae – grazing antelopes.

Saheloryx

genus): Addax, Hippotragus, Oryx (genera


Hippotragus

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – certain grazing antelopes.

Hippotragus leucophaeus

genus): Hippotragus equinus, Hippotragus niger (species


Oryx

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὄρυξ (órux).

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – oryxes.


Mustela lutreola

A taxonomic species within the family Mustelidae – European mink.


Hypocreomycetidae

A taxonomic subclass within the class Sordariomycetes – some of the filamentous sac fungi.

Ascocodinaea

Plectosphaerellaceae (family, incertae sedis)


Plectosphaerellaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Glomerellales – certain sac fungi.


Claviceps

A taxonomic genus within the family Clavicipitaceae – certain fungi that are parasitic on grasses.


Hypocreales

A taxonomic order within the class Sordariomycetes – some fungi, many brightly coloured.

Bulbithecium

order): Bionectriaceae, Ceratostomataceae, Clavicipitaceae, Hypocreaceae, Nectriaceae, Niessliaceae, Ophiocordycipitaceae (families


Clavicipitaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Hypocreales – various fungi.


Symphalangus

A taxonomic genus within the family Hylobatidae – siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus).


Bunopithecus

From Ancient Greek βουνός (bounós, “hill”) + πίθηκος (píthēkos, “ape”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Hylobatidae – a single extinct species Bunopithecus sericus.


Nomascus

A taxonomic genus within the family Hylobatidae – some of the gibbons, all endangered or critically endangered.


Androsace

From Ancient Greek ἀνδρόσακες (andrósakes).

A taxonomic genus within the family Primulaceae. - many alpine plants


Sequoiadendron giganteum

A taxonomic species within the family Cupressaceae – giant redwood native to California.


Rynchopidae

A taxonomic family within the order Charadriiformes – the single genus Rynchops (skimmer), now usually incorporated in Laridae.


Pinus contorta

A taxonomic species within the family Pinaceae – the lodgepole pine, native to western North America.


Pinus taeda

A taxonomic species within the family Pinaceae – the loblolly pine, native to the southeastern United States.


Macropus giganteus

eastern gray kangaroo
eastern gray kangaroo

A taxonomic species within the family Macropodidae – eastern gray kangaroo, of eastern Australia.


Tabernanthe

A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – iboga and its closest relatives.


Zizania latifolia

Manchurian wild rice
Manchurian wild rice

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – Manchurian wild rice.


Mustela putorius

A taxonomic species within the family Mustelidae – European polecat.


Martes foina

A taxonomic species within the family Mustelidae – beech marten, native to Europe and much of temperate inland Asia.


Achatininae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Achatinidae – certain medium to large-sized land snails from Africa.

Achatina

(genus): Achatinini, Callistoplepini, Limicolariini - tribes

for other genera see Achatininae at World Register of Marine Species


Achatinoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Stylommatophora – some land snails and slugs.


Tabernaemontaneae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Apocynaceae – certain flowering plants.


Gorillini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Hominidae – gorillas and extinct relatives.


Graecopithecini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Hominidae – single genus Graecopithecus and species, Graecopithecus freybergi, an extinct hominid identified from a fragment of a skull.


Panina

A taxonomic subtribe within the family Hominidae – the chimpanzees.


Heteroconger

A taxonomic genus within the family Congridae – garden eels, small, slender plankton-eating eels that live half-extended from their burrows.


Arisaema triphyllum

A taxonomic species within the family Araceae – Jack-in-the-pulpit, native to eastern North America.


Salacia

A taxonomic genus within the family Celastraceae – certain climbing plants of the tropics.

A taxonomic genus within the family Sertulariidae – certain cnidarians.

A taxonomic genus within the class Bacillariophyceae – a certain poorly known chromist.


Pinnidae

A taxonomic family within the order Ostreida – certain pen shells, large saltwater clams.


Pterioida

A taxonomic order within the subclass Pteriomorphia – some medium-sized and large saltwater clams, accepted as Ostreida.


Pteriidae

A taxonomic family within the order Pterioida – some medium-sized to large saltwater clams, including pearl oysters.


Achatinidae

A taxonomic family within the order Stylommatophora – medium-sized and large land snails native to Africa.

family): Achatininae, Coeliaxinae, Cryptelasminae, Glessulininae, Opeatinae, Petriolinae, Pyrgininae, Rishetiinae, Rumininae, Stenogyrinae, Subulininae, Thyrophorellinae (subfamilies

For genera see Achatinidae at World Register of Marine Species


Leontopodium

From the Latin leontopodium, from Ancient Greek λεοντοπόδιον (leontopódion).

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λεοντοπόδιον

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – some of the daisies.


Luria

A taxonomic genus within the family Cypraeidae – certain sea snails.


Solanum melongena

A taxonomic species within the family Solanaceae – eggplant, aubergine, or brinjal, thought to have been domesticated from Solanum incanum and Solanum linnaeanum.


Solaneae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Solanaceae – the nightshades and related flowering plants.


Solanoideae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Solanaceae – many flowering plants, including some common food plants and many others that are poisonous.

Acnistus

subfamily): Capsiceae, Datureae, Hyoscyameae, Jaboroseae, Juanulloeae, Lycieae, Mandragoreae, Nicandreae, Nolaneae, Physaleae, Solandreae, Solaneae (tribes


Alliaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – garlic mustards.

Alliaria petiolata

syn. Alliaria officinalis, garlic mustard


Stachys

From Ancient Greek στάχυς (stákhus, “Stachys germanica”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – numerous flowering plants, including hedgenettle, heal-all, self-heal, woundwort, lamb's ears, and wood betony.

Stachys sylvatica

hedge woundwort, whitespot, hedge nettle

Stachys albens

white hedgenettle, whitestem hedgenettle

Stachys chamissonis

great hedge nettle, coastal hedge nettle


Maxates

A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain moths.


Gelasma

Coined by William Warren in 1893 from Ancient Greek γέλασμα (gélasma, “smile or laughter”)

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – moths, now Maxates.


Solanum lycopersicum

A taxonomic species within the family Solanaceae – garden tomato, native to and domesticated in Mexico.


Pteronura brasiliensis

A taxonomic species within the family Mustelidae – the giant otter, native to South America, that can be as much as 1.7m in length.


Arum maculatum

A taxonomic species within the family Araceae – snakeshead, lords-and-ladies, a source of Portland sago.


Hetaerininae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Calopterygidae – some damselflies.


Carduelis carduelis

A taxonomic species within the family Fringillidae – Eurasian goldfinch, European goldfinch.


Calopterygidae

A taxonomic family within the order Odonata – the broad-winged damselflies or demoiselles.


Caliphaeinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Calopterygidae – some of the demoiselles.


Noguchiphaea

A taxonomic genus within the family Calopterygidae – certain of the demoiselles.


Caliphaea

A taxonomic genus within the family Calopterygidae – certain broad-winged damselflies or demoiselles.


Calopterygoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Odonata – some of the damselflies.


Calopteryx

A taxonomic genus within the family Calopterygidae – jewelwings, certain of the demoiselles.

A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – Synonym of Thibaudia (zagalitas).


Hetaerina

A taxonomic genus within the family Calopterygidae – certain damselflies.


Lestoidea

Austroperilestidae

superfamily): Chorismagrionidae, Lestidae, Lestoideidae, Megapodagrionidae, Perilestidae, Synlestidae (families


Lestoidea

A taxonomic genus within the family Lestoideidae – certain damselflies of the rainforests of Queensland, Australia.


Acer platanoides

A taxonomic species within the family Sapindaceae – Norway maple, native to most of Europe.


Pierinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Pieridae – some pierid butterflies, one of several clades called whites.


Mnesarete

From Ancient Greek Μνησαρέτη (Mnēsarétē), the real name of the beautiful courtesan of 4th century BC Athens better known as Phryne.

A taxonomic genus within the family Calopterygidae – certain damselfies.


Pierini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Pieridae – certain pierid butterflies.

Belenois

tribe): Aporiina, Appiadina, Pierina (subtribes


Pierina

A taxonomic subtribe within the family Pieridae – certain pierid butterflies.


Aporiina

Coliates

subtribe): Aporia, Archonias, Catasticta, Cepora, Charonias, Delias, Eucheira, Leodonta, Leuciacria, Melete, Mylothris, Neophasia, Pereute, Prioneris (genera


Chlorocyphidae

A taxonomic family within the order Odonata – some of the damselflies, called jewels.


Psychrolutes

From Ancient Greek ψῡχρός (psūkhrós, “cold”) and λούω (loúō, “to wash”), that is, one who bathes in cold water.

A taxonomic genus within the family Psychrolutidae – typical fathead sculpins.

Psychrolutes marcidus. For species see Psychrolutes


Psychrolutes marcidus

A taxonomic species within the family Psychrolutidae – the blobfish.


Hexatheloidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Araneae – the single family Hexathelidae (funnel-web spiders).


Hexathelidae

A taxonomic family within the order Araneae – the funnel-web tarantulas.


Opisthothelae

A taxonomic suborder within the order Araneae – spiders that have certain relatively recently evolved characteristics: the absence of tergite plates on, and near-absence of ganglia in, the abdomen; the hindmost position of the spinnerets; and the presence of venom glands.


Atracinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Hexathelidae – the Australian funnel-web spiders.


Dictyostelium discoideum

English: Dicty (diminutive)

A taxonomic species within the family Dictyosteliidae – a social amoebic fungus which lives in soil, and is used as a model organism in labs.


Hadronyche

A taxonomic genus within the family Hexathelidae – most of the Australian funnel web spiders.

Hadronyche hirsuta

genus): Hadronyche adelaidensis, Hadronyche alpina, Hadronyche annachristiae, Hadronyche anzses, Hadronyche cerberea, Hadronyche emmalizae, Hadronyche eyrei, Hadronyche flindersi, Hadronyche formidabilis, Hadronyche infensa, Hadronyche jensenae, Hadronyche kaputarensis, Hadronyche lamingtonensis, Hadronyche levittgreggae, Hadronyche lynabrae, Hadronyche macquariensis, Hadronyche marracoonda, Hadronyche mascordi, Hadronyche meridiana, Hadronyche modesta, Hadronyche monaro, Hadronyche monteithi, Hadronyche nimoola, Hadronyche orana, Hadronyche pulvinator, Hadronyche raveni, Hadronyche tambo, Hadronyche valida, Hadronyche venenata, Hadronyche versuta, Hadronyche walkeri (species

Hadronyche insularis

species, placement uncertain or disputed


Mygalomorphae

From Ancient Greek μυγαλῆ (mugalê, “shrew”) + -morphae, feminine form of -morpha.

A taxonomic infraorder within the order Araneae – spiders with fangs that point straight down (and do not cross).


Caltha palustris

A taxonomic species within the family Ranunculaceae – a marsh marigold or water arum, of cool regions of the northern hemisphere.


Typhlonectes

A taxonomic genus within the family Caeciliidae – certain aquatic caecilians of South America.


Arixeniidae

A taxonomic family within the order Dermaptera – certain earwigs.


Arixenina

A taxonomic suborder within the order Dermaptera – the single family Arixeniidae of earwigs.


Forficulina

A taxonomic suborder within the order Dermaptera – some of the earwigs.


Hemimerina

A taxonomic suborder within the order Dermaptera – a single family, Hemimeridae, of earwigs.


Arabidopsis thaliana

A taxonomic species within the family Brassicaceae – mouse-ear cress or thale cress, a small flowering plant widely used in plant genetics because of its relatively small genome.


Lindmania

From Lindman (after Carl Axel Magnus Lindman, Swedish botanist (1856-1928)) + -ia.

A taxonomic genus within the family Bromeliaceae – native principally to Venezuela.

Lindmanioideae

subfamily; previously included in Pitcairnioideae

for other species see Lindmania at Tropicos


Delias

A taxonomic genus within the family Pieridae – numerous pierid butterflies of Australia and southern Asia.


Lindera benzoin

A taxonomic species within the family Lauraceae – spicebush, native to temperate eastern North America.


Urophora

A taxonomic genus within the family Tephritidae – some of the tephritid fruit flies.


Chelonia mydas

A taxonomic species within the family Cheloniidae – green sea turtle.


Laetiporus

chicken of the woods
chicken of the woods

A taxonomic genus within the family Polyporaceae – certain edible mushrooms, some called chicken of the woods.


Sciaena

A taxonomic genus within the family Sciaenidae – brown meagre and closely related perciform fish.

Sciaena cappa

(genus): Sciaena umbra (brown meagre) - type species; Sciaena callaensis, Sciaena deliciosa (Lorna drum), Sciaena wieneri - other species


Sciaenidae

A taxonomic family within the infraclass Teleostei – some perciform fish, called drums, croakers, or hardheads.

†Caucasisciaena

(family): Aplodinotus, Argyrosomus (meagre), Aspericorvina (prickly croaker), Atractoscion (seabass), Atrobucca (croaker), Austronibea (yellow croaker), Bahaba, Bairdiella (striped croaker), Boesemania (Boeseman croaker), Cheilotrema (croaker), Chrysochir (Reeve's croaker), Cilus (corvina drum), Collichthys, Corvula (croaker), Ctenosciaena (drum), Cynoscion (weakfish), Daysciaena, Dendrophysa, Elattarchus, Equetus, Genyonemus, Isopisthus, Johnius (mostly croaker), Kathala, Larimichthys, Larimus, Leiostomus, Lonchurus, Macrodon, Macrospinosa, Megalonibea, Menticirrhus, Micropogonias, Miichthys, Miracorvina, Nebris, Nibea, Odontoscion, Ophioscion, Otolithes, Otolithoides, Pachypops, Pachyurus (croaker), Panna (croaker), Paralonchurus (banded croaker), Paranebris, Paranibea (half-mourning croaker), Pareques (highhat, drum), Pennahia (croaker), Pentheroscion, Petilipinnis, Plagioscion, Pogonias (black drum), Protonibea (blackspotted croaker), Protosciaena (drum), Pseudotolithus (croaker), Pteroscion (boe drum), Pterotolithus (croaker), Roncador (spotfin croaker), Sciaena, Sciaenops (red drum), Seriphus (queenfish), Sonorolux (estuary croaker), Stellifer (stardrum), Totoaba, Umbrina (drum) – genera


Gnaphalieae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Asteraceae – some of the daisies.

Achyrocline

(tribe): Gnaphaliinae, Relhaniinae – subtribe


Cynoscion

A taxonomic genus within the family Sciaenidae – weakfish.


Marasmius

A taxonomic genus within the family Marasmiaceae – certain agaric mushrooms, some edible.


Allium ampeloprasum

A taxonomic species within the family Amaryllidaceae – leeks.

for others see Allium ampeloprasum at The Plant List


Tunga penetrans

A taxonomic species within the family Tungidae – the chigoe flea.


Fagus grandifolia

A taxonomic species within the family Fagaceae – the American beech tree.


Asarum canadense

A taxonomic species within the family Aristolochiaceae – wild ginger native to eastern North America.


Amphiprioninae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Pomacentridae – the clownfish.


Premnas

A taxonomic genus within the family Pomacentridae – single species Premnas biaculeatus (maroon clownfish).


Amphiprion

From Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “around, on both sides”) + πρίων (príōn, “saw”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Pomacentridae – most of the clownfish.


Lycosoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Araneae – some eight-eyed araneomorphs.

Korearachne

superfamily): Ctenidae, Lycosidae, Oxyopidae, Pisauridae, Psechridae, Senoculidae, Stiphidiidae, Trechaleidae, Zorocratidae, Zoropsidae (families


Entelegynae

A taxonomic series within the taxon Neocribellatae – eight-eyed araneomorphs (but including some blind species).


Pomacentridae

A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes – clownfishes and damselfishes.

Abudefduf

family): Abudefdufinae, Amphiprioninae, Chrominae, Lepidozyginae, Pomacentrinae, Stegastinae (subfamilies


Mimetus

A taxonomic genus within the family Mimetidae – some of the pirate spiders.


Asimina

From an Algonquian word *assimin or *rassimin (the second element of which is -min, "berry, fruit").

A taxonomic genus within the family Annonaceae – pawpaw.


Asimina triloba

From an Algonquian word *assimin or *rassimin (the second element of which is -min, "berry, fruit") + Latin triloba (“having three lobes”).

A taxonomic species within the family Annonaceae – pawpaw.


Lycosinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Lycosidae – some of the wolf spiders.


Pinguinus

A taxonomic genus within the family Alcidae – the single extinct species Pinguinus impennis (great auk).


Tenrecinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Tenrecidae – some tenrecs.


Oryzorictes

A taxonomic genus within the family Tenrecidae – rice tenrecs.


Glycine max

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – the cultivated soybean.


Tenrec

From French tanrec, from Malagasy tàndraka or tràndraka.

A taxonomic genus within the family Tenrecidae – the single species Tenrec ecaudatus, endemic to Madagascar.


Liocarcinus

A taxonomic genus within the family Polybiidae – certain crabs, including certain swimming crabs.

Liocarcinus depurator

blue-leg swimming crab, sandy swimming crab


Oryza sativa

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – Asian rice or rice, widely cultivated, probably domesticated in China from Oryza rufipogon some 10,000 years ago.

List of rice varieties on Wikipedia. for vernacular and other names of many kinds of rice.


Oryza

From Latin oryza, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza).

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae.


Ctenidae

A taxonomic family within the order Araneae – the wandering spiders, some of which are extremely venomous and aggressive.

Acantheis

family): Acantheinae, Acanthocteninae, Calocteninae, Cteninae, Viridasiinae (subfamilies


Notornis

From Ancient Greek νότος (nótos, “south”) + ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”).

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Rallidae – now included in Porphyrio.

Notornis mantelli hochstetteri ⇒ Porphyrio hochstetteri

Notornis mantelli mantelli ⇒ Porphyrio mantelli


Nemertes

From Ancient Greek Νημερτής (Nēmertḗs, “a nereid in Greek mythology”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Emplectonematidae – certain marine helminthic worms.


Eurotiomycetidae

A taxonomic subclass within the class Eurotiomycetes – very many fungi.


Eurotiales

A taxonomic order within the subclass Eurotiomycetidae – the green and blue molds (saprobic fungi).


Trichocomaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Eurotiales – formerly many very common saprobic fungi, now with a much narrower circumscription.


Helvellaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Pezizales – some ascomycete fungi, including some called elfin saddles.


Helvella

From Latin helvus (“yellow”) and -ella (suffix), an ancient herb

A taxonomic genus within the family Helvellaceae – certain ascomycete fungi, some called elfin saddles.


Auriculariaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Auriculariales – some saprobic basidiomycetes.


Exidia

A taxonomic genus within the family Auriculariaceae – certain saprobic fungi with gelatinous basidia.


Synapsidomorpha

A taxonomic clade within the clade Amniota – animals more closely related to modern mammals than to reptiles.


Osmunda regalis

A taxonomic species within the family Osmundaceae – royal fern.


Auricularia

A taxonomic genus within the family Auriculariaceae – wood ears: certain jelly fungi, mostly edible and grown commercially.

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Heterobasidiomycetes

(obsolete) A formerly used taxon within phylum Basidiomycota, roughly corresponding to the non-Agaricomycetes basidiomycetes.


Tremellales

A taxonomic order within the class Tremellomycetes – some yeasts and fungi parasitic on other fungi.

Kwoniella

order): Carcinomycetaceae, Cuniculitremaceae, Hyaloriaceae, Phragmoxenidiaceae, Rhynchogastremataceae, Sirobasidiaceae, Tetragoniomycetaceae, Tremellaceae, Trichosporonaceae (families


Scorpiones

From Latin scorpiones (“plural of scorpio”), ultimately from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos).

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A taxonomic order within the class Arachnida – scorpions.