Asterope

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – certain butterflies of South America.


Trogiomorpha

A taxonomic suborder within the order Psocoptera.


Neotrogla

A taxonomic genus within the family Prionoglarididae – some booklice from dry caves in Brazil.


Prionoglarididae

A taxonomic family within the order Psocoptera – certain barklice.


Danaus

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – called tigers, milkweeds, monarchs, wanderers, and queens.

Danaus plexippus
Danaus plexippus#Translingual

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Nymphalidae – Danaus (Danaus), that includes Danaus plexippus.


Atriplex hortensis

A taxonomic species within the family Amaranthaceae – garden orache, a spinach-like vegetable grown in the Mediterranean.


Danio rerio

A taxonomic species within the family Cyprinidae – zebrafish, a freshwater fish native to the Himalayas, sold as an aquarium fish and used as a model organism.


Gillenia

A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – two species of perennial herbs called Bowman's root, Indian-physic, American ipecac.


Pontederia

After Giulio Pontedera, Italian botanist + -ia

A taxonomic genus within the family Pontederiaceae – New World aquatic plants, many called pickerel weeds.

Pontederia vaginalis

heartshape false pickerelweed, oval-leafed pondweed


Acromycter

A taxonomic genus within the family Congridae – many eels.


Notostraca

A taxonomic order within the subclass Phyllopoda – tadpole shrimps etc.


Triopsidae

A taxonomic family within the order Notostraca – tadpole shrimps.


Triops

New Latin, from tri- ("three") + Ancient Greek ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Triopsidae – tadpole shrimps, found in fresh water.


Cyrilla

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyrillaceae – flowering plants, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas.

Cyrilla racemiflora

black titi, he huckleberry, ironwood, leatherwood, myrtle, red titi, titi, white titi

for other species see Cyrilla at Plants of the World Online


Bromoviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Martellivirales – certain (+)ssRNA viruses (Group IV, positive-sense single-stranded RNA) that infect plants.

Alfalfa mosaic virus

(family): Alfamovirus; Anulavirus; Bromovirus; Cucumovirus; Ilarvirus; Oleavirus - genera


Burkholderia

Named after American plant pathologist Walter H. Burkholder (1891–1983) + -ia (taxonomic suffix).

named-after

A taxonomic genus within the family Burkholderiaceae – certain proteobacteria including species responsible for glanders and melioidosis.


Andrachne

From Ancient Greek ἀνδράχνη (andrákhnē, “purslane”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Phyllanthaceae – flowering plants that are monoecious herbs or subshrubs, native to semideserts and desert margins of the Americas, southern Europe, North Africa, and South Asia.


Phyllanthaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Malpighiales – flowering plants in the eudicots.

Aporosa

(family): Antidesmeae, Bischofieae, Bridelieae, Phyllantheae, Wielandieae - tribes


Ficaria

From Latin ficarius (“related to figs”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae.

Ficaria popovii

other species accepted in The Plant List


Pastinaca

A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – the parsnips.

Pastinaca umbrosa

other species accepted per Pastinaca at The Plant List


Trisopterus

A taxonomic genus within the family Gadidae.


Chelidonium

From Late Latin chelidonia, from Ancient Greek χελιδόνιον (khelidónion, “celandine poppy”), from χελιδών (khelidṓn, “swallow”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Papaveraceae.

Chelidonium at The Plant List for numerous other names


Barapasaurus tagorei

†Barapasaurus tagorei (canonical masculine)

From Barapasaurus + a New Latin genitive of English Tagore, after the Indian writer Rabindranath Tagore.

A taxonomic species within the family Vulcanodontidae – a sauropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of India.


Psittaculidae

A taxonomic family within the order Psittaciformes – Old World parrots.


Hypophthalmichthys

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyprinidae – the bighead carp.


Trillium

A taxonomic genus within the family Melanthiaceae.

Trillium cernuum

(genus): Trillium subg. Trillium, Trillium subg. Phyllantherum - subgenera


Arachis

Coined by Linnaeus as an alteration of Ancient Greek ἄραχος (árakhos), an alternative form of ἄρακος (árakos, “chickling vetch”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – flowering plants, of which the peanut is the best known.

Arachis hypogaea

(genus): Arachis sect. Arachis, Arachis sect. Caulorrhizae, Arachis sect. Erectoides, Arachis sect. Extranervosae, Arachis sect. Heteranthae, Arachis sect. Procumbentes, Arachis sect. Rhizomatosae, Arachis sect. Trierectoides, Arachis sect. Triseminatae


Ixodes scapularis

A taxonomic species within the family Ixodidae – deer tick, of eastern North America.


Pleurostoma

A taxonomic genus within the family Pleurostomataceae – certain fungi.


Ensis

A taxonomic genus within the family Pharidae – certain clams, including some of those called razor clams.

Ensis magnus (formerly Ensis arcuatus, Ensis megistus, Ensis minor, Ensis myrae, Ensis nitidus, Ensis siliqua, Ensis terranovensis, Ensis tropicalis - accepted species


Ensis arcuatus

(archaic) The razor clam, now Ensis magnus.


Ensis magnus

A taxonomic species within the family Pharidae – the razor clam.


Mazus pumilus

A taxonomic species within the family Mazaceae – Japanese mazus, native to southern and eastern Asia.


Barbarea

A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – yellow rockets and wintercresses, native to Europe and southwestern Asia.

for other accepted species see Barbarea at The Plant List


Ranunculus ficaria

Ficaria verna
Ficaria verna#Translingual

Synonym of Ficaria verna; the lesser celandine.


Pastinaca sativa

A taxonomic species within the family Apiaceae – the parsnip.

For subspecies names see Pastinaca+sativa at The Plant List


Ficaria verna

A taxonomic species within the family Ranunculaceae – lesser celandine.

For subspecies see Ficaria+verna at The Plant List


Cataglyphis bombycina

Cataglyphis bombycinus
Cataglyphis bombycinus#Translingual


Cataglyphis bombycinus

A taxonomic species within the family Formicidae – the Saharan silver ant.


Valonia

A taxonomic genus within the family Valoniaceae – several species of green algae with succulent thalli.

A taxonomic genus within the family Platystomatidae – two species of signal flies.

Synonym of Nolavia (“genus of huntsman spiders”)


Caesalpinia coriaria

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – divi-divi tree, now Libidibia coriaria.


Coccus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Coccidae – some scale insects.


Scorzonera

Italian scorzonera, from Catalan escurçonera.

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – salsify.

for others see Scorzonera on Wikimedia Commons..


Dendropsophus

A taxonomic genus within the family Hylidae – the yellow treefrogs.


Hylinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Hylidae – harlequin frogs.


Parmeliaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Lecanorales – many lichens.


Bryoria

→ Russian: брио́рия (briórija)

Ancient Greek βρῠ́ον n (brúon, “moss”) + -aria f.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Parmeliaceae – lichenized fungi.


Fadogia

A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae.


Rhizostomatidae

A taxonomic family within the order Rhizostomeae – certain cnidarians.


Daktyliophorae

From Ancient Greek δακτύλιος (daktúlios, “ring”) + -phorae, variant of -phora.

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grc:δακτύλιος

A taxonomic suborder within the order Rhizostomae – certain cnidarians.


Nemopilema

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhizostomatidae.


Rhizostomeae

A taxonomic order within the class Scyphozoa – medicinal or food jellyfish.


Rhampholyssa

A taxonomic genus within the family Meloidae – certain blister beetles.


Siraitia

A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae.


Salatis

A taxonomic genus within the family Hesperiidae.


Nerodia

A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – water snakes.


Meloinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Meloidae – blister beetles.


Rachycentridae

Rachycentron canadum
Rachycentron canadum#Translingual

A taxonomic family within the order Carangiformes – the cobia (Rachycentron canadum).


Nyctereutes

New Latin, from Ancient Greek νυκτερευτής (nuktereutḗs, “one who hunts or fishes by night”)

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Canidae – raccoon dogs.


Tillandsioideae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Bromeliaceae – Spanish moss and similar epiphytes.


Tillandsia

Swedish Tillandz + -ia f, named after Swedish doctor and botanist Elias Tillandz, with a Latinized spelling.

A taxonomic genus within the family Bromeliaceae – airplants; epiphytes found in the tropical and semitropical Americas.


Ropalopus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ῥόπαλον (rhópalon, “club”) + πούς (poús, “foot”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae.


Rachycentron

Rachycentron canadum
Rachycentron canadum

A taxonomic genus within the family Rachycentridae – the cobia (Rachycentron canadum).


Meloidae

Meloe + -idae. Meloe is of obscure origin, appearing as melloes in the writings of Paracelsus; possibly from Ancient Greek μέλω (mélō, “to probe a wound, care for”), or an alteration of Latin molestus, referring to liquid released from the joints when molested.

A taxonomic family within the order Coleoptera – blister beetles.


Brachychiton rupestre

Brachychiton rupestris
Wikispecies:Brachychiton rupestris


Brachychiton populeum

Brachychiton populneus
Wikispecies:Brachychiton populneus


Lamasa

Synonym of Ocaria (genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae).


Ocaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae – certain neotropical butterflies.

Lamasa

genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae


Haemophilus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + φίλος (phílos, “beloved, dear”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Pasteurellaceae – nonmotile, gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria that include several important pathogens.


Latn

From English Latin, from Latin latīnus, from Latium (“the region around Rome”) + -īnus (“adjective suffix”).
The letter "i" was trimmed from "Latin", in accordance with the four-letter format in ISO 15924.


Posibacteria

A taxonomic subkingdom within the kingdom Bacteria – gram-positive bacteria, probably paraphyletic.


Negibacteria

A taxonomic subkingdom within the kingdom Bacteria – gram-negative bacteria, probably paraphyletic.


Citrus limon

A taxonomic species within the family Rutaceae – the lemon.


Chloranthales

A taxonomic order within the clade angiosperms.


Hypophthalmichthys molitrix

A taxonomic species within the family Cyprinidae – silver carp.


Hypnales

A taxonomic order within the class Bryopsida – the feather mosses.


H. sapiens

Used, in context, to shorten the name and simplify the pronunciation of a species name with a generic name beginning with H and a specific epithet of sapiens.


Blattellidae

A taxonomic family within the order Blattodea – the wood cockroaches, now Ectobiidae.


Micropachycephalosaurus

From micro- + Pachycephalosaurus (a genus to which it has been not closely related).

A taxonomic genus within the order Reptilia – a small, bipedal, herbivorous dinosaur.


Cyrl

From English Cyrillic, from the name Cyril + -ic, from Late Latin Cȳrillus, from Ancient Greek Κῡ́ρῐλλος (Kū́rillos). Named after Saint Cyril, who devised a predecessor to Cyrillic script, the Glagolitic alphabet.
Some letters were trimmed from "Cyrillic", in accordance with the four-letter format in ISO 15924.


Hibiscus mutabilis

A taxonomic species within the family Malvaceae – cotton rosemallow or Confederate rose.


Apus apus

A taxonomic species within the family Apodidae – common swift.


Chelidonium majus

A taxonomic species within the family Papaveraceae – greater celandine.


Trisopterus luscus

A taxonomic species within the family Gadidae – the pouting.


Wolinella

A taxonomic genus within the family Helicobacteraceae – certain bacteria.


Tyrannida

A taxonomic parvorder within the order Passeriformes.


Paris quadrifolia

A taxonomic species within the family Melanthiaceae – herb Paris or true lover's knot.


Trionychidae

A taxonomic family within the order Testudines – soft-shell turtles.


Scutellaria

From Latin scutella (“a shallow bowl; a tray”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – the skullcaps.


Typha

New Latin, from Ancient Greek τύφη (túphē, “Typha angustata, a species of cattail”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Typhaceae – cattails.

Typha angustifolia

(genus): Typha subg. Rohrbachia, Typha subg. Typha - subgenera


Brassica narinosa

Brassica rapa subsp. narinosa#Translingual

A taxonomic species within the family Brassicaceae – tatsoi, Brassica rapa subsp. narinosa.


Papaver rhoeas

A taxonomic species within the family Papaveraceae – common poppy.


Albizia saman

Samanea saman
Samanea saman#Translingual

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – Synonym of Samanea saman rain tree, native to the New World tropics.


Arbutus unedo

A taxonomic species within the family Ericaceae – strawberry tree.


Bellis perennis

A taxonomic species within the family Asteraceae – common daisy or English daisy.


Curcuma longa

A taxonomic species within the family Zingiberaceae – turmeric.


Octodontoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Rodentia.


Eriophorum vaginatum

A taxonomic species within the family Cyperaceae – hare's-tail cottongrass, a dominant species of Arctic tundra, found in other cool, boggy environments.


Orycteropus afer

A taxonomic species within the family Orycteropodidae – the aardvark.


Orycteropus

→ English: orycterope

→ French: oryctérope

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὀρυκτήρ (oruktḗr, “miner, digger”) + Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Orycteropodidae – the aardvark and its extinct close relatives.


Eriophorum

From Latin eriophoros, from Ancient Greek ἐριοφόρος (eriophóros, “wool-bearer”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyperaceae – cottongrass, found in acidic bogs, especially in the Arctic.

Eriophorum vaginatum

hare's-tail cottongrass, tussock cottongrass, sheathed cottonsedge

Eriophorum brachyantherum

closed-sheath cotton-grass, short-anthered cotton-grass, northland cottonsedge

Eriophorum gracile

slender cottongrass, slender cottonsedge

Eriophorum latifolium

broad-leaved bog-cotton, broad leaved cotton grass

Eriophorum scheuchzeri

Scheuchzer's cottongrass, white cottongrass

Eriophorum tenellum

few-nerved cottongrass, rough cottongrass

Eriophorum viridicarinatum

thinleaf cottonsedge, green-keeled cottongrass, bog cottongrass


Euonymus europaeus

A taxonomic species within the family Celastraceae – the European spindle tree.


Bellis

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – daisies, endemic to Europe and nearby parts of Africa and Asia.


Mugil cephalus

A taxonomic species within the family Mugilidae – flathead grey mullet, flathead mullet, or grey mullet, of tropical and subtropical coastal waters.


Aesculus hippocastanum

A taxonomic species within the family Sapindaceae – horse chestnut tree.


Musaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Zingiberales – bananas and close relatives.


Eupatorium perfoliatum

A taxonomic species within the family Asteraceae – common boneset, of eastern North America.


Kaiwhekea

A taxonomic genus within the family Leptocleididae – certain plesiosaurs from the Late Cretaceous period, known from fossils found in New Zealand.


Natalimyzidae

A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – certain acalyptrate flies.


Hyalurga

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain tiger moths.


Marginella

A taxonomic genus within the family Marginellidae – small tropical and temperate sea snails.


Xerus

New Latin, coined by German physician and naturalist Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar (1833), apparently from Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós, “dry”), perhaps in reference to its rough fur.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Sciuridae – African ground squirrels.

†Xerus daamsi

genus): Xerus erythropus (striped ground squirrel), Xerus inauris (Cape ground squirrel), Xerus princeps (mountain ground squirrel), Xerus rutilus (unstriped ground squirrel) (species


Ophidia

From the plural of Ancient Greek ὀφίδιον (ophídion, “snake”).

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(obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia – snakes or serpents, with no forelimbs and minimal manifestation of rear limbs, now Serpentes.

A taxonomic clade within the subclass Squamata – modern snakes and all reptiles more closely related to snakes than to other living groups of lizards.


DPANN

Initialism of Diapherotrites, Parvarchaeota, Aenigmarchaeota, Nanoarchaeota, Nanohaloarchaeota, the first five phyla assigned to this superphylum

A taxonomic superphylum within the kingdom Archaea.


Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

A taxonomic species within the family Batrachochytriaceae – a fungus that infects salamanders and newts to cause chytridiomycosis, an acute disease that turns them into little masses of slime in three or four days.


Pyrodictium

From pyro- + Ancient Greek δίκτυον (díktuon, “net, grid”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Pyrodictiaceae – bacteria that can be found in a hot environment and can tolerate high temperature.


Manna

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – now synonym of Alhagi.

A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadidae.


Cephalotaxaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Pinales – a small family of conifers similar to those in Taxaceae and often included in that family.


Thaumarchaeota

From Ancient Greek θαῦμα (thaûma, “wonder”) + Archaea + -ota.

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Chemolithoautotrophic ammonia-oxidizers that may play important roles in biogeochemical cycles, such as the nitrogen cycle and the carbon cycle.

A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Archaea.

A taxonomic class within the phylum Crenarchaeota.


Callorhinus ursinus

A taxonomic species within the family Otariidae – the northern fur seal, native to the northern Pacific.


Callorhinus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”) + ῥίς (rhís, “nose”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Otariidae – the northern fur seal and extinct relatives.


Hygrophila

A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthaceae – swampweeds.


Hygrophila

A taxonomic superorder within the class Gastropoda.


Hydrophis

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + ὄφις (óphis, “serpent”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Elapidae – many sea snakes.


Oecanthinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Gryllidae – tree crickets.


Dasineura mali

A taxonomic species within the family Cecidomyiidae – apple leaf midge.


Passer montanus

Eurasian tree sparrow
Eurasian tree sparrow

A taxonomic species within the family Passeridae – Eurasian tree sparrow.


Typha latifolia

A taxonomic species within the family Typhaceae – the common cattail.


Brassica rapa subsp. narinosa

A. candida originating from E. sativa did not infect cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis), Chinese cabage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis), Japanese mustard (Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica), red mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa) and tah tsai (Brassica rapa''' subsp. narinosa) (Scheck and Koike, 1999).

2012, Peter Spencer-Phillips, Advances in Downy Mildew Research, volume 2 (in English), page 134:

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Brassicaceae – tatsoi, cultivated especially in China, now often Brassica rapa var. chinensis.


Brasica rapa var. narinosa

Brassica rapa var. narinosa (canonical feminine)


Brassica rapa var. rosularis

A taxonomic variety within the family Brassicaceae – Synonym of Brassica rapa subsp. narinosa (tatsoi).


Arctocephalus pusillus

A taxonomic species within the family Otariidae – the brown fur seal.


Asclepias incarnata

A taxonomic species within the family Apocynaceae – swamp milkweed.


Asclepiadoideae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Apocynaceae – milkweeds.


Zingiber mioga

A taxonomic species within the family Zingiberaceae – Japanese ginger, native to East Asia, used in cooking.


Scyliorhinus canicula

small-spotted catshark
small-spotted catshark

A taxonomic species within the family Scyliorhinidae – small-spotted catshark, native to northern European waters.


Carex hirta

A taxonomic species within the family Cyperaceae – the hairy sedge, native to much of Europe.


Carassius auratus grandoculis

A taxonomic species within the family Cyprinidae – a goldfish native to the Lake Biwa watershed in Japan.


Cichorieae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Asteraceae – including lettuce, chicory, dandelion, and salsify.

(obsolete) A taxonomic order within the kingdom Plantae – pre-Linnean, with similar members, but unclear placement.


Papaveroideae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Papaveraceae – the poppy family.


Vitoideae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Vitaceae.

Ampelopsis

(subfamily): Ampelopsideae, Cisseae, Cayratieae, Parthenocisseae, Viteae - tribes


Myrmica rubra

A taxonomic species within the family Formicidae – the common red ant.


Convolvuloideae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Convolvulaceae – the morning glory, bindweed, and sweet potato family.


Aralioideae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Araliaceae.


Cupressoideae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Cupressaceae – cypresses, junipers, arborvitaes, and some cedars.


Dasypodinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Dasypodidae – the long-nosed armadillos.


Rubioideae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Rubiaceae.


Theropsida

New Latin, from Ancient Greek θήρ (thḗr, “predatory beast”) + ἁψίς (hapsís, “arch”) + -ida

der

A taxonomic order within the superclass Tetrapoda – includes all mammals.


Aurata

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Sparidae – Calamus, some porgies.

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Sparidae – Sparus, etc., some sea breams.


Erythrininae

A taxonomic subtribe within the family Fabaceae.


Potentilleae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Rosaceae.


Vaccinieae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Ericaceae.


Nymphaeaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Nymphaeales – the water lilies.


Falconini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Falconidae.


Apis mellifera

From Apis + Latin mellifera (“honey-bearing”).

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A taxonomic species within the family Apidae – European honey bee, western honey bee.


Ficus racemosa

A taxonomic species within the family Moraceae – cluster fig or Indian fig tree.


Myrteae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Myrtaceae.


Muntiacus muntjak

A taxonomic species within the family Cervidae – Indian muntjac.


BEP clade

From an acronym formed from the constituent subfamilies: Bambusoideae, Ehrhartoideae (former name of Oryzoideae), and Pooideae.

A taxonomic clade within the family Poaceae – most species of the grasses, all of which use only the C3 photosynthetic pathway.


BOP clade

From an acronym formed from the constituent subfamilies: Bambusoideae, Oryzoideae, and Pooideae.


Saguerus

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – synonym of Arenga.


Trichocentrum

New Latin, from Ancient Greek θρίξ (thríx, “hair”) + κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – orchids native to the tropical and subtropical New World.


Strophariaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Agaricales.

Gymnopilus

(family): Stropharia – type genus; Agrocybe, Bogbodia, Brauniella, Deconica, Hebelomina, Hemipholiota, Hypholoma, Kuehneromyces, Leratiomyces, Pachylepyrium, Phaeogalera, Phaeonematoloma, Pholiota, Weraroa – other genera

Stagnicola

genera formerly included in Strophariaceae


Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

A taxonomic species within the family Malvaceae – Chinese hibiscus.


Zootrophion

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ, “life”) + τροφεῖον (tropheîon, “cage”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae.


Parthenocissus

New Latin: parthen- + Cissus, from Ancient Greek κισσός (kissós, “ivy”), a Pre-Greek word.

A taxonomic genus within the family Vitaceae – creepers.


Terminalia arjuna

From Terminalia + Sanskrit अर्जुन (arjuna).

A taxonomic species within the family Combretaceae – arjuna or arjun tree.


Arini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Psittacidae – New World parakeets; conures; parrotlets.


Asparagus racemosus

A taxonomic species within the family Asparagaceae – the shatavari.


Clitoria

Named from the resemblance of the flowers to the human clitoris.

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – certain flowering plants.


Monarda didyma

A taxonomic species within the family Lamiaceae – scarlet beebalm, native to eastern North America.


Psittacoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Psittaciformes – true parrots.


Trillium erectum

A taxonomic species within the family Melanthiaceae – the red trillium.


Artemisia vulgaris

(botany) A taxonomic species within the family Asteraceae – common wormwood, also known as mugwort.


Vesposus

First described in 1921 by David Starr Jordan. From the Latin vespōsus (“waspy”), so named in allusion to the fish’s dry scales, which suggested to Jordan the material of a wasp’s nest.

This extraordinary fish is plainly allied to the Zeidae, although very properly placed in a different family, Grammicolepidae. The only other species of this family known, Grammicolepis brachiusculus Poey, is known from a single specimen obtained from deep water off Habana. In the new genus, Vesposus, the form of the body and fins is essentially the same, as is also the aquamation. The genus is apparently distinguished by the strong, hooked spines along the bases of dorsal and anal, and by the much larger ventral fins. Other apparent points of difference seem to be of specific value only. The name, vesposus, waspy, alludes to the dry scales, suggesting the material of a wasp’s nest.

1921 October 14, David Starr Jordan, “Description of deep-sea fishes from the coast of Hawaii, killed by a lava flow from Mauna Loa”, in Proceedings of the United States National Museum (in English), volume LIX (1922), № 2392, pages 651-652:

Vesposus egregius
Vesposus egregius#Translingual

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Grammicolepididae – one species of tinselfish, Vesposus egregius.


Vesposus egregius

First described in 1921 by David Starr Jordan as the type species of the then-new monotypic genus Vesposus; believed until 1937–8 to be a taxon distinct from Grammicolepis brachiusculus.

Closely allied to Grammicolepis Poey, with the same peculiar type of scales, but distinguished by the well-developed ventral fins and by the much stronger armed bucklers along bases of dorsal and anal fins. [¶] Type of the genus. — Vesposus egregius, new species.

1921 October 14, David Starr Jordan, “Description of deep-sea fishes from the coast of Hawaii, killed by a lava flow from Mauna Loa”, in Proceedings of the United States National Museum (in English), volume LIX (1922), № 2392, page 649:

A taxonomic species within the family Grammicolepidae – synonym of Grammicolepis brachiusculus.


Alosa fallax

A taxonomic species within the family Clupeidae – twait shad.


Stratiomyidae

A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – soldier flies.


Monarda fistulosa

A taxonomic species within the family Lamiaceae – bee balm or wild bergamot, native to much of North America.


Grammicolepis

First described in 1873 by Felipe Poey y Aloy. A compound of the Ancient Greek γρᾰμμῐκός (grammikós, “linear”) + λεπῐ́ς (lepís, “fishscale”).

compound

Género. El género Grammicolepis tiene por etimología γραμμικός, linearis; λεπὶς, squama.

1873 October 1st, Don Felipe Poey, “Grammicolepis brachiusculus: Tipo de una nueva familia en la clase de los peces” in Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, volume II (1873), lámina xii, page 405

A taxonomic genus within the family Grammicolepididae – one species of tinselfish, Grammicolepis brachiusculus.


Scomber scombrus

A taxonomic species within the family Scombridae – Atlantic mackerel.


Grammicolepis brachiusculus

First described in 1873 by Felipe Poey y Aloy as the type species of the then-new monotypic genus Grammicolepis (< Ancient Greek γραμμικός (grammikós, “grammatical”) + λεπίς (lepís, “scale”)). Epithet from Latin brāchium (“limb”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).

suffix

1873 October 1st, Don Felipe Poey, “Grammicolepis brachiusculus: Tipo de una nueva familia en la clase de los peces” in Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, volume II (1873), lámina xii, pages 403–406

A taxonomic species within the family Grammicolepididae – thorny tinselfish.


Veneridae

A taxonomic family within the order Venerida – Venus clams.


Clytemnestra

From Ancient Greek Κλυταιμνήστρα (Klutaimnḗstra, “Clytemnestra”).

der

Κλυταιμνήστρα

A genus of copepods, crustaceans, variously placed:

A taxonomic genus within the family Peltidiidae.

A taxonomic genus within the family Clytemnestridae.

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – certain longhorn beetles.


Heracleum sphondylium var. nipponicum

A taxonomic variety within the family Apiaceae – a hogweed of Japan.


Bambusoideae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Poaceae – bamboos.


Cyprininae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Cyprinidae – typical carps and their closest relatives.


Baculoviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Lefavirales – double-stranded DNA viruses that infect certain invertebrates.

(family): Alphabaculovirus, Betabaculovirus, Deltabaculovirus, Gammabaculovirus - genera

Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus


Muntiacus

From Dutch muntjak, from Sundanese ᮙᮨᮔ᮪ᮎᮨᮊ᮪ (mencek, “small deer”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cervidae – muntjacs.


Eryngium maritimum

A taxonomic species within the family Apiaceae – sea holly.


Eira barbara

A taxonomic species within the family Mustelidae – the tayra, a type of weasel native to the Americas, the sole species of the genus Eira.


Wuttagoonaspidae

A taxonomic family within the order Arthrodira – primitive placoderms from Early Devonian China and Middle Devonian Australia.


Helleborus niger

A taxonomic species within the family Ranunculaceae – Christmas rose or black hellebore, native to Europe.


Annona reticulata

A taxonomic species within the family Annonaceae – the custard apple.


Asperula arvensis

A taxonomic species within the family Rubiaceae – blue woodruff, a flowering plant native to most of Europe as well as Algeria, Morocco and parts of southwest Asia.


Venturia

A taxonomic genus within the family Venturiaceae – certain fungi, many of which are plant pathogens.

A taxonomic genus within the family Ichneumonidae – certain wasps.


Pieris japonica

A taxonomic species within the family Ericaceae – the Japanese andromeda.


Megalograptidae

A taxonomic family within the order Eurypterida – an extinct eurypterid.


Pentecopterus

From Ancient Greek πεντηκόντερος (pentēkónteros, “fifty-oared, an ancient Greek warship”), due to similarities in shape and predatory behavior.

πεντηκόντερος

A taxonomic genus within the family Megalograptidae – extinct genus of sea scorpion that lived during the Ordovician period.


Glycosmis pentaphylla

A taxonomic species within the family Rutaceae – orangeberry or gin berry.


Calamus

From Latin calamus, from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos).

A taxonomic genus within the family Sparidae – certain porgies.

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – certain rattan palms.


Saponaria

Late Latin sāpōnāria, from Latin sāpo (“soap”) + -āria, referring to its use as soap

A taxonomic genus within the family Caryophyllaceae – soapworts.

Saponaria at The Plant List for accepted species and other species names


Betula nana

A taxonomic species within the family Betulaceae – dwarf birch found in European and North American tundra and some alpine regions.


Erodium cicutarium

A taxonomic species within the family Geraniaceae – alfilaria; common stork's-bill, stork's-bill.

For subspecies see Erodium+cicutarium at The Plant List


Semiramis

A taxonomic genus within the family Bombyliidae – certain bee flies.


Fagus sylvatica

A taxonomic species within the family Fagaceae – European beech or common beech.


Homo naledi

Wikispecies Homo naledi (canonical masculine)

Homo (“man”) + Sotho naledi (“star”). From being discovered in the Rising Star Cave of South Africa, which is located in a region where the indigenous people speak seSotho.

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – extinct species of human.


Ficus benghalensis

A taxonomic species within the family Moraceae – the banyan tree.


Rumex acetosa

A taxonomic species within the family Polygonaceae – garden sorrel or common sorrel, native in much of Europe.


Lophophora williamsii

A taxonomic species within the family Cactaceae – peyote, a small, spineless cactus with psychoactive alkaloids, particularly mescaline, native to Mexico and southwestern Texas.


Physalia physalis

Portuguese man-of-war
Portuguese man-of-war

A taxonomic species within the family Physaliidae – Portuguese man-of-war or bluebottle, resembling a jellyfish or medusa.


Pipreola riefferii

green-and-black fruiteater
green-and-black fruiteater

A taxonomic species within the family Cotingidae – the green-and-black fruiteater.


Dulcamara

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Solanaceae – synonymized with Solanum.

A taxonomic section within the family Solanaceae – Solanum sect. Dulcamara.


Strombidae

A taxonomic family within the order Littorinimorpha – various species of sea snails.


Stromboidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Littorinimorpha – various species of sea snails.


Laevistrombus canarium

A taxonomic species within the family Strombidae – species of sea snail.


Laevistrombus

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


Populus tremuloides

From Populus tremula + -oides, due to the resemblance of this North American species to that Eurasian species.

A taxonomic species within the family Salicaceae – American aspen, quaking aspen, or trembling aspen, native to cooler North American regions, especially at high altitudes.


Atelopus

A taxonomic genus within the family Bufonidae – numerous toads called stubfoot toads or harlequin toads.

genus): Atelopus flavescens (Cayenne stubfoot toad) (type species

For more species see Atelopus on Wikipedia. and Atelopus


Tribulus terrestris

A taxonomic species within the family Zygophyllaceae – puncture vine, of southern Europe and Africa.


Batrachochytrium

From Ancient Greek βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”) + a shortening of χυτρίδιον (khutrídion, “little pot”).

A taxonomic genus within the class Chytridiomycetes – certain fungi that infect amphibians.


Pthirus pubis

The scientific name of the crab louse or pubic louse, Pthirus pubis, is spelled with pth although this is in fact a misspelling that was nevertheless fixed as the official spelling in 1950. The correct spelling would be Phthirus, from Ancient Greek φθείρ (phtheír, “louse”), from φθείρω (phtheírō, “destroy”), and this spelling is used in the scientific name Phthiraptera of the order commonly called lice, to which Pthirus pubis belongs along with more than 5,000 other species.

A taxonomic species within the family Pthiridae – crab louse or pubic louse, exclusively a parasite of humans.


Camelus bactrianus

A taxonomic species within the family Camelidae – the two-humped camel of central Asia, close to extinction in the wild, but widely domesticated in its region.


Merlangius merlangus

A taxonomic species within the family Gadidae – whiting, of European marine waters.


Malacozoa

From Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”) + ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).


Aiptasia

From Ancient Greek ἀεί (aeí, “always”) and πετάω (petáō, “spread wings”), coined by Philip Henry Gosse in reference to the constantly extended tentacles of the anemones.

A taxonomic genus within the family Aiptasiidae – the triffids.


Pottiaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Pottiales – many mosses.


Parahyaena

A genus containing the sole species P. brunnea, the brown hyena.


Monoplex

A taxonomic genus within the family Ranellidae – certain predatory sea snails.


Habromys

From Ancient Greek ἁβρός (habrós, “delicate”) + μῦς (mûs, “mouse”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cricetidae – a number of species of deer mice of Mexico and Central America.


Clematis vitalba

A taxonomic species within the family Ranunculaceae – old man's beard or traveller's joy, a shrub of temperate western Eurasia.


Arcos

A taxonomic genus within the family Gobiesocidae – clingfishes.


Diadema

A taxonomic genus within the family Diademaceae – certain fungi.

A taxonomic genus within the family Diadematidae – certain sea urchins.


Pimenta

A taxonomic genus within the family Violaceae – certain trees of the American tropics.


Malpighiaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Malpighiales – tropical plants, mostly of the New World, that, notably, provide pollinators with rewards other than pollen or nectar, commonly in the form of nutrient oils.

Acmanthera

(family): Byrsonimoideae; Malpighioideae - subfamilies


Balsaminaceae

Balsamina (“obsolete genus, syn. of Impatiens”) + -aceae

suffix

A taxonomic family within the order Ericales – principally the numerous species of Impatiens.


Intybus

Latin intybus (“endive”), intubus, forms of intĭbus, from intĭbum, intybum, from Ancient Greek ἔντυβον (éntubon)


Mermis

New Latin, from Ancient Greek μέρμις (mérmis, “rope”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Mermithidae – the grasshopper nematode.


Edaphus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἔδαφος (édaphos, “bottom, eg, of a ship; foundation; base of anything; ground-floor; pavement; ground, soil”)

der

In my key of the nearctic Edaphus (Puthz, 1973) the new species has to be placed after 17(18) E. euplectoides Sharp, from which it is distinguished by its length, broader 10th antennal segment, and the median carina of the pronotum.

1979, Studies on the neotropical fauna and environment (in English):

body sparsely punctate, polished and strongly shining; labrum without teeth but may be crenulate; first visible abdominal tergite with fine median carina ................ Edaphus 4(1).

2000, Ross H. Arnett Jr., Michael C. Thomas, American Beetles, volume 1 (in English), →ISBN, page 323:

One new Edaphus and one new Tamotus species from Suriname

2001, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology, volumes 1-6 (in English), page 59:

A taxonomic genus within the family Staphylinidae – certain beetles.

For species see Edaphus on Wikispecies..


Braconidae

English: braconid

A taxonomic family within the order Hymenoptera – very many parasitic wasps.


Hylæosaurus

(obsolete) Alternative spelling of Hylaeosaurus


Hylaeosaurus

Ancient Greek ὑλαῖος (hulaîos, “belonging to the forest”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”). Coined by Gideon Mantell in 1833.

A taxonomic genus within the family Nodisauridae – a herbivorous ankylosaurian dinosaur that lived about 165 million years ago during the Cretaceous period.


CHA

(international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Chad.

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport, which serves Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.


Pseudohydnum gelatinosum

toothed jelly fungus
toothed jelly fungus

A taxonomic species within the order Auriculariales – toothed jelly fungus.


Pseudohydnum

Pseudohydnum gelatinosum
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum

A taxonomic genus within the order Auriculariales – the only known member being Pseudohydnum gelatinosum.


Bassariscus

A taxonomic genus within the family Procyonidae – including the cacomistle and the ring-tailed cat.


Persoonia terminalis

From the Dutch surname Persoon of mycologist and botanist Christiaan Hendrik Persoon + -ia.

1857, Lawrie Johnson, Flora of New South Wales, volume 2, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, →ISBN, page 14:

A taxonomic species within the family Proteaceae – a shrub found in Australia.


Persoonia

From the Dutch surname Persoon of mycologist and botanist Christiaan Hendrik Persoon.

A taxonomic genus within the family Proteaceae – approximately 100 species of shrubs and small trees found in Australia.


Eurybia

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – formerly included in genus Aster.

A taxonomic genus within the family Riodinidae – certain New World metalmark butterflies.


Clianthus

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – flowering plants in the legume family, comprising two species of shrubs native to New Zealand.


Iguanidae

(sensu stricto) A taxonomic family within the order Iguania – also known as Iguaninae in Iguanidae (sensu lato).

†Armandisaurus

(family (sensu stricto)): genus, Brachylophus, Conolophus, Ctenosaura, Cyclura, Dipsosaurus, Iguana, Sauromalus - extant genera

(sensu lato) A taxonomic family within the order Iguania – including all members of Iguania except those of families Agamidae and Chamaeleonidae.


Melanthiaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Liliales – including the trilliums.

Amianthium

(family): Chionographideae, Heloniadeae, Melanthieae, Parideae, Xerophylleae - tribes


Polynemidae

A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes – threadfins.


Erebidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – the largest family of moths, found worldwide.

Aventiini

(family): Aganainae (tiger moth), Anobinae, Arctiinae (wasp moth), Boletobiinae, Calpinae (vampire moth etc.), Erebinae, Eublemminae, Eulepidotinae, Herminiinae (litter moth), Hypeninae (snout moth), Hypenodinae, Hypocalinae, Lymantriinae (tussock moth), Pangraptinae, Phytometrinae, Rivulinae, Scolecocampinae, Scoliopteryginae (piercing moth), Tinoliinae, Toxocampinae – subfamilies


Mycoplasma genitalium

sexually transmitted disease
sexually transmitted disease

A taxonomic species within the family Mycoplasmataceae – now considered the cause of a sexually transmitted disease and associated with various diseases of the genitalia and the urinary tract.

Mycoplasma genitalium on Wikispecies for strains


Terminalia catappa

A taxonomic species within the family Combretaceae – tropical almond.

For accepted varieties see Terminalia catappa at Tropicos


Cornus sericea

A taxonomic species within the family Cornaceae – the red osier dogwood, native to northern and western North America.


Lobularia maritima

A taxonomic species within the family Brassicaceae – sweet alyssum.

For subspecies see Lobularia maritima at Tropicos


Gasteromycetes

From Latin gaster (“belly”) + -o- + -mycetes.

(archaic) A taxonomic class within the phylum Basidiomycota – a polyphyletic group of fungi (gasteromycetes) that produce spores inside their fruiting bodies, including puffballs, stinkhorns, bird's nest fungi or false truffles.


Gadinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Gadidae.


Pseudomonas syringae

A taxonomic species within the family Pseudomonadaceae – an economically significant plant pathogen affecting a wide range of plants.

For strains see Pseudomonas syringae at National Center for Biotechnology Information


Lycium barbarum

A taxonomic species within the family Solanaceae – matrimony vine or wolfberry.


Zostera marina

A taxonomic species within the family Zosteraceae – seawrack or eelgrass, a kind of seagrass.


Scyliorhinus stellaris

A taxonomic species within the family Scyliorhinidae – the nursehound, a kind of catshark.


Artemisia abrotanum

A taxonomic species within the family Asteraceae – southernwood.


Saponaria officinalis

A taxonomic species within the family Caryophyllaceae – soapwort, native to Europe and cooler western Asia.


Lycopodium clavatum

stag's-horn clubmoss
stag's-horn clubmoss

A taxonomic species within the family Lycopodiaceae – wolf's-foot clubmoss, stag's-horn clubmoss, or ground pine.

For subspecific taxa see Lycopodium clavatum on Wikipedia..


Sepiida

A taxonomic order within the class Cephalopoda – the cuttlefish.


Phyllostachys nigra

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – black bamboo.

for other subordinate taxa see Phyllostachys nigra at Tropicos


Viridiplantae

From Latin viridis (“green”) + plantae (“plants”).

A taxonomic subkingdom within the kingdom Plantae.


Biliphyta

New Latin, Latin bilis (“bile”) + -phyta

A taxonomic subkingdom within the kingdom Plantae – many of the algae.


Cynodon dactylon

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – Bermuda grass or couch grass.

Cynodon dactylon at Tropicos for subspecies


Anartioptera

A taxonomic cohort within the infraclass Neoptera – stoneflies, earwigs, crickets, and grasshoppers.


Orthopterida

A taxonomic superorder within the infraclass Neoptera – crickets, grasshoppers, and katydids (Orthoptera), stick insects and leaf insects (Phasmida), and ice crawlers (Notoptera.


Verophasmatodea

A taxonomic suborder within the order Phasmida.


Sarraceniaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Ericales – certain pitcher plants.


Vorticella

A taxonomic genus within the family Vorticellidae – protozoa that are stalked, inverted bell-shaped ciliates, placed among the peritrichs, and reproduce by budding.


Belideus

From Ancient Greek βέλος (bélos, “dart, arrow”), for the species' dart-like gliding capabilities. Coined by George Robert Waterhouse, who proposed Belideus as a subgenus of Petaurus in a paper describing Petaurus (Belideus) breviceps, which he read before the Zoological Society of London on 13 November 1838 and subsequently published in May 1839. Elevated to the rank of genus by John Gould in 1842.

Certain small flying phalangers; sugar squirrels

(obsolete) A taxonomic subgenus within the family Petauridae – Petaurus (Belideus), now recombined into Petaurus.

Petaurus arul — now Petaurus breviceps ariel

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Petauridae – Now synonymized into Petaurus.

Belideus ariel - now Petaurus breviceps ariel


Raptores

(obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Aves – a polyphyletic taxon including all birds of prey.


Thermoprotei

A taxonomic class within the phylum Crenarchaeota.


Holophagae

A taxonomic class within the phylum Acidobacteriota.


Jungermanniidae

A taxonomic subclass within the class Jungermanniopsida.


Streptophyta

From Ancient Greek στρεπτός (streptós, “twisted”) + -phyta (“-phytes”).

af

A taxonomic infrakingdom within the subkingdom Viridiplantae – all land plants and bryophytes and green algae.


Hacrobia

A taxonomic subkingdom within the kingdom Chromista.


Euglenozoa

Single-celled flagellates distinguished by heteromorphic paraxonemal rods with relatively thick flagella and tubular extrusomes:

A taxonomic infrakingdom within the subkingdom Eozoa.

A taxonomic phylum within the infrakingdom Euglenozoa.


Halvaria

H- (from Heterokonta) + -alv- (from Alveolata) + -aria

A taxonomic infrakingdom within the kingdom Chromista.

Ciliophora

(infrakingdom): Alveolata, Heterokonta - superphyla


Harosa

Formed from initials of Heterokonta (= Stramenopiles), Alveolata, and Rhizaria + -osa

Alveolata

(subkingdom): Halvaria, Rhizaria - infrakingdoms

Heterokonta (= Stramenopiles - superphyla in Halvaria


Arcitalitrus sylvaticus

A taxonomic species within the family Talitridae – lawn shrimp.


Eomycota

A taxonomic subkingdom within the kingdom Fungi.


Heterokonta

hetero- + and Ancient Greek κοντός (kontós, “pole”), construed as flagella

A taxonomic superphylum within the kingdom Chromista.


Salmonella Typhi

A taxonomic serovar within the family Enterobacteriaceae – Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica, serovar Typhi, the agent of typhoid fever.


Spiralia

Nominative neuter plural of Latin spīralis (“spiralling”)

A taxonomic superphylum within the infrakingdom Protostomia – morphologically diverse organisms, many undergoing spiral cleavage in their embryonic development.


Pseudacacia

Robinia pseudoacacia
Robinia pseudoacacia

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust tree).


Cynomys ludovicianus

A taxonomic species within the family Sciuridae – the black-tailed prairie dog, found in the Great Plains, principally in the US.


Rhizoctonia solani

A taxonomic species within the family Ceratobasidiaceae – a soil fungus that causes root diseases on economically important food crops.


Picea sitchensis

A taxonomic species within the family Pinaceae – The largest of spruces, the Sitka spruce, native to the northern Pacific coast of North America from northern California to Alaska.


Strepera fuliginosa

A taxonomic species within the family Artamidae – the black currawong or black jay of Tasmania.


Agrostis stolonifera

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – creeping bentgrass or redtop.


Picea mariana

A taxonomic species within the family Pinaceae – black spruce or bog spruce, a relatively small evergreen tree of Canada and some adjacent parts of the northeastern US.

For cultivars and forms see Picea mariana at Tropicos


Salmonella typhi

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Enterobacteriaceae – now Salmonella Typhi (Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica, serovar Typhi), the agent of typhoid fever.


Rana pipiens

A taxonomic species within the family Ranidae – the northern leopard frog, now Lithobates pipiens.


Lithobates pipiens

A taxonomic species within the family Ranidae – northern leopard frog.


Stipa

From Latin stipa, stuppa (“the coarse part of flax”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – feathergrasses.

for other the numerous other species names see Stipa at The Plant List


Notoptera

A taxonomic order within the subclass Pterygota – grylloblattids and gladiators.

Tillyardembiidae

(order): Grylloblattodea, Mantophasmatodea - suborders

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – Otopappus.


Zoraptera

ζωρός (zōrós, “pure”) + ἀ- (a-, “not”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wings”).

A taxonomic order within the subclass Pterygota.

A taxonomic order within the superorder Polyneoptera.


Embioptera

A taxonomic order within the subdivision Pterygota.

A taxonomic order within the class Polyneoptera.


Homoptera

From Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

(obsolete) A taxonomic suborder within the order Hemiptera – a paraphyletic grouping of aphids, scale insects, cicadas, and leafhoppers.


Zygentoma

Ancient Greek: coined for purposes of taxonomy in late 19th century. Derived from the Ancient Greek ζυγόν (zugón) in context meaning "yoke" or "bridge", and ἔντομα (éntoma) literally "cut into" because of the constrictions in the anatomy of typical insects. The idea behind the name was that the taxon formed a notional link between the Pterygota and the Apterygota. This view is now obsolete, but the phylogeny of the Insecta was in its infancy in the late 19th and early 20th century, and the name was firmly established by the time that more defensible views were developed.

A taxonomic order within the subclass Apterygota.

Lepismatidae

(order): Archizygentoma, Neozygentoma - suborders

A taxonomic order within the subclass Dicondylia.


Epilobium

→ English: epilobium

→ Malayalam: എപ്പിലോബിയം (eppilōbiyaṁ)

A taxonomic genus within the family Onagraceae – principally willowherbs.

for sections and other species see Epilobium


Entognatha

From ento- (“inside”) + Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw”).

A taxonomic class within the phylum Arthropoda – entognathan.


Strepsiptera

From Ancient Greek στρεψίς (strepsís, “a turning [inward]”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

der

A taxonomic order within the class Insecta.

A taxonomic order within the superorder Holometabola.


Spelaeogriphacea

A taxonomic order within the superorder Peracarida – certain small crustaceans.


Polyxenida

A taxonomic order within the subclass Penicillata – bristly millipedes or pincushion millipedes.


Penicillata

A taxonomic subclass within the class Diplopoda – bristly millipedes or pincushion millipedes.


Papilio

A taxonomic genus within the family Papilionidae.


Pseudotsuga

From pseudo- (“false”) + Tsuga (taxonomic genus), coined by French botanist Élie-Abel Carrière from its similarities to the hemlocks with which it was previously grouped.

affix

A taxonomic genus within the family Pinaceae – the Douglas firs.

subspecies and varieties see Pseudotsuga at The Plant List


Thysanura

From Ancient Greek θύσανος (thúsanos, “bristle”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).

der

(archaic) A taxonomic order within the class Insecta – silverfishes, firebrats, jumping bristletails and close relatives, replaced by its former suborders Zygentoma and Archaeognatha.


Macroglossus

From Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “large”) + γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Pteropodidae – long-nosed fruit bats, megabats of Southeast Asia.


Paramecium

Coined by John Hill in 1752 from Ancient Greek παραμήκης (paramḗkēs, “oblong, oval”) + -ium.
Morphologically, para- + Ancient Greek μῆκος (mêkos, “length, longitude”).

The Paramecium, with an oblong, voluble body, obtuſe at each end.

1752, John Hill, The History of Animals, Gray's Inn, London: Thomas Osborne, page 4:

A taxonomic genus within the family Parameciidae – a ciliophore widely used as a model organism and for education.


Phytophthora

Coined by Heinrich Anton de Bary in 1875 from Ancient Greek φυτόν (phutón, “plant”) + φθορᾱ́ (phthorā́, “destruction, ruin”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Peronosporaceae – plant-damaging water molds, each species being fairly host-specific.


Ctenotus

From cteno- + Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs, “ear”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Scincidae – the comb-eared skinks, found in Australia.


Armillaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Physalacriaceae – honey mushrooms.


Nectiopoda

A taxonomic order within the class Remipedia.


Enantiopoda

From Ancient Greek ἐναντίος (enantíos, “opposite”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).

A taxonomic order within the subphylum Remipedia – certain extinct blind crustaceans.


Lipostraca

A taxonomic order within the subclass Phyllopoda – single extinct species †Lepidocaris rhyniensis.


Grimontia

New Latin, Named after P. A. D. Grimont, French microbiologist. Coined in 2003 in a paper proposing Vibrio hollisae be reclassified as Grimontia hollisae, placing the species in a new genus due to its genetic difference from other Vibrio species.

A taxonomic genus within the family Vibrionaceae – a gram-negative bacteria, found in stool cultures of patients with diarrhea.


Cynodon

From the Ancient Greek κῠνόδων (kunódōn), variant of κῠνόδους (kunódous, “canine tooth”), a compound of κῠ́ων (kúōn, “dog”, stem: κῠν-, kun-) + ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”).

compound

stem: <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">κῠν-</i>, kun-

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – several species of grass.

A taxonomic genus within the family Cynodontidae – dogtooth characins.


Mytiloida

A taxonomic order within the subclass Pteriomorphia – true mussels.


Haemosporidiasina

(obsolete) A taxonomic subclass within the phylum Apicomplexa.


Laverania

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Plasmodiidae – Plasmodium (Laverania), malaria-causing parasites.


Ornithodoros

A taxonomic genus within the family Argasidae – certain soft-bodied ticks.


Placobdella

A taxonomic genus within the family Glossiphoniidae – certain leeches.


Metastrongylus

A taxonomic genus within the family Metastrongylidae – parasitic nematodes causing metastrongylosis.


Anthropopithecus

From Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “human being”) + πίθηκος (píthēkos, “monkey, ape”).


Porocephalus

A taxonomic genus within the family Porocephalidae – parasitic crustaceans known as tongue worms.


Piophila

A taxonomic genus within the family Piophilidae – small two-winged flies including the cheese fly.


Pneumocystidomycetes

A taxonomic class within the subphylum Taphrinomycotina – ascomycete fungi.


Auchmeromyia

A taxonomic genus within the family Calliphoridae – certain parasitic blowflies.


Argas

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀργᾶς (argâs, “white, shining”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Argasidae – certain ticks.


Isospora

/aɪˈsɒspəɹə/

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἰσο- (iso-, “iso-”, prefix indicating equality) + σπορά (sporá, “seed”).

af

A taxonomic genus within the family Eimeriidae – certain chromists.


Amblyomma

From Ancient Greek ἀμβλύς (amblús,“blunt, dull”, “not sharp rouded”) + ὄμμα (omma, “he eye of heaven; i.e. the sun (generally) light, (figuratively) that which brings light )

A taxonomic genus within the family Ixodidae – certain hard ticks, some causing disease.


Ancylostoma

Learned borrowing from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “crooked, curved”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Ancylostomatidae – hookworms that have buccal teeth resembling hooks and are intestinal parasites of mammals including humans.


Balantidium

New Latin, from Ancient Greek βαλαντίδιον (balantídion), diminutive of βαλάντιον (balántion, “bag, pouch, purse”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Balantidiidae – ciliate protozoans causing the disease balantidiasis.


Aspidogaster

A taxonomic genus within the family Aspidogastridae – certain trematodes.


Fasciolopsis

From Fasciola + -opsis (taxonomic suffix), from Ancient Greek ὄψῐς (ópsis, “aspect, appearance”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Fasciolidae – parasitic trematodes causing fasciolopsiasis.


Mytilida

A taxonomic order within the subclass Pteriomorphia – true mussels.


Decabrachia

A taxonomic superorder within the class Cephalopoda.


Spirulida

A taxonomic order within the class Cephalopoda – Spirula spirula, sole extant species.


Gryllinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Gryllidae – field crickets.


Gryllidae

A taxonomic family within the order Orthoptera – crickets.


Gryllus

From Latin gryllus (“cricket”), from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos, “caricature”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Gryllidae – crickets.


Selenidium

A taxonomic genus within the family Selenidiidae – certain parasitic protozoa.


Schistocephalus

A taxonomic genus within the family Schistocephalidae – certain parasitic tapeworms.


Pythonides

A taxonomic genus within the family Hesperiidae – certain skippers.


Reighardia

After Jacob Ellsworth Reighard, American zoologist + -ia

A taxonomic genus within the family Reighardiidae – certain small parasitic crustaceans.


Spilostethus

A taxonomic genus within the family Lygaeidae – certain seed bugs.


Limacodidae

Limacodes (“obsolete genus of slug moths”) + -idae

suffix

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – slug moths.


Lithobiomorpha

A taxonomic order within the class Chilopoda – stone centipedes.


Hemipepsis

A taxonomic genus within the family Pompilidae – certain spider wasps.


Scutigeridae

A taxonomic family within the order Scutigeromorpha – certain centipedes.


Philodromus

A taxonomic genus within the family Philodromidae – certain crab spiders.


Trigonotarbida

A taxonomic order within the class Arachnida – certain extinct arachnids.


Phanaeus

From Ancient Greek φαναῖος (phanaîos, “giving or bringing light”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Scarabaeidae – certain scarab beetles.


Parasa joanae

A taxonomic species within the family Limacodidae.


Parasa

A taxonomic genus within the family Limacodidae – certain moths.


Lygaeidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hemiptera – certain true bugs.


Leptoglossus zonatus

A taxonomic species within the family Coreidae – leaf-footed bug.


Scutigera

From Latin scūtum (“shield”) + a suffix meaning bearing (compare the English suffix -gerous).

A taxonomic genus within the family Scutigeridae.


Diaphania

A taxonomic genus within the family Crambidae – certain moths.


Phanaeus vindex

A taxonomic species within the family Scarabaeidae – rainbow scarab.


Scutigeromorpha

A taxonomic order within the class Chilopoda – certain centipedes.


Bipalium

A taxonomic genus within the family Geoplanidae – certain large predatory flatworms, hammerhead worms.


Laurida

(archaic) A taxonomic order within the class Maxillopoda.

A taxonomic order within the class Thecostraca.


Hemipepsis ustulata

A taxonomic species within the family Pompilidae – the tarantula hawk wasp.


Leptoglossus

From Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptós, “small”) + γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Coreidae – certain true bugs.


Philodromidae

A taxonomic family within the order Araneae – false crab spiders, running crab spiders.


Harpacticoida

A taxonomic order within the class Hexanauplia – certain copepods.


Scutigera coleoptrata

A taxonomic species within the family Scutigeridae – the house centipede.


Pyraloidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Lepidoptera – certain moths.


Continenticola

A taxonomic suborder within the order Tricladida – certain flatworms.


Akentrogonida

(archaic) A taxonomic order within the infraclass Rhizocephala – akentrogonids, now merged into Rhizocephala.


Araneidae

A taxonomic family within the order Araneae – orbweaver spiders.

Araneus

(family): Araneinae, Argiopinae, Arkyinae, Cyrtarachninae, Cyrtophorinae, Gasteracanthinae, Micratheninae, Nephilinae, Phonognathinae, Zygiellinae – subfamilies


Trichiocercus

A taxonomic genus within the family Thaumetopoeidae – processionary moths and caterpillars.


Opisthorchiida

A taxonomic order within the subclass Digenea – certain flatworms.


Bipaliinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Geoplanidae – certain terrestrial planarians.


Ascothoracida

From Ancient Greek ἀσκός (askós, “sac”) + θώραξ (thṓrax, “breastplate, thorax”) + -ida.

(archaic) A taxonomic infraclass within the class Maxillopoda.

A taxonomic subclass within the class Thecostraca.


Trichiocercus sparshalli

A taxonomic species within the family Notodontidae – the long-tailed bombyx.


Schistosoma mansoni

A taxonomic species within the family Schistosomatidae – a parasitic trematode causing schistosomiasis.


Tinea pellionella

A taxonomic species within the family Tineidae – the case-bearing clothes moth.


Geoplanidae

A taxonomic family within the order Tricladida – certain terrestrial planarians.


Trichobilharzia

A taxonomic genus within the family Schistosomatidae.


Clonorchis sinensis

A taxonomic species within the family Opisthorchiidae – a parasitic liver fluke of humans.


Trichobilharzia regenti

A taxonomic species within the family Schistosomatidae – an avian parasite, sometimes causing disease in humans.


Tricladida

A taxonomic order within the class Turbellaria.

A taxonomic order within the infraclass Adiaphanida.


Spaniopsis

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhagionidae – certain snipe flies, of Australia.


Dicrocoelium hospes

A taxonomic species within the family Dicrocoeliidae.


Fasciola gigantica

A taxonomic species within the family Fasciolidae – a liver fluke infecting many mammals.


Dicrocoelium dendriticum

A taxonomic species within the family Dicrocoeliidae – a parasitic liver fluke of cattle.


Anisoscelidini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Coreidae – leaf-footed bugs.


Raphidiidae

A taxonomic family within the order Raphidioptera – certain snakeflies.


Opisthorchiidae

From Opisthorchis + -idae (taxonomic suffix).

A taxonomic family within the order Plagiorchiida.

A taxonomic family within the order Opisthorchiida.


Crambidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – grass moths.

Sufetula

(family): Acentropinae, Cathariinae, Crambinae, Cybalomiinae, Dichogaminae, Evergestinae, Glaphyriinae, Lathrotelinae, Linostinae, Midilinae, Musotiminae, Noordinae, Nymphulinae, Odontiinae, Pyraustinae, Schoenobiinae, Scopariinae, Spilomelinae, Wurthiinae - subfamilies


Dicrocoeliidae

From Dicrocoelium + -idae (taxonomic suffix).

A taxonomic family within the order Plagiorchiida – certain digenean trematodes.


Fasciola

From Latin fasciola (“small bandage of the leg”), from fascia (“band, bandage, swathe”) + -ola (feminine diminutive suffix).

af

A taxonomic genus within the family Fasciolidae – certain parasitic trematodes.


Dicrocoelium

New Latin, from Ancient Greek δίκροος (díkroos, “forked, cloven”) + Ancient Greek κοιλία (koilía, “cavity of the body; intestines”) + Latin -um (taxonomic suffix).

A taxonomic genus within the family Dicrocoeliidae – certain parasitic liver flukes.


Pepsini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Pompilidae – certain spider wasps.


Thaumetopoeidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – certain moths.


Tetranychinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Tetranychidae – certain spider mites.


Tetranychidae

A taxonomic family within the order Trombidiformes – the spider mites.


Tetranychoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Trombidiformes – certain true mites.


Geoplanoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Tricladida.


Dugesia

A taxonomic genus within the family Dugesiidae – certain flatworms.


Simuliini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Simuliidae.


Boragineae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Boraginaceae.


Noctuini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Noctuidae.


Chrysomelinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Chrysomelidae – many leaf beetles.


Anyphaenidae

A taxonomic family within the order Araneae – anyphaenid sac spiders.


Tetranychus

New Latin tetra- + -onychus, from ὄνυχος (ónukhos, “clawed”), from ὄνυξ (ónux, “claw, nail”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Tetranychidae – certain economically important, crop-destroying spider mites.


Actinomyces

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀκτίς (aktís, “ray, beam”) + μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom or other fungus”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Actinomycetaceae – filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria that includes usually commensal and sometimes pathogenic forms inhabiting mucosal surfaces especially of the oral cavity of warm-blooded vertebrates.


Leptinotarsa

A taxonomic genus within the family Chrysomelidae – certain leaf beetles.


Dictynoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Araneae.


Dugesiidae

A taxonomic family within the order Tricladida.


Simuliidae

A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – the black flies.


Hibana velox

A taxonomic species within the family Anyphaenidae – yellow ghost spider.


Agropyron

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – wheatgrasses.

for other species see Agropyron at The Plant List


Noctua pronuba

A taxonomic species within the family Noctuidae – the large yellow underwing.


Simulium

From Latin simulans (“feigning”) + -ium.

A taxonomic genus within the family Simuliidae – certain black flies transmitting diseases such as onchocerciasis.

for the many validly named species see Roger W. Crosskey and Theresa M. Howard

A Revised Taxonomic and Geographical Inventory of World Blackflies


Hibana

A taxonomic genus within the family Anyphaenidae – certain New World spiders.


Noctuinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Noctuidae.

Papaipema

(subfamily): Actinotiini, Agrotini, Apameini, Arzamini, Caradrinini, Dypterygiini, Elaphriini, Glottulini, Hadenini, Leucaniini, Noctuini, Orthosiini, Phlogophorini, Phosphilini, Prodeniini, Pseudeustrotiini, Tholerini, Xylenini – tribes


Liatris

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – the blazing stars, of North America.


Tetranychini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Tetranychidae – certain spider mites.


Anyphaeninae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Anyphaenidae.


Chrysomelini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Chrysomelidae.

Calligrapha

(tribe): Chrysolinina, Chrysomelina, Doryphorina, Entomoscelina, Gonioctenina – subtribes


Noctuina

A taxonomic subtribe within the family Noctuidae – certain cutworm moths or dart moths.


Simuliinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Simuliidae.


Polystichum

πολύς (polús, “many”) + στίχος (stíkhos, “row”), alluding to the dense coat of tiny scales on the rhizome and/or leaf rachis

A taxonomic genus within the family Dryopteridaceae – many ferns, including some called holly ferns, sword ferns, and shield ferns.

for other species see Polystichum on Wikispecies..


Empetrum

From Ancient Greek ἔμπετρον (émpetron, “sea heath”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – crowberries.


Noctua

From Latin noctua (“owl”, literally “nocturnal one”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – the yellow underwing moths.


Pseudosphinx

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphingidae – certain moths.


Macroglossinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Sphingidae – certain moths.

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Pteropodidae – megabats.


Muscoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Diptera – certain flies.


Phidippus audax

A taxonomic species within the family Salticidae – bold jumping spider.


Pseudosphinx tetrio

A taxonomic species within the family Sphingidae – tetrio sphinx moth.


Fanniidae

A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – certain true flies.


Sepia

A taxonomic genus within the family Sepiidae – many cuttlefishes, including many of the most common ones.


Phidippus

From Ancient Greek Φείδιππος (Pheídippos).

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


Lasiocampidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – eggars, lappet moths, or snout moths.


Symphytum

From Ancient Greek σύμφυτον (súmphuton, “comfrey”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Boraginaceae – comfrey.


Anisoscelini

By irregular formation from Anisoscelis + -ini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Coreidae – corrected to Anisoscelidini.


Jatropha curcas

A taxonomic species within the family Euphorbiaceae – of varied uses, including as a source of biodiesel.


Citrus medica

A taxonomic species within the family Rutaceae – citron.


Phoenicurus ochruros

A taxonomic species within the family Muscicapidae – black redstart.


Melissa officinalis

A taxonomic species within the family Lamiaceae – lemon balm.


Galerida cristata

A taxonomic species within the family Alaudidae – crested lark.


Cryptocheilus

A taxonomic genus within the family Pompilidae – certain spider wasps.


Neotibicen

A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadidae – certain cicadas.


Cicadinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Cicadidae – certain cicadas.


Hymenolepididae

→ English: hymenolepidid

From Hymenolepis + -idae (taxonomic suffix).

A taxonomic family within the order Cyclophyllidea – certain tapeworms.


Hymenolepis

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “thin skin, membrane, caul”) + λεπίς (lepís, “epithelial debris; eggshell”)

quote-book

The most characteristic feature in this worm is its eggs, […] With a higher power, we easily distinguish three distinct egg-shells (Fig. 9.1, a, b, c). The outside shell is translucent, elastic, cracking in sharp angles under pressure, and only 0.0007 millim. thick. […] The second shell is membranaceous and irregularly wrinkled, thinner than the first, and immediately attached to it.

1858, David Friedrich Weinland, Human cestoides: an essay on the tapeworms of man (in English), page 55:
The most characteristic feature in this worm is its eggs,[…]With a higher power, we easily distinguish three distinct egg-shells (Fig. 9.1, a, b, c). The outside shell is translucent, elastic, cracking in sharp angles under pressure, and only 0.0007 millim. thick.[…]The second shell is membranaceous and irregularly wrinkled, thinner than the first, and immediately attached to it.

A taxonomic genus within the family Hymenolepididae – tapeworms responsible for hymenolepiasis.

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – certain asterid plants.


Calliphora

A taxonomic genus within the family Calliphoridae – typical blowflies.


Althaea officinalis

A taxonomic species within the family Malvaceae – marsh mallow.


Aplysia

New Latin, from Greek, a kind of sponge, from Ancient Greek άπλυτος (áplutos, “unwashed”) (a- "not, without" + -plytos "washed") + -ia

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Aplysiidae – certain sea slugs.


Littorina

Misspelled from Latin "lītorālis, lītorāleus" 'belonging to the beach'

A taxonomic genus within the family Littorinidae – winkles or periwinkles.


Euphausiacea

A taxonomic order within the class Malacostraca – krill.


Rhagoletis

A taxonomic genus within the family Tephritidae – certain fruit flies.


Littorinidae

A taxonomic family within the order Littorinimorpha – periwinkles.

Afrolittorina

(family): Lacuninae, Laevilitorininae, Littorininae - subfamilies


Euphausiidae

A taxonomic family within the order Euphausiacea – krill.


Manduca

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphingidae – the hawkmoths.


Neotoma

A taxonomic genus within the family Cricetidae – pack rats.


Asterias

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteriidae – sea stars.

for other species see Asterias at World Register of Marine Species


Engraulis

From Ancient Greek ἔγγραυλις (éngraulis, “anchovy”), possibly from γρυλίζω (grulízō, “to grumble”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Engraulidae – anchovies.


Scabiosa

From Latin scabere (“to scratch, scrape”), based on the likeness of the blossoms to a round satin pincushion stuck with pearl-headed pins.

A taxonomic genus within the family Caprifoliaceae – pincushion flowers, many also called scabious.


Pedicularis

French: pédiculaire

A taxonomic genus within the family Orobanchaceae – perennial root parasite plants.

for other species see Pedicularis on Wikispecies..


Euphausia

New Latin eu- + Ancient Greek φαῦσις (phaûsis, “lighting, illumination”), presumably because of its bioluminescence.

A taxonomic genus within the family Euphausiidae – certain krill.


Artocarpus

From Ancient Greek ἄρτος (ártos, “bread”) + καρπός (karpós, “fruit”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Moraceae – the breadfruit and close relatives, native to southeast Asia and the Pacific.


Cytisus

From Latin cytisus, from Ancient Greek κύτισος (kútisos).

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – some of the brooms.


Sonchus

From Latin sonchus, from Ancient Greek σόγχος (sónkhos).

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – sow thistles and their close perennial relatives.

Sonchus arvensis

field sow thistle, perennial sow thistle, field milk thistle

Sonchus asper

spiny sow thistle, sharp-fringed sow thistle, prickly sow-thistle, spiny-leaved sow thistle

marsh sowthistle; slender sow thistle; milk thistle

(Sonchus bornmuelleri, Sonchus palmensis, Sonchus palustris, Sonchus tenerrimus, Sonchus wilmsii; for subgenera and other species see Sonchus


Herpyllus

A taxonomic genus within the family Gnaphosidae – certain spiders.


Gnaphosidae

A taxonomic family within the order Araneae – ground spiders.


Sciaroidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Diptera – certain gnats.


Myrmeleontiformia

A taxonomic suborder within the order Neuroptera.


Myrmeleontoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Neuroptera – certain lacewings.


Mycetophilidae

A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – fungus gnats, agaric gnats.


Anethum

From Latin anethum (“dill, anise”), from Ancient Greek ἄνηθον (ánēthon, “dill”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – dill and its closest relatives.

Anethum at The Plant List for other species


Nezara

A taxonomic genus within the family Pentatomidae – certain plant-feeding stink bugs.


Cicurina

A taxonomic genus within the family Dictynidae – certain spiders.


Pentatomidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hemiptera – certain stinkbugs.

Catacanthus

(family): Aphylinae, Asopinae, Cyrtocorinae, Discocephalinae, Edessinae, Pentatominae, Phyllocephalinae, Podopinae, Serbaninae, Stirotarsinae – subfamilies


Aphis

Coined by Linnaeus in 1758 from an unclear source, perhaps Ancient Greek ἀφειδής (apheidḗs, “unsparing, lavishly borrowed”) (in reference to their eating habits).

cog

A taxonomic genus within the family Aphididae – typical aphids.

Aphis sambuci

(genus): Aphis (Aphis), Aphis (Bursaphis), Aphis (Maculaphis), Aphis (Pseudoprotaphis), Aphis (Zyxaphis) - subgenera

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Aphididae – Aphis (Aphis).


Dictynidae

A taxonomic family within the order Araneae – certain cribellate spiders.


Bibionomorpha

A taxonomic infraorder within the order Diptera.


Ambystomatidae

A taxonomic family within the order Caudata – certain salamanders.


Arbacia

A taxonomic genus within the family Arbaciidae – certain sea urchins.


Pueraria

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – certain twining vines: kudzu, its relatives, and certain morphologically similar plants, considered highly invasive, especially in southeastern US.


Arbacioida

A taxonomic order within the class Echinoidea – certain sea urchins.


Dirofilaria

New Latin, from Latin dīrus (“fearful, awful”) + Filaria.

af

A taxonomic genus within the family Onchocercidae – certain nematodes causing dirofilariasis.


Testudo

From Latin testūdō (“tortoise, turtle”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Testudinidae – tortoises found in southern Europe, north Africa, and western Asia.


Lepomis

From Ancient Greek λεπίς (lepís, “scale”) + πῶμα (pôma, “lid, cover”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Centrarchidae – certain freshwater fish.


Ictalurus

From Ancient Greek ἰχθύς (ikhthús, “fish”) + αἴλουρος (aílouros, “cat”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Ictaluridae – certain catfish.


Arbaciidae

A taxonomic family within the order Arbacioida – certain sea urchins.


Ambystoma

A misspelling by Johann Jakob von Tschudi of what was intended to be Amblystoma, which he had derived from Ancient Greek ἀμβλύς (amblús, “dull”) and στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Ambystomatidae – the mole salamanders.


Onchocercidae

From Onchocerca + -idae (taxonomic suffix).

Certain nematodes, many causing filariasis in humans:

A taxonomic family within the order Spirurida.

A taxonomic family within the order Rhabditida.


Megaptera

From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “large”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”), in reference to its flippers.

A taxonomic genus within the family Balaenopteridae – the humpback whale.


Thalassia

A taxonomic genus within the family Hydrocharitaceae – certain seagrasses.


Dictyostelium

New Latin. Coined by German botanist and mycologist Julius Oscar Brefeld in 1869 from Ancient Greek δίκτυον (díktuon, “fishing net”) + Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē, “pillar, column”) + -ium, referring to how the cells of its sorocarps' stalks visually resemble nets. See stele.

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Dictyosteliidae – protozoan bacteriophages known as slime molds, once thought to be fungi.

Dictyostelium on Wikipedia. for selected species.


Triturus

A taxonomic genus within the family Salamandridae – certain newts.


Charales

A taxonomic order within the class Charophyceae – stoneworts or brittleworts.


Potamogeton

From Ancient Greek ποταμογείτων (potamogeítōn), from ποταμός (potamós, “river”) + γείτων (geítōn, “neighbour”).

ποταμογείτων

A taxonomic genus within the family Potamogetonaceae – pondweeds.


Necator

From Latin necātor (“slayer, murderer”), from neco (“to kill, to slay”) + -ātor (“-er, -or”).

af

A taxonomic genus within the family Corticiaceae – certain fungi.

A taxonomic genus within the family Ancylostomatidae – common hookworms that have buccal teeth resembling flat plates, that include internal parasites of humans and various other mammals, and that are probably of African origin though first identified in North America.


Raja

From an alternative spelling of Latin raia (“ray”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Rajidae – certain skates.


Steatoda

A taxonomic genus within the family Theridiidae – false widows.


Symphypleona

A taxonomic order within the class Entognatha – certain globular springtails.


Taxodium

English: taxodone

From Latin taxus (“yew”) + Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos, “appearance”) + Latin -um/-ium.

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – large conifers that grow in swampy and riparian environments from the southeastern US to Guatemala.


Ips

A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae – certain bark beetles.


Melanoplus

A taxonomic genus within the family Acrididae – spur-throat grasshoppers.


Momordica

A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae – bitter melon and its close relatives.

for other species see Momordica at The Plant List


Polytrichum

From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) + θρίξ (thríx, “hair”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Polytrichaceae – the hair mosses.

for other species see Polytrichum at The Plant List


Lagerstroemia

Named for the Swedish merchant Magnus von Lagerström, director of the Swedish East India Company during its second octroi (1746–1766), who supplied Carl Linnaeus with plants he collected.

A taxonomic genus within the family Lythraceae – the crape myrtles and close relatives.

Carl Linnaeus
Swedish East India Company


Pimpinella

New Latin, from Late Latin pimpinella, from Vulgar Latin *pepo (“type of melon”), from Latin pepo (“pumpkin”). Or, from pampinus (“foliage of a vine”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – anise and its close relatives.


Lutjanus

A taxonomic genus within the family Lutjanidae – predatory snappers of tropical reefs.


Heterodera

A taxonomic genus within the family Heteroderidae – certain nematodes, many causing crop damage.


Mesocricetus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cricetidae – certain hamsters.


Biomphalaria

New Latin bi- + Latin omphalos (“navel”) + -aria

A taxonomic genus within the family Planorbidae – certain freshwater snails.


Planorbidae

A taxonomic family within the class Gastropoda – ramshorn snails, planorbids.

Ancylini

(family): Ancylinae, Miratestinae, Planorbinae - subfamilies


Lentibulariaceae

Lentibularia (“now Utricularia”) + -aceae

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A taxonomic family within the order Lamiales – bladderworts and close relatives.


Asio otus

A taxonomic species within the family Strigidae – long-eared owl.


Alligator mississippiensis

A taxonomic species within the family Alligatoridae – American alligator, principally of the southeastern US.


Sambucus ebulus

A taxonomic species within the family Adoxaceae – European dwarf elder.


Mahonia

Named after Irish-American horticulturist Bernard McMahon

A taxonomic genus within the family Berberidaceae – certain barberries, now often included in Berberis.

for other species see Mahonia at The Plant List


Locusta

From Latin locusta (“locust, grasshopper”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Acrididae – the locusts.


Colias

A taxonomic genus within the family Pieridae – butterflies called clouded yellows.


Balanus

From Latin balanus (“acorn”), from Ancient Greek βάλανος (bálanos).

A taxonomic genus within the family Balanidae – certain acorn barnacles.

for other species see Balanus at World Register of Marine Species


Sporobolus

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – dropseeds.

for others of the many species see Sporobolus at Tropicos


Cypripedium

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – slipper orchids.

for other species see Cypripedium at Tropicos


Desmodium

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – ticktrefoils or beggarticks.

for other species see Desmodium at Tropicos


Dactylis

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


Jungermanniineae

A taxonomic suborder within the order Jungermanniales.


Ptilinopinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Columbidae.


Panorthoptera

A taxonomic grandorder within the class Insecta – winged insects.


Chlamydomonas nivalis

A taxonomic species within the family Chlamydomonadaceae – green algae that causes watermelon snow.


Empetrum nigrum

A taxonomic species within the family Ericaceae – black crowberry, mossberry, native to arctic lands.

variety and form names see Empetrum+nigrum at The Plant List


Platycercini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Psittaculidae – broad-tailed parrots, native to Australasia.


Glaucophyta

Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukós) + -phyta

A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Plantae – rare freshwater microscopic algae of special interest because they may be similar to the organisms ancestral to both plants and more common algae.


Miozoa

A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Alveolata.


Pseudofungi

Chromists with some resemblance to fungi (hyphae and osmotrophy)

A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Heterokonta.

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Gyrista.


Bigyra

New Latin bi- + Ancient Greek plural of γῦρος (gûros, “ring, circle”)

Bikosea

Wobblata, Opalinata - superclasses in Placidozoa


Sechium edule

A taxonomic species within the family Cucurbitaceae – chayote, a food plant originating in Central America, now cultivated worldwide in suitable climates.


Caldiserica

A taxonomic phylum within the subkingdom Negibacteria.


Tragelaphus

From Latin tragelaphus (“goat-stag”), from Ancient Greek τραγέλαφος (tragélaphos), from τράγος (trágos, “billy goat”) + ἔλαφος (élaphos, “deer”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – antelope-like bovines of Africa, with spiral horns.


Armatimonadetes

New Latin, plural of Armatimonas based on Ancient Greek model

A taxonomic phylum within the subkingdom Negibacteria – now Armatimonadota.

Armatimonadales

(phylum): Armatimonadia, Chthonomonadetes, Fimbriimonadia - classes


Lentisphaerae

Oligosphaeria

Oligosphaerales - sole order in class, Oligosphaeraceae - sole family in order, Oligosphaera - sole genus in family


Tragelaphus eurycerus

A taxonomic species within the family Bovidae – the bongo, of Kenya and western central Africa.


Origanum

From Latin orīganum (“oregano, marjoram”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – herbs, including oregano and marjoram.


Sophora

Coined by Linnaeus in 1753 from an "ancient name" for a similar plant, presumed taking over the epithet of the medicinal and yellow-flowered Arabian Senna sophera syn. Cassia sophera the epithet of which derives from the Indonesian name for Senna siamea now spelled johar, juar, juwar, secondarily connected to the Arabic triliteral root ص ف ر (ṣ-f-r) and the plant name صُفَيْرَاء (ṣufayrāʔ), from أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar, “yellow”), under influence of Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós, “wise”) in order to make a pun.

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – a group of shrubs and small trees in the pea family of diverse appearance and widespread distribution.


Tenericutes

A taxonomic phylum within the subkingdom Posibacteria – now Mycoplasmatota.

Acholeplasmatales

(phylum): Mollicutes - sole accepted class


Chromadoria

A taxonomic subclass within the class Chromadorea – very many nematode worms.


Lychnis

From Latin lychnis (“kind of rose”), or directly from Ancient Greek λυχνίς (lukhnís, “Silene coronaria syn. Lychnis coronaria”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Caryophyllaceae – certain campions and catchflies, now usually Silene.

Lychnis chalcedonica

(genus): Lychnis sect. Agrostemma, Lychnis sect. Lychnis – sections

for other species etc. see Lychnis at The Plant List.


Ulex

From Latin ulex (“shrub similar to rosemary”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – gorse, thorny evergreen shrubs.

for other species see Ulex at The Plant List


Cotoneaster

cotoneum (“quince”) + -aster (“resembling”)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae.

for other species see Cotoneaster at The Plant List


Nothofagus

A taxonomic genus within the family Fagaceae – the southern beeches, native to the Southern Hemisphere.

Nothofagus antarctica

(genus): Nothofagus subsp. Brassospora, Nothofagus subsp. Fuscospora, Nothofagus subsp. Lophozonia, Nothofagus subsp. Nothofagus - subgenera

for other species see Nothofagus at The Plant List


Lantana

→ English: lantana (learned)

→ French: lantana (learned)

→ Ido: lantano (learned)

→ Portuguese: lantana (learned)

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→ Tagalog: lantanà (“Lantana camara”) (learned)

From a species name, Viburnum lantana (a somewhat visually similar but distantly related plant), the epithet thought to derive from Late Latin [Term?]. While further etymology is uncertain, it may derive from Ancient Greek λᾰνθᾰ́νω (lanthánō, “to do (something) without notice or without being noticed; to forget”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Verbenaceae – lantanas.

for other species see Lantana at The Plant List


Trichinella

New Latin, from Ancient Greek τρίχινος (tríkhinos, “of hair”) + -ella, from τριχός (trikhós, genitive singular of θρίξ (thríx, “hair”)) + -ινος (-inos, adjectival suffix).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Trichinellidae – roundworms that cause trichinosis in humans.


Penaeus

A taxonomic genus within the family Penaeidae – certain shrimps, most significantly the commercially important black tiger shrimp.


Polycystinea

New Latin, Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) + κύστις (kústis, “bladder”) + -ina

A taxonomic class within the phylum Retaria – including numerous minute marine species. The skeleton is composed of silica, and is often very elegant in form and sculpture. Many have been found in the fossil state.


Phalaris

New Latin, from Ancient Greek φαλαρίς (phalarís, “canary grass”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – canary grass and its close relatives.

for other species see Phalaris at The Plant List


Radiozoa

Polycystinea

(subphylum and infraphylum): Polycystinia, Spasmaria - superclasses

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Retaria.

A taxonomic infraphylum within the phylum Retaria.


Loukozoa

A taxonomic phylum within the infrakingdom Excavata.


Percolozoa

Latin percolo (“strain through, filter through, percolate”) + -zoa

Pharyngomonadea

(phylum): Pharyngomonada; Tetramitia - subphyla


Sulcozoa

A taxonomic phylum within the subkingdom Sarcomastigota – protozoan podiates.

Breviatea

(phylum): Apusozoa, Varisulca - subphyla


Carcinus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”)

Carcinus maenas
Carcinus maenas#Translingual

A taxonomic genus within the family Portunidae – most notoriously, the highly invasive species Carcinus maenas, of European origin.


Lasionectria

A taxonomic genus within the family Bionectriaceae – certain widespread fungi that feed on dead wood and stems.


Marmotini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Sciuridae – marmots, prairie dogs, ground squirrels of the Americas and Eurasia, and chipmunks.


Nicolaus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadellidae – certain leafhoppers of southern Africa.


Micropterus

From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Centrarchidae – the black basses.


Arbutus menziesii

A taxonomic species within the family Ericaceae – Pacific madrone or bearberry, a tree native principally to the Pacific coast of the US.


Holcus

From Latin holcus, from Ancient Greek ὁλκός (holkós).

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – the velvetgrasses.


Basella alba

A taxonomic species within the family Basellaceae – Malabar spinach, a vegetable green used in Asian cooking.


Polyorthoptera

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A taxonomic magnorder within the class Insecta.


Poeae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Poaceae.


Prunus sect. Laurocerasus

A taxonomic section within the family Rosaceae – evergreen cherry trees, many uncommon outside of Asia.


Crocodylus

From Latin crŏcŏdīlus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).

A taxonomic genus within the family Crocodylidae – most of the well-known species of crocodiles and their close relatives, extant and extinct.

†Crocodylus anthropophagus

(genus): Crocodylus niloticus (Nile crocodile) - type species; Crocodylus acutus (American crocodile), Crocodylus cataphractus (slender-snouted crocodile), Crocodylus intermedius (Orinoco crocodile), Crocodylus johnsoni (Johnstone river crocodile), Crocodylus mindorensis (Philippine crocodile), Crocodylus moreletii (Morelet's crocodile), Crocodylus novaeguineae (New Guinea crocodile), Crocodylus palustris (marsh crocodile), Crocodylus porosus (Australian saltwater crocodile), Crocodylus raninus (a crocodile of Borneo), Crocodylus rhombifer (Cuban crocodile), Crocodylus siamensis (Siamese crocodile), Crocodylus suchus (West African crocodile) - extant species


Myriophyllum

From Ancient Greek μῡριόφυλλον (mūrióphullon, “watermilfoil”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Haloragaceae – water milfoils.

Myriophyllum at The Plant List for other species


Sesbania

New Latin, from Arabic سَيْسَبَان (saysabān) + -ia

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – riverhemps and closely related plants, many native to Africa.

for other species etc. see Sesbania at The Plant List


Auriculariales

A taxonomic order within the class Agaricomycetes – many of which are called jelly fungi.


Coccidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hemiptera – soft scales.


Tussilago farfara

A taxonomic species within the family Asteraceae – coltsfoot.


Cistus

From Latin cisthos, from Ancient Greek κίσθος (kísthos).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cistaceae – some rockroses, found in lands surrounding the Mediterranean.

Cistus crispus

(genus): Cistus subg. Cistus, Cistus subg. Leucocistus, Cistus subg. Halimioide - subgenera

varieties and forms see Cistus at The Plant List


Belonidae

A taxonomic family within the order Beloniformes – needlefishes.


Agaricus campestris

A taxonomic species within the family Agaricaceae – meadow mushroom.


Podocarpaceae

Conifers of diverse appearance, principally native to the Southern Hemisphere

A taxonomic family within the order Pinales.

A taxonomic family within the order Cupressales.


Tectona

Tectona grandis
Tectona grandis#Translingual

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – Tectona grandis, the source of almost all commercial teak, and its endangered close relatives.


Sceloporus

A taxonomic genus within the family Phrynosomatidae – spiny lizards, the genus of many of the most common lizards of North America.


Sirenotherium

From Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn, “Siren”) + -therium. Named by Carlos de Paula Couto in 1967.

A taxonomic genus within the family Dugongidae – an extinct genus of dugong.


Momordica charantia

A taxonomic species within the family Cucurbitaceae – bitter melon.


Notropis

Irregular (syncopic) compound of the Ancient Greek νῶτον (nôton, “back”) + τρόπις (trópis, “keel”) ≈ “keeled back”, so named on account of its central dorsal ridge (carination). *Nototropis would be the analogical spelling.

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:Notropis.

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyprinidae – the eastern shiners, small freshwater fish of North America.

for 90 accepted species see Notropis at Fishbase


Cordyline

A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – tropical plants principally native to lands around the western Pacific, some species of which are used as ornamentals.

for other species see Cordyline at Tropicos


Bombax

New Latin, from Ancient Greek βομβάξ (bombáx, “prodigious”)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – cotton trees, of tropical and subtropical environments in the Old World and Australia.

for species formerly included see Bombax at Plants of the World Online


Kalanchoe

→ English: kalanchoe

→ Malayalam: കലാൻചോ (kalāṉcō)

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→ Russian: каланхо́е (kalanxóje), каланхо́э (kalanxóe)

From New Latin Kalanchauhuy as recorded by Georg Joseph Kamel, from a Sinitic source akin to Cantonese 伽藍菜／伽蓝菜 (gaa¹ laam⁴ coi³, literally “temple plant”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Crassulaceae – tropical succulent flowering plants native principally to Madagascar, south and east Africa, and southeast Asia, some of which are used as ornamentals.

Kalanchoe laciniata

(genus): Kalanchoe subg. Bryophyllum, Kalanchoe subg. Calophygia, Kalanchoe subg. Kalanchoe

for other species see Kalanchoe at The Plant List


Zika virus

A taxonomic species within the family Flaviviridae – cause of Zika disease, which is linked to microcephaly in newborns.


Geum

From Latin gaeum, a plant described by Pliny the Elder.

A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – the avens, low, flowering plants of nearly worldwide distribution.


Gambusia

New Latin, from American Spanish gambusino (“prospector”) + -ia

A taxonomic genus within the family Poeciliidae – topminnows or gambusias, small freshwater fish that feed on mosquito larvae.

for other species see Gambusia at Fishbase


Birgus latro

A taxonomic species within the family Coenobitidae – a terrestrial hermit crab, the coconut crab, robber crab or palm thief.


Flavivirus

From Latin flāvus (“golden yellow, reddish yellow”) + -virus.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Flaviviridae – RNA viruses, mostly having arthropod vectors, which cause a number of serious human diseases including yellow fever, dengue, various types of encephalitis, and hepatitis C.

Israel turkey meningoencephalomyelitis virus


Cynomys

A taxonomic genus within the family Sciuridae – prairie dogs, rodents native to the grasslands of central North America.

Cynomys ludovicianus

(genus): Cynomys subg. Cynomys, Cynomys subg. Leucocrossuromys - subgenera


Ocimum tenuiflorum

A taxonomic species within the family Lamiaceae – holy basil, tulsi.


Arctocephalus

arcto- (“bear”) + -cephalus (“head”), from Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Otariidae – eight of the nine species of fur seals.


Spondias

From Ancient Greek σπονδιάς (spondiás), alternative form of σποδιάς (spodiás, “bullace”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Anacardiaceae – hog plums or Spanish plums, native the tropics of the Americas and Asia.

for other species see Spondias at The Plant List


Cenchrus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek κέγχρος (kénkhros, “millet”)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – sandburs.

for other accepted species and synonyms see Cenchrus at The Plant List


Citrullus

New Latin, a diminutive of Latin citrus (“thuja, citron tree”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae – a few species of desert vines, including the watermelon.


Limulus

A taxonomic genus within the family Limulidae – the Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus).


Pimephales

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyprinidae – bluntnose minnows.


Mimulus

From Late Latin mimulus (“a small mime”), diminutive of mimus (“mime”).

for other species see Mimulus at The Plant List

A taxonomic genus within the family Phrymaceae – monkey flowers.

A taxonomic genus within the family Epialtidae – foliate kelp crab (Mimulus foliatus), sometimes in Pugettia.


Sisymbrium

From Latin sisymbrium (“a fragrant herb sacred to Venus, perhaps wild thyme or mint”), from Ancient Greek σισύμβριον (sisúmbrion).

A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – sisymbriums, rocket and its close relatives.

for other species see Sisymbrium at The Plant List