Hypogymnia

A taxonomic genus within the family Parmeliaceae – tube lichens.


Oxyloma

A taxonomic genus within the family Succineidae – certain land snails.


Parmeliopsis

A taxonomic genus within the family Parmeliaceae – certain lichens.


Ellida

A taxonomic genus within the family Notodontidae – certain moths.


Vertigo

A taxonomic genus within the family Vertiginidae – certain land snails.


Chrysophyllum

A taxonomic genus within the family Sapotaceae – certain tropical trees.


Elophila

A taxonomic genus within the family Crambidae – certain moths.


Gynacantha

A taxonomic genus within the family Aeshnidae – duskhawker dragonflies.


Prolita

A taxonomic genus within the family Gelechiidae – certain moths.


Balanites

A taxonomic genus within the family Zygophyllaceae – certain tropical trees and shrubs.


Lamoria

A taxonomic genus within the family Pyralidae – certain moths.


Xestia

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain moths.


Druentica

A taxonomic genus within the family Mimallonidae – certain moths.


Epitonium

A taxonomic genus within the family Epitoniidae – certain wentletraps.


Guaiacum

A taxonomic genus within the family Zygophyllaceae – lignum vitae.


Monetaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Cypraeidae – certain cowries.


Macrocarpaea

A taxonomic genus within the family Gentianaceae – moon gentians.


Ozola

A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain moths.


Parasola

A taxonomic genus within the family Psathyrellaceae – certain mushrooms.


Petrocephalus

A taxonomic genus within the family Mormyridae – certain African freshwater fish.


Phytoliriomyza

A taxonomic genus within the family Agromyzidae – certain leaf-miner flies.


Dioon

A taxonomic genus within the family Zamiaceae – certain cycads.


Leucadendron

A taxonomic genus within the family Proteaceae – South African cone bushes.


Hypothyris

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – certain butterflies.


Conocybe

A taxonomic genus within the family Bolbitiaceae – conecap mushrooms.


Stagmomantis

A taxonomic genus within the family Mantidae – certain praying mantises.


Phymata

A taxonomic genus within the family Reduviidae – certain ambush bugs.


Eremocoris

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


Calycopis

A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae – certain butterflies.


Hypercompe

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


Idea

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – Asian tree nymphs.


Sevenia

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – African tree nymphs.


Hygrophorus

A taxonomic genus within the family Hygrophoraceae – certain waxy cap mushrooms.


Hemisus

A taxonomic genus within the family Hemisotidae – shovelnose frogs.


Grammitis

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Polypodiaceae – a few hundred species now many dispersed among numerous genera in Polypodiaceae and some in Pteridaceae.

A taxonomic genus within the family Polypodiaceae – dwarf polypody (about 25 species).


Polyura

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Nymphalidae – nawab butterflies, found from Pakistan to Okinawa and northern parts of Australia.

Polyura pyrrhus

syn. of Charaxes pyrrhus, tailed nawab, tailed emperor

Christmas emperor (Charaxes andrewsi, syn. of

great nawab (Charaxes eudamippus, syn. of

jewelled nawab (Charaxes delphis, syn. of

Staudinger's nawab (Charaxes alphius, syn. of

Sulawesi blue nawab (Charaxes cognatus, syn. of


Macrotera

A taxonomic genus within the family Andrenidae – certain bees.


Neolamarckia

A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – certain tropical trees.


Chondrula

A taxonomic genus within the family Enidae – certain land snails.


Anthophora

A taxonomic genus within the family Apidae – certain bees.


Uropeltis

A taxonomic genus within the family Uropeltidae – certain snakes.


Castiarina

A taxonomic genus within the family Buprestidae – certain beetles.


Oscillatoriaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Oscillatoriales – certain cyanobacteria.


Gomphrena

→ Russian: гомфре́на (gomfréna)

A taxonomic genus within the family Amaranthaceae – globe amaranths.


Osmundaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Osmundales – certain ferns.


Gomphotherium

From Ancient Greek γόμφος (gómphos, “bolt”) + -therium.

A taxonomic genus within the family Gomphotheriidae – an extinct proboscidean from the Neogene of Eurasia, Africa and North America.


Bolitoglossa

mushroom-tongued salamander
mushroom-tongued salamander

A taxonomic genus within the family Plethodontidae – mushroom-tongued salamanders.


Banchus

A taxonomic genus within the family Ichneumonidae – certain ichneumon wasps.


Pareronia

A taxonomic genus within the family Pieridae – certain butterflies.


Ommatoiulus

A taxonomic genus within the family Julidae – certain millipedes.


Ornithocephalus

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – certain orchids.


Polypedates

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhacophoridae – whipping frogs.


Camaena

A taxonomic genus within the family Camaenidae – certain land snails of Asia.


Crocanthes

A taxonomic genus within the family Lecithoceridae – certain moths.


Osteoglossum

A taxonomic genus within the family Osteoglossidae – certain fish.


Amorphophallus

A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae – certain plants with giant flowers and tall spadices, including the titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum).


Emmelina

A taxonomic genus within the family Pterophoridae – certain moths.


Zophobas

A taxonomic genus within the family Tenebrionidae – certain beetles.


Periophthalmodon

A taxonomic genus within the family Oxudercidae – certain mudskippers.


Botryllus

A taxonomic genus within the family Styelidae – certain tunicates.


Xenogryllus

A taxonomic genus within the family Gryllidae – certain crickets.


Chalcidoptera

A taxonomic genus within the family Crambidae – certain moths.


Endothenia

A taxonomic genus within the family Tortricidae – certain moths.


Hypocaccus

A taxonomic genus within the family Histeridae – certain beetles.


Scrobipalpa

A taxonomic genus within the family Gelechiidae – certain moths.


Acasis

A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain moths.


Eleotris

A taxonomic genus within the family Eleotridae – spiny-cheek sleepers, of tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.

Eleotris sandwicensis

Sandwich Island sleeper, Hawaiian sleeper, oopu


Enteromius

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyprinidae – certain barbs.


Ampulex

A taxonomic genus within the family Ampulicidae – certain wasps.


Dysmicoccus

A taxonomic genus within the family Pseudococcidae – certain scales and mealybugs.


Dichanthium

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – certain grasses.


Celastrina

A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae – azure butterflies.


Oligosoma

oligo- (“few, several”) + -soma (“body”)

affix

A taxonomic genus within the family Scincidae – certain skinks of New Zealand.


Zeuzeridae

(archaic) A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – now subfamily Zeuzerinae.


Zapodidae

A taxonomic family within the order Rodentia – jumping mice, rodents of North America and China, formerly subfamily Zapodinae in family Dipodidae.


Aegypiidae

A taxonomic family within the order Accipitriformes – certain Old World vultures, now subfamily Aegypiinae.


Duranta

The genus "Duranta" was named after Castore Durante, a 16th century Italian botanist and physician.

A taxonomic genus within the family Verbenaceae – certain shrubs of the tropical and subtropical Americas.


Xylopteryx

A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain Southern African moths.


Entoloma

→ Russian: энтоло́ма (entolóma)

A taxonomic genus within the family Entolomataceae – certain mushrooms.


Plataleidae

A taxonomic family within the order Ciconiiformes – now subfamily Plataleinae in family Threskiornithidae.


Polygordius

A taxonomic genus within the family Polygordiidae.

for other species see Polygordius at World Register of Marine Species


Gymnetis

A taxonomic genus within the family Scarabaeidae – certain beetles.


Odites

A taxonomic genus within the family Depressariidae – certain moths.


Temnothorax

Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō, “intersect”) + θώραξ (thṓrax, “chest”)

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Formicidae – acorn ants.


Chorthippus

A taxonomic genus within the family Acrididae – certain grasshoppers.


Owenia

A taxonomic genus within the family Meliaceae – certain plants.

A taxonomic genus within the family Oweniidae – certain annelids.

A taxonomic genus within the family Dinornithidae – certain birds.

(obsolete) A former genus of ctenophores; Haeckelia.


Ibervillea

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


Trifolium pratense

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – red clover, native to Europe, Western Asia, and northwest Africa, but naturalized in many other regions.


Aquilonastra

Latin aquilō m (“north”) + Latin astra f (“star”).

affix

A taxonomic genus within the family Asterinidae – certain starfish.


Lagocheirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – certain beetles.


Eburia

A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – certain borer beetles.


Gyrophaena

A taxonomic genus within the family Staphylinidae – certain beetles.


Perisama

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – certain butterflies.


Mestolobes

A taxonomic genus within the family Crambidae – certain Hawaiian moths.


Chaenothecopsis

A taxonomic genus within the family Mycocaliciaceae – certain pin lichens.


Edosa

A taxonomic genus within the family Tineidae – certain moths.


Peltodoris

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


Habronestes

A taxonomic genus within the family Zodariidae – certain ant-eating spiders of Australia.


Pipiza

A taxonomic genus within the family Syrphidae – certain hoverflies called pitheads.


Gnidia

A taxonomic genus within the family Thymelaeaceae – certain shrubs.


Davallia

→ Russian: дава́ллия (davállija)

A taxonomic genus within the family Thymelaeaceae – rabbit's-foot ferns.


Limanda

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


Lomatia

A taxonomic genus within the family Proteaceae – certain evergreen flowering plants.


Choristoneura

A taxonomic genus within the family Tortricidae – certain moths.


Endotricha

A taxonomic genus within the family Pyralidae – certain moths.


Hemicycla

A taxonomic genus within the family Helicidae – certain land snails.


Oenobotys

A taxonomic genus within the family Crambidae – certain moths.


Salamandrella

From Salamandra + Latin -ella (diminutive suffix).

af

A taxonomic genus within the family Hynobiidae – certain salamanders.


Triosteum

A taxonomic genus within the family Caprifoliaceae – horse gentians.


Diminovula

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


Dryocosmus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cynipidae – certain gall wasps.


Amoria

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


Dysstroma

Ancient Greek δῠσ- (dus-, “bad, abnormal”) + Ancient Greek στρῶμᾰ (strôma, “mattress, bed”).

affix

A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain moths.


Limnoria

A taxonomic genus within the family Limnoriidae – certain small crustaceans that are destructive of underwater wooden structures.


Nysius

A taxonomic genus within the family Lygaeidae – certain seed bugs, many of which are crop pests.


Rhamphomyia

A taxonomic genus within the family Empididae – certain flies.


Ancognatha

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


Emblemaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Chaenopsidae – certain blennies, including signal blennies.


Garrha

A taxonomic genus within the family Oecophoridae – certain moths.


Corrigiola

A taxonomic genus within the family Caryophyllaceae – the strapworts.


Alphasida

A taxonomic genus within the family Tenebrionidae – certain beetles.


Trigonoscuta

A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae – certain weevils.


Triodanis

A taxonomic genus within the family Campanulaceae – Venus's looking-glasses.


Oedipina

A taxonomic genus within the family Plethodontidae – worm salamanders.


Eratoneura

A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadellidae – certain leafhoppers.


Coelopa

A taxonomic genus within the family Coelopidae – certain flies.


Synodontis

A taxonomic genus within the family Mochokidae – squeaker catfish.


Siobla

A taxonomic genus within the family Tenthredinidae – certain sawflies.


Crepidodera

A taxonomic genus within the family Chrysomelidae – certain beetles.


Synodus

From συν- (sun-, “together”) + ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Coelopidae – certain lizardfish.


Nannaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Xystodesmidae – certain millipedes.


Hadoa

A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadidae – certain cicadas of western North America.


Fletchamia

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


Nebria

Possibly from Ancient Greek νεβρός (nebrós, “fawn”) + -ia.

A taxonomic genus within the family Carabidae – gazelle beetles.


Plethodon

A taxonomic genus within the family Plethodontidae – woodland salamanders.


Pombalia

A taxonomic genus within the family Violaceae – certain green violets.


Psilothrix

A taxonomic genus within the family Melyridae – certain beetles.


Hybognathus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyprinidae – silvery minnows.


Mesosemia

A taxonomic genus within the family Riodinidae – certain butterflies.


Neurophyseta

A taxonomic genus within the family Crambidae – certain moths.


Brevoortia

A taxonomic genus within the family Clupeidae – menhaden.


Homalodisca

A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadellidae – certain sharpshooters.


Acanthagrion

A taxonomic genus within the family Coenagrionidae – certain damselflies.


Haemulon album

A taxonomic species within the family Haemulidae – white margrate, an edible fish, a grunt of the west Atlantic.


Quiinaceae

(obsolete) A taxonomic family within the order Malpighiales – various flowering plants of the tropical Americas, now subfamily Quiinoideae in family Ochnaceae.


Jacobaea

→ French: jacobée

→ Russian: яко́бея (jakóbeja)

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


Apomecyna

A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – certain beetles.


Nigritella

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – now included in Gymnadenia.


Gyminda

A taxonomic genus within the family Celastraceae – false box.


Gunneraceae

A taxonomic family within the order Gunnerales – certain flowering plants.


Gymnura

A taxonomic genus within the family Gymnuridae – butterfly rays.


Gymnanthes

A taxonomic genus within the family Euphorbiaceae – oysterwood.


Gymnadenia

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – certain orchids.


Habrobracon

A taxonomic genus within the family Braconidae.


Hemimerus

A taxonomic genus within the family Hemimeridae – certain earwigs.


Hemerobius

A taxonomic genus within the family Hemerobiidae – certain lacewings.


Angka

A taxonomic genus within the family Microstigmatidae – certain Southeast Asian spiders.


Ginkgoites

A taxonomic genus within the family Ginkgoaceae – certain extinct plants.


Richardia

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


Rhina

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhinidae – certain rays.


Rorippa

A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – yellowcress.


ʻOumuamua

(astronomy) 1I/2017 U1, the first discovered interstellar asteroid to transit the Solar System


Scombrinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Scombridae – almost all species of Scombridae, including tuna, mackerels, etc.

- genera

(subbfamily): Scombrini (mackerel), Scomberomorini (Spanish mackerel), Sardini (bonito), Thunnini (tuna) - tribes; Thunnus, Allothunnus, Auxis, Euthynnus, Katsuwonus


Pycnonotus goiavier

yellow-vented bulbul
yellow-vented bulbul

A taxonomic species within the family Pycnonotidae – the yellow-vented bulbul.


Staleochlora

A taxonomic genus within the family Romaleidae – certain lubber grasshoppers.


Austrochloritis

A taxonomic genus within the family Camaenidae – certain Australian land snails called bristle snails.


Smerinthus

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphingidae – certain moths.


Gingidia

A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – certain flowering plants of Australia and New Zealand.


Omophlus

A taxonomic genus within the family Tenebrionidae – certain beetles.


Volvarina

A taxonomic genus within the family Marginellidae – certain tiny sea snails.


Notobryon

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


Osmundastrum

A taxonomic genus within the family Osmundaceae – the cinnamon fern.


Cosmopepla

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


Arabideae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Brassicaceae.

Draba

syns. Coelonema, Dolichostylis, Drabella, Drabopsis, Erophila, Holargidium, Leptonema, Nesodraba, Odontocyclus, Pseudobraya, Schivereckia whitlow grass etc.


Clathrus

Borrowed from Latin clāthrus, from Doric Greek κλᾳ̃θρα (klãithra).

A taxonomic genus within the family Phallaceae – certain stinkhorn mushrooms.

Clathrus ruber

latticed stinkhorn, basket stinkhorn, red cage


Arhopalus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – certain borer beetles.


Prasinocyma

A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain moths.


Balanophora

A taxonomic genus within the family Balanophoraceae – certain parasitic plants.


Cacopsylla

A taxonomic genus within the family Psyllidae – certain plant lice.


Disperis

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – certain orchids.


Thelypodieae

Sibara

syns. Machaerophorus, Pterygiosperma, Werdermannia

Streptanthus

syns. Agianthus, Cartiera, Caulanthus, Disaccanthus, Euklisia, Guillenia, Icianthus, Mesoreanthus, Microsemia, Microsisymbrium, Pleiocardia, Sibaropsis, Stanfordia, Streptanthella

Thelypodium

syns. Pachypodium, Pleurophragma, Stanleyella

Weberbauera

syns. Alpaminta, Catadysia, Pelagatia, Stenodraba


Euclidieae

Rhammatophyllum

syns. Koeiea, Mitophyllum, Prionotrichon

Solms-laubachia

syns. Desideria, Ermaniopsis, Eurycarpus, Oreoblastus, Parryopsis, Phaeonychium, Vvedenskyella, Wakilia


Gametis

A taxonomic genus within the family Scarabaeidae – certain flower chafers.


Muscina

A taxonomic genus within the family Muscidae – certain flies.


Charina

A taxonomic genus within the family Boidae – rubber boas.


Radopholus

A taxonomic genus within the family Pratylenchidae – certain nematodes.


Rhodotypos

A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – Rhodotypos scandens, the jet bead.


Rhodomicrobium

A taxonomic genus within the family Hyphomicrobiaceae – certain bacteria.


Rivulus

A taxonomic genus within the family Rivulidae – certain small freshwater fish.


Reithrodontomys

A taxonomic genus within the family Cricetidae – groove-toothed New World harvest mice.


Rotalia

A taxonomic genus within the order Rotaliida – certain amoeboid protists.


Schima

A taxonomic genus within the family Theaceae – certain evergreen trees.


Scutigerella

From Latin scūtum (“shield”) + -iger (“bearing”) + -ella

A taxonomic genus within the family Scutigerellidae – garden symphylan, glasshouse symphylid.


Viverricula

A taxonomic genus within the family Viverridae – small Indian civet.


Vismia

A taxonomic genus within the family Hypericaceae – certain flowering plants of the tropical and subtropical Americas from Brazil and Peru to Mexico and French Guiana.


Vittaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Pteridaceae – shoestring ferns.


Vittadinia

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – certain plants.


Veronicastrum

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


Vochysia

A taxonomic genus within the family Vochysiaceae – certain plants.


Willughbeia

A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – certain plants.


Williamsonia

A taxonomic genus within the family Corduliidae – boghaunters.

A taxonomic genus within the family Williamsoniaceae – certain extinct plants.


Apantesis figurata

A taxonomic species within the family Erebidae – figured tiger moth.


Catocala concumbens

A taxonomic species within the family Erebidae – pink underwing or sleepy underwing, from eastern North America to the southern prairie to Alberta.


Lutraria

A taxonomic genus within the family Mactridae – otter shells.


Lyonia

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Monticuliferidae – certain fossil brachiopods.


Kuhlia

A taxonomic genus within the family Kuhliidae – flagtails.


Lyonetia

A taxonomic genus within the family Lyonetiidae – certain moths.


Macleaya

A taxonomic genus within the family Papaveraceae – plume poppy, of east Asia.

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Culicidae – Aedes (Macleaya).


Medialuna

A taxonomic genus within the family Kyphosidae – certain sea chubs.


Saurona

Named in 2023 after the fictional Sauron, the villain from The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, likening his all-seeing eye to the eye pattern on the butterfly's wings.

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – certain butterflies.


Typhlocyba

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


Dyssodia

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


Dryopithecus

A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – extinct great apes from the middle–late Miocene boundary of Europe 12.5 to 11.1 million years ago.


Echinoparyphium

A taxonomic genus within the family Echinostomatidae – certain trematodes.


Echinoderes

A taxonomic genus within the family Echinoderidae – certain mud dragons.


Echinorhinus

A taxonomic genus within the family Echinorhinidae – certain sharks.


Eciton

A taxonomic genus within the family Formicidae – certain New World army ants.


Ecua

A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – certain plants.


Echiurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Echiuridae – certain spoon worms.


Ectoconus

A taxonomic genus within the family Periptychidae – a terrestrial herbivorous mammal, endemic to North America during the Early Paleocene subepochs (66—63.3 mya).


Eccrinales

A taxonomic order within the class Mesomycetozoea – certain eukaryotes.


Dryobates

A taxonomic genus within the family Picidae – certain woodpeckers.


Echinodorus

A taxonomic genus within the family Alismataceae – burhead, Amazon sword, of the Americas, including popular aquarium plants.


Dysdercus

A taxonomic genus within the family Pyrrhocoridae – certain true bugs, including cotton stainers.


Umbrina

Coined by French zoologist Georges Cuvier in 1817 on page 174 of Volume I of Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation as a Latinization of French Ombrines (“shadowy ones”) from ombre + -ines, inherited from Old French onbre, ombre, from Latin umbra, probably from Old Latin *omra, possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂mr-u-, *h₂mrup-.

coin

A taxonomic genus within the family Sciaenidae – certain croakers.


Trabala

A taxonomic genus within the family Lasiocampidae – certain moths.


Hoplodrina

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain moths.


Peronaea

A taxonomic genus within the family Tellinidae – certain clams.


Ennomos

A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain moths.


Hypohippus

A taxonomic genus within the family Equidae – an extinct three-toed horse.


Juglans mandshurica

A taxonomic species within the family Juglandaceae – a certain tree, endemic to East Asia.


Batus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – certain beetles.


Gracula religiosa

A taxonomic species within the family Sturnidae – the common hill myna.


Agalma

A taxonomic genus within the family Agalmatidae – certain siphonophores.

Synonym of Heptapleurum (“flowering plant genus”)


Vectipelta

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Vectipelta.

A taxonomic genus within the suborder Ankylosauria – certain ankylosaurian dinosaurs.


Cancellaria

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


Irritator

A taxonomic genus within the family Spinosauridae – a dinosaur that lived in what is now Brazil during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous Period.


Strophotina

A taxonomic genus within the family Tortricidae – certain moths.


Cinnamodendron

A taxonomic genus within the family Canellaceae – certain plants.


Claosaurus

A taxonomic genus within the clade Dinosauria – a hadrosauroid dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous Period (Santonian-Campanian).


Cladodus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cladoselachidae – certain extinct cartilaginous fishes.


Clavicornia

A former taxonomic order of beetles with club-shaped antennae.


Cittotaenia

A taxonomic genus within the family Anoplocephalidae – certain tapeworms.


Citharexylum

A taxonomic genus within the family Verbenaceae – fiddlewood, zitherwood.


Clausilia

A taxonomic genus within the family Clausiliidae – certain European land snails.


Citropsis

African cherry orange
African cherry orange

A taxonomic genus within the family Rutaceae – African cherry oranges.


Cladrastis

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – yellowwood.


Clavariaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Agaricales – certain fungi.


Closterium

A taxonomic genus within the family Closteriaceae – certain desmids.


Clypeaster

A taxonomic genus within the family Clypeasteridae – cake urchin, sea biscuit.


Knemidokoptes

A taxonomic genus within the family Epidermoptidae – certain parasitic mites that infect birds.


Cnidosporidia

A defunct subphylum of microscopic spore-forming parasites in the defunct phylum Protozoa.


Coccomyces

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhytismataceae – certain fungi.


Cladoselache

A taxonomic genus within the family †Cladoselachidae – extinct shark-like cartilaginous fish from the Late Devonian (Famennian) of North America.


Cochlosoma

A taxonomic genus within the family Trichomonadidae – certain flagellated protozoa.


Cucumaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Cucumariidae – certain sea cucumbers.


Cunonia

A taxonomic genus within the family Cunoniaceae – certain trees and shrubs.


Cyclotella

A taxonomic genus within the family Stephanodiscaceae – certain diatoms.


Cylindroiulus

A taxonomic genus within the family Julidae – certain millipedes.


Cutleria

A taxonomic genus within the family Cutleriaceae – certain brown algae.

A taxonomic genus within the family †Sphenacodontidae – certain extnct synapsids.


Cynodesmus

A taxonomic genus within the family Canidae – an extinct omnivorous canine that inhabited North America during the Oligocene.


Cymbopetalum

A taxonomic genus within the family Annonaceae – certain plants.


Cynoglossum

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


Cynodictis

A taxonomic genus within the family Amphicyonidae – an extinct amphicyonid carnivoran that inhabited Eurasia from the Late Eocene subepoch to the Early Oligocene subepoch.


Cymbium

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


Cyttaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyttariaceae – certain ascomycete fungi.


Cupania

A taxonomic genus within the family Sapindaceae – certain soapberries.


Cylindrosporium

From cylindro- (from cylinder) + spore + -ium.

confix

A taxonomic genus within the family Ploettnerulaceae – certain parasitic fungi.


Desmanthus

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – bundleflower, donkey bean.


Darlingtonia

California pitcher plant
California pitcher plant

A taxonomic genus within the family Sarraceniaceae – California pitcher plant, cobra lily.

A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – certain snakes.


Clavaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Clavariaceae – certain fungi.


Cynomorium

A taxonomic genus within the family Cynomoriaceae – Maltese mushroom, desert thumb, or red thumb, of dry rocky or sandy soils of the Old World.


Cynosurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – dog's-tail grass, native to the Mediterranean basin and parts of southwest Asia.


Cylas

A taxonomic genus within the family Brentidae – certain weevils.


Cyclotosaurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Mastodonsauridae – an extinct temnospondyl.


Cyphomandra

A former genus in the plant family Solanaceae.


Cybistax

A taxonomic genus within the family Bignoniaceae – the American tree Cybistax antisyphilitica.


Cynogale

A taxonomic genus within the family Viverridae – otter civet.


Phaneropneumona

In J. E. Gray's classification (1821), one of two orders of terrestrial snails in Pneumobranchia (syn. Pheumobranchiata), the other being Adelopneumona (syn. Pulmonifera), having branched vascular gills on the inner surface of the mantle, and being thus adapted to terrestrial life. They chiefly belong to the families Cyclostomidae, Cyclophoridae, etc., and are very numerous in tropical regions.


Gromia

A taxonomic genus within the family Gromiidae – certain protists.


Grewia

→ Russian: гре́вия (grévija)

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


Ischyodus

A taxonomic genus within the family Callorhynchidae – certain extinct chimaeras.


Isaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Cordycipitaceae – certain anamorphic fungi of teleomorph Ophiocoryceps.

Syngliocladium - other genera of anamorphic fungi associated with Ophiocordyceps


Pison

A taxonomic genus within the family Crabronidae – certain wasps, widely distributed from tropical to warm temperate environments.


Ullucus

A taxonomic genus within the family Basellaceae – ulluco.


Candelariella

A taxonomic genus within the family Candelariaceae – egg yolk lichens, goldspeck lichens.


Muilla

Reversed spelling of Allium (“onion genus”), because of the resemblance of the flowers.

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


Sesamia

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain moths.


Inoceramus

A taxonomic genus within the family Inoceramidae – extinct fossil marine pteriomorphian bivalves that lived from the Early Jurassic to the late Cretaceous.


Tuxtla

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – certain Mesoamerican flowering plants.


Keteleeria

A taxonomic genus within the family Pinaceae – certain coniferous trees.


Kickxia

A taxonomic genus within the family Plantaginaceae – cancerworts, fluellens.


Chitra

A taxonomic genus within the family Trionychidae – certain Asian turtles.


Albizia chevalieri

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – a tree native to West Africa.


Annona senegalensis

African custard apple
African custard apple

A taxonomic species within the family Annonaceae – African custard apple tree, wild custard apple.


Pericopsis laxiflora

Pericopis laxiflora (canonical feminine)

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – satinwood, a tree of tropical Africa.


Psychotria ligustrifolia

A taxonomic species within the family Rubiaceae – Bahama wild coffee.


Kadsura

A taxonomic genus within the family Schisandraceae – certain woody vines.


Licaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Lauraceae – shrubs and, principally, trees of the tropical Americas.


Alistipes

From New Latin alistipes, from alius (“other”) + stīpes (“log, post”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Rikenellaceae – Gram-negative, rod-shaped anaerobic bacteria.


Enkianthus

A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – certain of shrubs or small trees native to Asia.


Eudorina

A taxonomic genus within the family Volvocaceae – certain green algae.


Zannichellia

A taxonomic genus within the family Potamogetonaceae – horned pondweed.


Wynyardia

A taxonomic genus within the family Wynyardiidae – certain extinct possum-like marsupials.


Urnatella

A taxonomic genus within the family Barentsiidae – certain primitive entoprocts.


Viminaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – native broom.


Zanclus

A taxonomic genus within the family Zanclidae – the Moorish idol.


Uromys

A taxonomic genus within the family Muridae – giant naked-tailed rats.


Haastia

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


Vouacapoua

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – certain legumes, of northern South Anerican rain forests.


Mesothelae

A taxonomic suborder within the order Araneae – certain spiders that retain ancestral characteristics, such as a segmented abdomen with spinnerets in the middle, and are found only in China, Japan and southeast Asia.

†Arthrolycosidae

suborder): Liphistiidae (sole extant family


Gynocardia

A taxonomic genus within the family Achariaceae – certain dioecious evergreen trees.


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Coryanthes

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – bucket orchids.


Photuris

femme fatale firefly
femme fatale firefly

A taxonomic genus within the family Lampyridae – femme fatale firefly.


SMYEV

Strawberry mild yellow-edge virus
w:Strawberry mild yellow-edge virus

Initialism of Strawberry mild yellow-edge virus.


Eudemis

A taxonomic genus within the family Tortricidae – certain moths.


Ponthieva

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – shadow witches.


Scaeva

A taxonomic genus within the family Syrphidae.


Demetrida

A taxonomic genus within the family Carabidae – certain beetles.


Tiphia

New Latin, from Ancient Greek τίφη (típhē, “an insect, perhaps the water-spider, that runs on the top of smooth water”), cognate with Latin tipula)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Tiphiidae – certain wasps.


Valgus

A taxonomic genus within the family Scarabaeidae – certain flower chafers.


Fungia

A taxonomic genus within the family Fungiidae – certain corals.


Funaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Funariaceae – certain mosses.


Gadopsidae

A former taxonomic family of certain perches, corresponding to the modern genus Gadopsis.


Gadopsis

A taxonomic genus within the family Percichthyidae – temperate perches endemic to freshwater habitats in southeastern Australia.


Gleichenia

A taxonomic genus within the family Gleicheniaceae – certain ferns.


Tariqilabeo

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyprinidae – certain fishes.


Garrya

A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – silktassel, tassel bush.


Galictis

A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – grisons.


Hakea

A taxonomic genus within the family Proteaceae – certain plants.


Haliclystus

A taxonomic genus within the family Haliclystidae – certain stalked jellyfish.


Haplolepis

A taxonomic genus within the order Palaeonisciformes – prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the late Moscovian stage of the Pennsylvanian epoch.


Haemopis

A taxonomic genus within the family Haemopidae – certain leeches.


Galidia

A taxonomic genus within the family Eupleridae – ring-tailed vontsira, a Malagasy mongoose.


Haminoea

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


Halotydeus

A taxonomic genus within the family Penthaleidae – certain earth mites.


Haloragis

A taxonomic genus within the family Haloragaceae – certain flowering plants including the seaberry.


Halitherium

From Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “salt; sea”) + -therium.

A taxonomic genus within the family Dugongidae – an extinct dugongid sea cow that arose in the late Eocene, then became extinct during the early Oligocene.


Capitophorus

A taxonomic genus within the family Aphididae – certain aphids.


Centrosema

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – butterfly peas.


Caulophyllum

A taxonomic genus within the family Berberidaceae – certain perennial herbs.


Caulolatilus

A taxonomic genus within the family Malacanthidae – certain tilefishes.


Caytonia

A taxonomic genus within the family Caytoniaceae – certain extinct seed ferns.


Centrotus

A taxonomic genus within the family Membracidae – certain treehoppers.


Centriscus

A taxonomic genus within the family Centriscidae – certain shrimpfishes.


Ceutorhynchus

A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae – certain true weevils.


Burmannia

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Crambidae – certain moths.


Cetorhinus

From κῆτος (kêtos, “whale, great see creature”) + ῥίνη (rhínē, “rasp, file”) or + ῥινός (rhinós, “hide, skin”), the first element due to the shark's scale and the second refering to the jagged and raspy skin of a shark.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Cetorhinidae – basking shark.


Cephaleuros

A taxonomic genus within the family Trentepohliaceae – certain green algae.


Caenopithecus

A taxonomic genus within the family †Adapidae – an adapiform primate that lived in Europe during the middle Eocene.


Calycophyllum

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


Buxbaumia

A taxonomic genus within the family Buxbaumiaceae – bug mosses.


Callistephus

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


Callinectes

A taxonomic genus within the family Portunidae – certain crabs.


Campodea

A taxonomic genus within the family Campodeidae – certain bristle-tailed arthropods.


Camptosaurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Camptosauridae – plant-eating, beaked ornithischian dinosaurs of the Late Jurassic period of western North America and possibly Europe.


Buxbaumiales

A taxonomic order within the class Bryopsida – mosses called bug mosses, bugs-on-a-stick, humpbacked elves, or elf-cap mosses.


Cophosaurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Phrynosomatidae – greater earless lizard.


Calochortus

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


Callistemon

A taxonomic genus within the family Myrtaceae – certain shrubs, often considered a synonym of Melaleuca.


Callisaurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Phrynosomatidae – zebra-tailed lizard.


Calyptrogyne

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – certain palms.


Cantua

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


Cephalodiscus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cephalodiscidae – certain hemichordates.


Ceratopogon

A taxonomic genus within the family Ceratopogonidae – certain flies.


Ceratophyllaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Ceratophyllales – certain flowering plants.


Cephus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cephidae – certain insects.


Ceratium

A taxonomic genus within the family Ceratiaceae – certain freshwater dinoflagellates.


Ceratites

A taxonomic genus within the family Ceratitidae – certain extinct ammonite cephalopods.


Ceratops

A taxonomic genus within the family Ceratopsidae – a herbivorous dinosaur of the Late Cretaceous.


Ceratostomella

A taxonomic genus within the family Annulatascaceae – certain fungi.


Ceratozamia

A taxonomic genus within the family Zamiaceae – certain New World cycads.


Cephalopholis

cephalo- (“head”) + Ancient Greek φολῐ́ς f (pholís, “scale”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Serranidae – certain fish.


Ceratostomataceae

A taxonomic family within the order Coronophorales – certain fungi.


Ceratopteris

A taxonomic genus within the family Pteridaceae – certain ferns.


Cercospora

A taxonomic genus within the family Mycosphaerellaceae – certain fungi, some of which cause leaf spot disease in plants.


Chiropsalmus

A taxonomic genus within the family Chiropsalmidae – certain box jellyfish.


Chalaropsis

A taxonomic genus within the family Ceratocystidaceae – certain fungi.


Cercosporella

A taxonomic genus within the family Mycosphaerellaceae – certain fungi.


Chirocentrus

A taxonomic genus within the family Chirocentridae – wolf herring.


Chionaspis

A taxonomic genus within the family Diaspididae – certain scale insects.


Ceratitis

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

(Dacinae - subfamily; (Ceratitidini - tribe


Chrysochloris

A taxonomic genus within the family Chrysochloridae – golden moles.


Chrysosphaerales

A taxonomic order within the class Chrysophyceae.


Chrysolina

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


Cichlasoma

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


Cicadella

A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadellidae – certain leafhoppers.


Chrysopsis

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – golden asters.


Chrysothamnus

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – rabbitbrush.


Cephalocereus

Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + Cereus (similar genus of cactus)

A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – certain cacti.


Cephenemyia

From Latin cēphēnes + Ancient Greek μυῖᾰ (muîa), from Ancient Greek κηφῆνες (kēphênes).

compound

A taxonomic genus within the family Oestridae – deer botfly.


Cirratulus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cirratulidae – certain annelids.


Cirolana

A taxonomic genus within the family Cirolanidae – certain isopod crustaceans.


Cladochytriaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Cladochytriales – certain fungi.


Chrysobalanus

A taxonomic genus within the family Chrysobalanaceae – certain plants.


Centrospermae

An order of certain flowering plants in the Engler system and the Wettstein system, approximately corresponding to some versions of suborder Caryophyllineae, often called core Caryophyllales.


Chaeropus

From Ancient Greek χοῖρος (khoîros, “pig”) + πούς (poús, “foot”)

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According to Major Mitchell's drawing, and the notes he took at the time of examining the speciment, it would appear that there were only two toes on the fore-feet, which were described as having been so perfectly similar to those of a pig, as to have procured for the animal the name of the pig-footed bandicoot, among the persons of the expedition. […] Mr. Ogilby,[…] expressed his belief that this animal would be found to constitute a new genus of Marsupials, and proposed for it the provisional name of Chœropus, in allusion to the described characters of the fore feet.

1838, William Ogilby, “On a New Species of Marsupial Animal found by Major Mitchell on the banks of the River Murray in New South Wales”, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, part VI, pages 25–26:

pig-footed bandicoot
pig-footed bandicoot

A taxonomic genus within the family Chaeropodidae – pig-footed bandicoots.


Nucleocytoviricota

From Latin nucleus + cyto- + -viricota (“suffix forming names of virus phyla”).

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A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Bamfordvirae – nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs).


Aubrieta

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


Astacidea

A taxonomic infraorder within the order Decapoda – certain decapod crustaceans.


Balanops

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


Aysheaia

A taxonomic genus within the family Aysheaiidae – extinct soft-bodied lobopodians, known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada.


Bambuseae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Poaceae – certain bamboos.


Balanoglossus

A taxonomic genus within the family Ptychoderidae – certain ocean-dwelling acorn worms.


Basellaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Caryophyllales – certain flowering plants.


Barbula

From Latin barbula, diminutive of barba (“chin, beard, baleen”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Pottiaceae – certain mosses.

Former name of Caryopteris (“flowering plant genus”).


Sadaka

A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadidae – certain cicadas.


Barylambda

A taxonomic genus within the family Barylambdidae – an extinct pantodont mammal from the middle to late Paleocene.


Balanophoraceae

A taxonomic family within the order Santalales – certain subtropical to tropical obligate parasitic flowering plants.

Dactylanthus

(family): Balanophora, Chlamydophytum, Corynaea, Ditepalanthus, Helosis, Langsdorffia, Lathrophytum, Lophophytum, Ombrophytum, Rhopalocnemis, Sarcophyte, Scybalium, Thonningia – genera

Mystropetalon

genera sometimes assigned to family Mystropetalaceae


Funtumia

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


Wiborgia

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – certain plants.


Assiminea

A taxonomic genus within the family Assimineidae – certain snails.


Tridax

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


Caryopteris

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – bluebeards.


Aubertia

A taxonomic genus within the family Hesperiidae – certain skipper butterflies.


Varsha

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Empoascini – certain insects.


Helicella

A taxonomic genus within the family Geomitridae – certain land snails.


Heliotropium

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


Harengula

A taxonomic genus within the family Dorosomatidae – certain herrings.


Harrisia

A taxonomic genus within the family Tachinidae – certain flies.

A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – applecactus, moonlight cactus.


Gymnosporangium

A taxonomic genus within the family Pucciniaceae – certain fungi that infect plants.


Gyroceras

A taxonomic genus within the class Cephalopoda – certain extinct prehistoric nautiloids.


Gynura

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – purple passion.


Gyracanthus

A taxonomic genus within the family Gyracanthidae – certain extinct acanthodians.


Haplothrips

A taxonomic genus within the family Phlaeothripidae – certain thrips.


Gyraulus

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


Gymnotus

A taxonomic genus within the family Gymnotidae – certain Neotropical freshwater fish.


Gynandrae

A taxonomic order of orchids in the Wettstein system.


Gymnarchus

A taxonomic genus within the family Gymnarchidae – aba, African knifefish.


Gymnocalycium

A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – chin cactus.


Gymnoconia

A taxonomic genus within the family Phragmidiaceae – certain rust fungi.


Gyrodactylus

gyro- (“circular”) + -dactylus (“-winged”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Gyrodactylidae – certain parasitic flatworms.


Chirostoma

A taxonomic genus within the family Atherinopsidae – certain Neotropical silversides.


Grimmiaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Grimmiales – certain mosses.


Harpagophytum

A taxonomic genus within the family Pedaliaceae – grapple plant, wood spider, devil's claw.


Heliophila

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


Haplorchis

A taxonomic genus within the family Heterophyidae – certain intestinal flukes.


Odontocerum

A taxonomic genus within the family Odontoceridae – certain mortarjoint casemakers.


Stigmodera

A taxonomic genus within the family Buprestidae – certain beetles.


Stylidium

A taxonomic genus within the family Stylidiaceae – trigger plants.


Terebratella

A taxonomic genus within the family Terebratellidae – certain brachiopods.


Spirostomum

A taxonomic genus within the family Spirostomidae – certain ciliated protists.


Terebella

A taxonomic genus within the family Terebellidae – certain polychaetes.


Spadella

A taxonomic genus within the family Spadellidae – certain chaetognaths.


Styphelia

A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – certain shrubs.


Viscaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Caryophyllaceae – certain flowering plants, catchflies.


Stictis

A taxonomic genus within the family Stictidaceae – certain lichenized fungi.


Stylosanthes

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


Sticta

A taxonomic genus within the family Peltigeraceae – certain lichens.


Lumbricina

A taxonomic suborder within the order Opisthopora.


Lydella

A taxonomic genus within the family Tachinidae – certain flies.


Opisthopora

A taxonomic order within the class Clitellata – certain mostly terrestrial worms.


Leporillus

A taxonomic genus within the family Muridae – stick-nest rats.


Leptobos

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – an extinct large bovine, known from the Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene of Eurasia.


Loxomma

A taxonomic genus within the family Baphetidae – one of the first Carboniferous tetrapods.


Leucojum

A taxonomic genus within the family Amaryllidaceae – certain bulbous plants.


Leucosolenia

A taxonomic genus within the family Leucosoleniidae – certain calcareous sponges.


Liagora

A taxonomic genus within the family Liagoraceae – certain red algae.


Luidia

→ Russian: луи́дия (luídija)

A taxonomic genus within the family Luidiidae – certain starfishes.


Lecidea

A taxonomic genus within the family Lecideaceae – certain lichens.


Leucetta

A taxonomic genus within the family Leucettidae – certain sponges.


Lethocerus

A taxonomic genus within the family Belostomatidae – giant water bugs, toe biters, electric light bugs.


Galactica

A taxonomic genus within the family Galacticidae – certain moths.


Aglaomorpha

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain moths.

A taxonomic genus within the family Polypodiaceae – certain ferns.


Ungaliophis

A taxonomic genus within the family Boidae – certain dwarf boas.


Hirtella

A taxonomic genus within the family Chrysobalanaceae – certain woody trees.


Hirsutella

A taxonomic genus within the family Ophiocordycipitaceae – certain anamorphic fungi of teleomorph Ophiocoryceps.


Iodidimonas

New Latin iōdidum (“iodide”) + Ancient Greek μονᾰ́ς f (monás, “unit”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Iodidimonadaceae – bacteria that oxidize iodide (I⁻) to iodine (I₂).


Opilia

A taxonomic genus within the family Opiliaceae – certain lianas.


Ophiobolus

A taxonomic genus within the family Phaeosphaeriaceae – certain fungi.


Opiliaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Santalales – certain flowering plants.


Ophiostoma

A taxonomic genus within the family Ophiostomataceae – certain fungi.


Ophiomorpha

A taxonomic ichnogenus within the subphylum Crustacea.


Oreotragus

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – klipspringer.


Onthophagus

From Ancient Greek ὄνθος (ónthos, “animal dung”) -phagus. Literally "(animal) dung-eater."

der

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


Ormosia

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – horse-eye beans.


Ophioglossaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Ophioglossales – adder's tongue ferns.

Mankyua

(family): Mankyuoideae, Ophioglossoideae, Helminthostachyoideae, Botrychioideae - subfamilies


Orthezia

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


Ornithoptera

A taxonomic genus within the family Papilionidae – certain butterflies.


Orthocarpus

A taxonomic genus within the family Orobanchaceae – owl's clover.


Orosius

A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadellidae – certain leafhoppers.


Oscillatoria

From the oscillating motion of its filaments as they slide against each other to position the colony facing a light source.

A taxonomic genus within the family Oscillatoriaceae – certain filamentous cyanobacteria.


Oxytricha

A taxonomic genus within the family Oxytrichidae – certain ciliates.


Oscinella

A taxonomic genus within the family Chloropidae – certain flies.


Oxycanus

A taxonomic genus within the family Hepialidae – certain moths.


Osmorhiza

A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – sweet cicely, sweetroot, etc., principally of North America.


Parafossarulus

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


Pareiasaurus

A taxonomic genus within the order Procolophonomorpha – an extinct pareiasauromorph reptile from the Permian period.


Pantomorus

A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae – certain broad-nosed weevils.


Oxybelis

A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – vine snakes.


Paratylenchus

A taxonomic genus within the family Tylenchulidae – certain nematodes.


Parnassius

A taxonomic genus within the family Papilionidae – Apollo or snow Apollo butterflies.


Parapithecus

A taxonomic genus within the family Parapithecidae – extinct primates that lived during the Late Eocene-Earliest Oligocene in what is now Egypt.


Phenacomys

A taxonomic genus within the family Cricetidae – certain heather voles.


Perkinsiella

A taxonomic genus within the family Delphacidae – certain planthoppers.


Phaedranassa

A taxonomic genus within the family Amaryllidaceae – certain plants.


Phallusia

A taxonomic genus within the family Ascidiidae – certain tunicates.


Petrobia

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


Diodora

A taxonomic genus within the family Fissurellidae – certain keyhole limpets.


Phlebodium

A taxonomic genus within the family Polypodiaceae – certain ferns.


Phomopsis

A taxonomic genus within the family Diaporthaceae – certain fungi.


Phorusrhacos

A taxonomic genus within the family Phorusrhacidae – certain terror birds.


Phoradendron

A taxonomic genus within the family Santalaceae – certain mistletoes.


Phronima

A taxonomic genus within the family Phronimidae – certain amphipods.


Phoma

A taxonomic genus within the family Didymellaceae – certain soil fungi.


Phryma

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


Phyllacora

A taxonomic genus within the family Phyllachoraceae – certain fungi.


Phyciodes

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – certain butterflies.


Phragmidium

A taxonomic genus within the family Phragmidiaceae – certain rust fungi.


Phryganea

A taxonomic genus within the family Phryganeidae – certain giant caddis flies.


Phrymaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Lamiales – lopseed.


Phrynosoma

A taxonomic genus within the family Phrynosomatidae – certain lizards.


Phragmophora

A taxonomic order within the class Sagittoidea – certain arrow worms.


Pelocoris

A taxonomic genus within the family Naucoridae – certain creeping water bugs.


Sticherus

A taxonomic genus within the family Gleicheniaceae – shield fern, umbrella fern.


Rubiales

Alteration of suffix to -ales. From Rubiaceae (“familia”), from Rubia (“genus”), from Latin rubia (“red madder dye”), from ruber (“the colour red”).

A taxonomic order within the clade Angiospermae.


Tecophilaeaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Asparagales – certain flowering plants.


Cyclopides

A taxonomic genus within the family Hesperiidae – certain skippers.


Cyrtoceras

A taxonomic genus within the order Oncocerida – extinct nautiloids that lived from the middle Ordovician to the middle Devonian, in Africa, Europe, North America and South America.


Cycadeoidea

A taxonomic genus within the family Cycadeoidaceae – extinct cycad-like plants known from the Cretaceous (and possibly Jurassic) of North America, Europe and Asia.


Cyclanthaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Pandanales – certain flowering plants.


Cystonectae

A taxonomic suborder within the order Siphonophorae – certain siphonophores, including the Portuguese man o' war.


Cylindrocapsa

A taxonomic genus within the family Cylindrocapsaceae – certain green algae.


Cynoidea

A taxonomic infraorder within the order Carnivora.


Cyprinodon

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyprinodontidae – certain pupfishes.


Cytherella

A taxonomic genus within the family Cytherellidae – certain seed shrimp.


Cyatheaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Cyatheales – scaly tree ferns.


Cyttariaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Cyttariales – certain ascomycete fungi.


Cystoidea

A taxonomic class within the subphylum Crinozoa – extinct crinozoan echinoderms.


Cystophora

A taxonomic genus within the family Phocidae – hooded seal.

A taxonomic genus within the family Sargassaceae – certain brown algae.


Cytospora

A taxonomic genus within the family Valsaceae – certain ascomycete fungi.


Dalyellia

A taxonomic genus within the family Dalyelliidae – certain rhabdocoel flatworms.


Cyrillaceae

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


Cystopteris

A taxonomic genus within the family Cystopteridaceae – bladderferns, fragile ferns.


Cytinus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cytinaceae – certain parasitic flowering plants.


Dasycladaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Dasycladales – certain green algae.


Deguelia

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


Cyrtomium

A taxonomic genus within the family Dryopteridaceae – certain ferns.


Angiopteris

A taxonomic genus within the family Marattiaceae – certain evergreen ferns.


Archips

A taxonomic genus within the family Tortricidae – certain moths.


Deltocephalus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadellidae – certain leafhoppers.


Cyclophorus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyclophoridae – certain land snails.


Andrographis

From Ancient Greek ἀνδρο- (andro-, combining form of ἀνήρ) + γραφίς (graphís, “paintbrush”), so named because of the penicillate anthers.

A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthaceae – false waterwillows.


Bdelloura

A taxonomic family within the order Tricladida – certain flatworms.


Bdellonyssus

A taxonomic genus within the family Dermanyssidae – certain mites.


Trapa

A taxonomic genus within the family Lythraceae – water caltrops.


Aneilema

A taxonomic genus within the family Commelinaceae – certain monocotyledonous plants.


Urechis

A taxonomic genus within the family Urechidae.


Urosalpinx

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


Urechidae

A taxonomic family within the order Echiuroidea – fat innkeeper, penis fish.


Pyrenopeziza

A taxonomic genus within the family Dermateaceae – certain fungi.


Quintinia

A taxonomic genus within the family Paracryphiaceae – certain evergreen trees and shrubs.


Ramularia

A taxonomic genus within the family Mycosphaerellaceae – certain ascomycete fungi.


Pyrotheria

A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – certain extinct meridiungulate mammals.


Ramapithecus

Synonym of Sivapithecus (“extinct ape genus”)


Pyrularia

A taxonomic genus within the family Santalaceae – certain shrubs or small trees.


Pyronema

A taxonomic genus within the family Pyronemataceae – certain fungi.


Pycnoscelus

A taxonomic genus within the family Blaberidae – certain cockroaches.


Ptyas

A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – certain snakes.


Ptychoparia

A taxonomic genus within the family Ptychopariidae – certain trilobites.


Pugettia

A taxonomic genus within the family Epialtidae – certain crabs.


Ptilimnium

A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – mock bishopweed.


Ptychodera

A taxonomic genus within the family Ptychoderidae – certain acorn worms.


Ptinus

A taxonomic genus within the family Ptinidae – certain beetles.


Nannippus

A taxonomic genus within the family Equidae – an extinct three-toed horse endemic to North America during the Miocene through Pleistocene.


Nanophyetus

A taxonomic genus within the family Troglotrematidae.


Melittia

A taxonomic genus within the family Sesiidae – certain moths.


Pyrrosia

Ancient Greek πῠρρός (purrhós, “flame-colored; red”) + -ia f.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Polypodiaceae – certain ferns.


Crithmum

A taxonomic species within the family Apiaceae – rock samphire, sea fennel.


Pithecus

(archaic) Many taxa of primates, of varied placements and circumscriptions.

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae.

Pithecus wallichii (syn. of Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus)

For more see Pithecus at Index to Organism Names


Adapis

Not from Greek; used in taxonomy by Cuvier, who attributed it to Gesner (see https://books.google.com/books?id=Fw9Lc6uxrmcC&dq=%22adapis%2C+nom+employ%C3%A9+quelquefois%22&pg=PA265#v=onepage&q=%22adapis%2C%20nom%20employ%C3%A9%20quelquefois%22&f=false), who in turn claims to have derived it from an Aramaic word for a rabbit.https://books.google.com/books?id=awHnrwsSErQC&dq=%22dapsicus+autem%22&pg=PA395#v=onepage&q&f=false

A taxonomic genus within the family Adapidae – an extinct primate from the Eocene of Europe.


Embothrium

A taxonomic genus within the family Proteaceae – Chilean firebush.


Elminius

A taxonomic genus within the family Elminiidae – certain barnacles.


Nothrotheriops

A taxonomic genus within the family Nothrotheriidae – an extinct ground sloth from North America.


Ellobium

A taxonomic genus within the family Ellobiidae – certain snails.


Nothrotherium

From Ancient Greek νωθρός (nōthrós, “slothful”) + -therium.

af

A taxonomic genus within the family Nothrotheriidae – an extinct ground sloth from South America.


Yarrowia

A taxonomic genus within the family Dipodascaceae – oleaginous yeasts, of which only the type species, Yarrowia lipolytica, used in the manufacture of the plant-derived sweetener erythritol, is well characterized.


Madisonia

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


Cryptobranchus japonicus

Cryptobranchus Japonicus: Schediasma anatomicum, quod almae et antiquissimae Universitati Vindobonensi, ad solennia saecularia quinta, pie celebranda, dicat, dedicat, Josephus Hyrtl, rector.

1865, Josephus Hyrtl, Cryptobranchus Japonicus: Schediasma anatomicum [Cryptobranchus japonicus: An anatomical sketch] (in Latin), Vienna: apud Guilielmum Braumüller, main title page:

Andrias japonicus
Wikispecies:Andrias japonicus

Japanese giant salamander
Japanese giant salamander

Synonym of Andrias japonicus (“Japanese giant salamander”)


Vestigipoda

A taxonomic genus within the family Phoridae – certain neotenous flies that mimic ant larvae, tricking the ants into caring for them.


Selenicereus undatus

A taxonomic species within the family Cactaceae – white-fleshed pitahaya.


Named after Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, the lengthened name of a large village on the island of Anglesey, Wales.

A taxonomic species within the family Myxococcaceae – a gram-negative, rod-shaped species of myxobacteria.


Astelia

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteliaceae – certain rhizomatous tufted perennial flowering plants.


Erechtites

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – fireweed, burnweed.


Ho'oleilana

(astronomy, cosmology) Ho'oleilana: A structure in local Universe


Haootia

A taxonomic genus within the phylum Cnidaria – an extinct animal of the Ediacaran biota, representing the earliest known evidence for muscle tissue in an animal.


Hispa

A taxonomic genus within the family Chrysomelidae – certain beetles.


Bacillus thuringiensis

A taxonomic species within the family Bacillaceae – a gram-positive bacterium, especially known to be used to kill the caterpillars of the invasive box tree moth.


Sobralia

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – certain orchids.


Oncidium

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – flowers called dancing-lady orchids and golden shower orchids.


Taiwania

A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – Taiwania cryptomerioides, a large coniferous tree.


Tatuidris

A taxonomic genus within the family Formicidae – the armadillo ant.


Ptychotis

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


Lasiorhinus

A taxonomic genus within the family Vombatidae – the hairy-nosed wombats.


Kyphosus

A taxonomic genus within the family Kyphosidae – certain sea chubs.

Kyphosus bigibbus

darkfin drummer, brown chub, gray chub, gray rudderfish


Laternula

A taxonomic genus within the family Laternulidae – certain lantern clams.


Pyrops

A taxonomic genus within the family Fulgoridae – certain planthoppers.


Leontodon

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – hawkbits.


Lambis

A taxonomic genus within the family Strombidae – spider conchs.


Paranagia

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain moths.


Nannopterum

A taxonomic genus within the family Phalacrocoracidae – American cormorants, formerly included in genus Phalacrocorax.


Trite

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


Aparallactus

A taxonomic genus within the family Atractaspididae – certain rear-fanged, mildly venomous snakes.

Aparallactus capensis

Cape centipede-eater, black-headed centipede-eater


Eranthemum

A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthaceae – certain plants.


Nimravus

A taxonomic genus within the family Nimravidae – an extinct "false" saber-toothed cat known from North America and Europe during the Oligocene epoch.


Notomys

A taxonomic genus within the family Muridae – hopping mice.


Notorynchus

A taxonomic genus within the family Hexanchidae – certain deepwater sharks.


Notostigma

A taxonomic genus within the family Formicidae – certain ants.


Nothoscordum

A taxonomic genus within the family Amaryllis – certain New World plants in the onion tribe.


Ommastrephes

A taxonomic genus within the family Ommastrephidae – certain squids.


Oncicola

A taxonomic genus within the family Oligacanthorhynchidae – certain parasitic worms.


Nomius

A taxonomic genus within the family Carabidae – certain beetles.


Nuculana

A taxonomic genus within the family Nuculanidae – certain bivalves.


Xylomimus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – certain beetles.


Abdarainurus

From Abdarain Nuru, the Russian name of the location the fossil was found, and Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá, “tail”), because it is only known from tail bones.

A taxonomic genus within the clade Saurischia – a titanosaur dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia.


Acantholipan

From Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn, spine”) and English Lipan, referring to its armor and the Lepai-Nde tribe who live in the area its fossils were found.

der

A taxonomic genus within the clade Ornithischia – a nodosaurid dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Mexico.


Laurocerasus

A former genus of cherry laurels, now included in Prunus.


Kohleria

A taxonomic genus within the family Gesneriaceae – certain New World flowering plants.


Lepidurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Triopsidae – certain small crustaceans.


Leptodora

A taxonomic genus within the family Leptodoridae – certain water fleas.


Leptodactylus

lepto- (“thin”) + -dactylus (“finger”), literally “thin-finger”

affix

A taxonomic genus within the family Leptodactylidae – white-lipped frogs.


Leptolepis

A taxonomic genus within the family Leptolepidae – extinct stem-teleost fish that lived in what is now Europe during the Jurassic period.


Layia

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – tidytips, of western North America.


Desmarestia

A taxonomic genus within the family Desmarestiaceae – certain brown algae.

Desmarestia aculeata

color changer, Desmarest's flattened weed, sea sorrel


Lepisma

From Ancient Greek λέπισμα (lépisma, “peel”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Lepismatidae – certain primitive insects including the silverfish.


Marpesia

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – certain butterflies.


Solandra

A taxonomic genus within the family Solanaceae – chalice vines.


Abditosaurus

From Latin abditus (“hidden, concealed, forgotten”), and Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”), because its fossils were described sixty-eight years after they were discovered.

der

A taxonomic genus within the clade Saurischia – a titanosaur dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Spain.


Adamantisaurus

From the Adamantina Formation where it was found + -saurus

A taxonomic genus within the clade Saurischia – a titanosaur dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Brazil.


Adasaurus

From Ada, a spirit in Mongolian mythology + -saurus.

A taxonomic genus within the clade Saurischia – a deinonychosaur dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Mongolia.


Acrotholus

From Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “high”) and Ancient Greek θόλος (thólos, “dome”), referring to its tall head dome.

A taxonomic genus within the clade Ornithischia – a pachycephalosaur dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Canada.


Acheroraptor

From Ancient Greek Ἀχέρων (Akhérōn, “Acheron, the river of pain in Greek mythology”) and Latin raptor (“thief”), named in reference to being a dromaeosaurid discovered in the Hell Creek Formation.

A taxonomic genus within the clade Saurischia – a deinonychosaur dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Montana.


Acrocanthosaurus

From Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “high”) Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos, “spine, thorn”) + Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”), referring to the tall spines on its back.

A taxonomic genus within the clade Saurischia – an allosauroid dinosaur from the Cretaceous of the United States.


Kalopanax

prickly castor oil tree
prickly castor oil tree

A taxonomic genus within the family Araliaceae – castor aralia, tree aralia, prickly castor oil tree.


Adelolophus

From Ancient Greek ἄδηλος (ádēlos, “invisible”) and Ancient Greek λόφος (lóphos, “crest”), in reference to the lack of a preserved crest.

A taxonomic genus within the clade Ornithischia – a hadrosaur dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Utah.


Adeopapposaurus

From Latin adeō (“so much”) (glossed as "far" by the discoverer), pappō (“to eat”), and. Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”), intended to mean “far-eating lizard”, a reference to its long neck.

A taxonomic genus within the clade Saurischia – a sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Jurassic of Argentina.


Lundia

A taxonomic genus within the family Bignoniaceae – certain flowering plants of the American tropics.


Pomaceae

(archaic) Synonym of Malaceae, now subfamily Maloideae in family Rosaceae.


Malaceae

(archaic) A taxonomic family within the order Rosales – now subfamily Maloideae in family Rosaceae.


Bifora

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


Achyranthes

From Ancient Greek ἄχῠρον (ákhuron, “chaff”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Amaranthaceae – chaff flowers.

Achyranthes splendens

Maui chaff flower, round chaff flower, round-leaf chaff flower, round-leaved chaff flower


Actinophrys

A taxonomic genus within the family Actinophryidae – certain heliozoans.


Drosophyllum

A taxonomic genus within the family Drosophyllaceae – Portuguese sundew, dewy pine.


Eutardigrada

A taxonomic class within the phylum Tardigrada – water bears.


Pycnonotus aurigaster

A taxonomic species within the family Pycnonotidae – the sooty-headed bulbul.


Orobanche uniflora

A taxonomic species within the family Orobanchaceae – naked broomrape.


Bryanthus

A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – an ornamental flowering plant.


Pycnonotus bimaculatus

orange-spotted bulbul
orange-spotted bulbul

A taxonomic species within the family Pycnonotidae – the orange-spotted bulbul.


Hypochaeris

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – cat's ear and related herbs.


Iriartea

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – certain palms.


Hypochnus

A taxonomic genus within the family Thelephoraceae – certain fungi.


Isophyllia

A taxonomic genus within the family Mussidae – certain stony corals.


Isobryales

A taxonomic order within the subclass Bryidae – certain mosses.


Olpidiaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Olpidiales – certain fungal plant pathogens.


Istiophorus

istio- (“sail”, from Ancient Greek ῐ̔στῐ́ον n (histíon, “sail”)) + -phorus m (“-phore, bearer”), literally “sail-bearer”, referring to the dorsal fin or 'sail'.

affix

A taxonomic genus within the family Istiophoridae – sailfish.


Hypotrichia

A taxonomic genus within the family Scarabaeidae – certain beetles.


Hypotrichia

A taxonomic subclass within the class Spirotrichea.

Amphisiellidae

(subclass): Euplotida, Kiitrichida - orders


Tawhai

Maori tawhai (“a hill in New Zealand named after a tree in family Fagaceae”)

bor

A taxonomic genus within the family Tetragnathidae – certain Polynesian long-jawed orb-weavers.


Spathodea

A taxonomic genus within the family Bignoniaceae – African tulip tree.


Micromys

A taxonomic genus within the family Muridae – the Eurasian harvest mouse and Indochinese harvest mouse.


Bugula

A taxonomic genus within the family Bugulidae – certain colonial arborescent bryozoa, found in shallow waters worldwide.


Herbaceae

A taxonomic grouping of herbaceous plants in the Hutchinson system, distinguished from the Lignosae or woody plants.


Guttiferales

(obsolete) An order of flowering plants in the systems of Bentham & Hooker (1862-83), Wettstein (1921-4), and Bessey (1915), that included the family Guttiferae, but whose other members diverged significantly between authors.


Lignosae

A taxonomic grouping of woody plants in the Hutchinson system, distinguished from the Herbaceae or herbaceous plants.


Linanthus

A taxonomic genus within the family Polemoniaceae – certain phloxes.


Lethrinus

A taxonomic genus within the family Lethrinidae – certain emperors.


Limnobium

A taxonomic genus within the family Hydrocharitaceae – spongeplant, American frogbit.


Limnocnida

A taxonomic genus within the family Olindiidae – certain hydrozoans.


Halysidota

From Ancient Greek ἅλυσις (hálusis, “chain”) + -ota.

af

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain moths.


Liguus

A taxonomic genus within the family Orthalicidae – certain land snails.


Gutierrezia

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – snakeweeds, matchweeds.

Gutierrezia sarothrae

broom snakeweed, kindlingweed, matchbrush, matchweed, snakeweed


Limnoscelis

A taxonomic genus within the family Limnoscelidae – large diadectomorph tetrapods from the Late Carboniferous of western North America.


Limosella

A taxonomic genus within the family Scrophulariaceae – mudworts.


Limonius

A taxonomic genus within the family Elateridae – certain click beetles, some called wireworms.


Syngnathus

A taxonomic genus within the family Syngnathidae – certain fishes.


Syngonium

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


Taeniothrips

A taxonomic genus within the family Thripidae – certain thrips.


Taeniopteris

A taxonomic genus within the clade Tracheophytes – extinct Mesozoic vascular plant leaves, perhaps representing those of cycads, bennettitaleans, or marattialean ferns.


Limnanthes

A taxonomic genus within the family Limnanthaceae – meadowfoams.

Limnanthes douglasii

(genus): Limnanthes sect. Inflexae, Limnanthes sect. Limnanthes - sections


Kerria

A taxonomic genus within the family Kerriidae – certain scale insects.

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


Limnodrilus

A taxonomic genus within the family Naididae – certain oligochaete worms.


SqMV

Squash mosaic virus
Squash mosaic virus#Translingual


Squash mosaic virus

A mosaic virus disease common in squash plants and other plants, including melons, of the family Cucurbitaceae.


Aiouea

A taxonomic genus within the family Lauraceae – shrubs and trees native to tropical forests and montane forests from Mexico and the Caribbean to northern Argentina.


Marsupionta

A hypothesized subclass within the Mammalia, devolving upon a notional unification of marsupials and egg-laying monotremes.


Prumnopitys

A taxonomic genus within the family Podocarpaceae – certain conifers, formerly including some now in genus Pectinopitys.


Scitamineae

From Latin scitamentum (“a delicacy, dainty”).

der

An obsolete order of plants, mostly tropical herbs, including ginger, banana, and the plants producing turmeric and arrowroot, now known as the Zingiberales.


Cytosporina

incertae sedis
incertae sedis#Translingual

A taxonomic genus within the family incertae sedis – certain fungi.


Dentaria

Species of flowering plants called toothworts, bittercresses, etc.

A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae.

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Brassicaceae – Cardamine subg. Dentaria.


Lycalopex griseus

South American gray fox
South American gray fox

A taxonomic species within the family Canidae – South American gray fox, found in Argentina and Chile.


Lycalopex fulvipes

A taxonomic species within the family Canidae – Darwin's fox, found predominantly on Chiloé.


Lycalopex vetulus

A taxonomic species within the family Canidae – hoary fox, endemic to Brazil.


Lycalopex culpaeus

A taxonomic species within the family Canidae – culpeo, native to the Andes.

Lycalopex culpaeus on Wikispecies for subspecies


Lycalopex gymnocercus

Lycalopex gymnocerus (canonical feminine)

A taxonomic species within the family Canidae – pampas fox, endemic to the pampas region of South America.

Lycalopex gymnocercus on Wikispecies for subspecies


Cerdocyon thous

A taxonomic species within the family Canidae – crab-eating fox, endemic to central South America.

Cerdocyon thous on Wikispecies for subspecies


Lycalopex sechurae

A taxonomic species within the family Canidae – Sechuran fox, endemic to the Sechura desert of western Peru.


Urocyon littoralis

A taxonomic species within the family Canidae – island fox, endemic to the California Channel Islands.

Urocyon littoralis on Wikispecies for subspecies


Dryobalanops

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


Otocyon

From Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs, “ear”) + κύων (kúōn, “dog”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Canidae – containing only Otocyon megalotis.


Myrmaplata

A taxonomic genus within the family Salticidae – Certain ant-mimicking spiders.


Acronychia pedunculata

A taxonomic species within the family Rutaceae.


Spirochaeta pallida

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Spirochaetaceae – the former name for Treponema pallidum, the bacterium responsible for syphilis.


Ramond

A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Louis Ramond de Carbonnières (1755–1827).


Ochrosia kilaueaensis

A taxonomic species within the family Apocynaceae – the holei, an extinct Hawaiian plant.


Pteralyxia kauaiensis

... and Pteralyxia kauaiensis grow in areas with kukui, which may compete with these native species for space.

1994 February 23, Federal Register, page 9323:

Fire is a threat tp Birghamia insignis, Exocarpos luteolus, [...] Pteralyxia kauaiensis, and Solanum sandwicense. / Brighamia insignis (E), Exocarpos luteolus (E), [...] Pteralyxia kauaiensis (E), and Solanum sandwicense (E).

1995, Amy Hessl, Susan Spackman, Effects of Fire on Threatened and Endangered Plants: An Annotated Bibliography, page 47:

Pteralyxia kauaiensis Caum kaulu / Endemic / Endangered. / 4.21 Pteralyxia kauaiensis—habit / 4.22 Pteralyxia kauaiensis Trees from 3 to 8 m tall. Leaves oblanceolate to obovate, blades 11–22 cm in length, glossy dark green on upper surface. Fruit with small central and lateral wings at maturity. Rare[…]

2014 October 31, Robert J. Gustafson, Derral R. Herbst, Philip W. Rundel, Hawaiian Plant Life: Vegetation and Flora, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 54:

A taxonomic species within the family Apocynaceae – the kaulu, an endangered Hawaiian plant.


Litiopa

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


Lipotyphla

(archaic) A formerly used order of mammals, including the members of the order Eulipotyphla (solenodons, hedgehogs, gymnures, desmans, moles, and shrew-like moles, and true shrews) as well as three other families of the former order Insectivora: Chrysochloridae, Tenrecidae, and Potamogalidae.


Loricaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Loricariidae – certain armored catfish native to South America.

Synonym of Andicolea (“flowering plant genus”)


Lycopsis

A taxonomic genus within the superfamily Borhyaenoidea – certain extinct South American metatherians.


Andicolea

A taxonomic genus within the family Gnaphalieae – certain South American flowering plants.


Liriomyza

A taxonomic genus within the family Agromyzidae – certain leaf miner flies.


Lithobius

Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”) + βίος (bíos, “life”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Lithobiidae – stone centipedes, common centipedes, or brown centipedes.


Marcgravia

A taxonomic genus within the family Marcgraviaceae – certain terrestrial vines of the tropical and subtropical Americas.


Masticophis

A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – certain snakes.


Matsucoccidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hemiptera – certain scales and mealybugs.


Melanotus

A taxonomic genus within the family Elateridae – certain click beetles.

A former genus of mushrooms now included in Deconica.


Menticirrhus

A taxonomic genus within the family Sciaenidae – certain marine ray-finned fish.


Mastigoproctus

A taxonomic genus within the family Thelyphonidae – certain whip scorpions.


Microscolex

A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthodrilidae – certain annelids.


Litopterna

A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – extinct South American native ungulates that lived from the Paleocene to the end of the Pleistocene-early Holocene around 63 million-12,000 years ago, and were also present in Antarctica during the Eocene.


Liponyssus

A taxonomic genus within the family Macronyssidae – certain bird mites.


Stylophthalmus

A former (now invalid) genus of fish with eyes perched upon periscopic stalks, now known to be the larvae of other fish.


Myoporum

A taxonomic genus within the family Scrophulariaceae – certain figworts, native from Mauritius, through Australia, to the Pacific islands.


Myctophum

A taxonomic genus within the family Myctophidae – certain lanternfishes.


Lysiloma

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – certain small trees, found from Arizona and New Mexico to Costa Rica, on the northern islands of the Caribbean, the Bahamas and southern Florida.

Lysiloma latisiliquum

syn. Lysiloma bahamense; false tamarind, wild tamarind


Marsdenia

A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – certain tropical plants, of cosmopolitan distribution.


Mycteroperca

A taxonomic genus within the family Serranidae – certain marine ray-finned fish.


Myoporaceae

A former taxonomic family of plants, found mostly in Australia, including the genera Diocirea, Eremophila, and Myoporum, now incorporated into family Scrophulariaceae.


Microcosmus

A taxonomic genus within the family Pyuridae – certain sea squirts or ascidians.

Microcosmus polymorphus selected edible Mediterranean species


Myosurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – mousetail.


Mutisia

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


Matisia

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


Munnopsis

A taxonomic genus within the family Munnopsididae.


Makaira

A taxonomic genus within the family Istiophoridae – certain marlins.


Nomia

A taxonomic genus within the family Halictidae – certain sweat bees.


Nodosaurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Nodosauridae – a herbivorous nodosaurid ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous, the fossils of which are found exclusively in the Frontier Formation in Wyoming.


Mutilla

From New Latin mutilla, irregular form of mutilus (“mutilated”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Mutillidae – certain wasps.

(Pompiloidea - superfamily; Mutillidae - family; (Mutillinae


Hsunycteris

A taxonomic genus within the family Phyllostomidae – certain bats.


Stanleya

A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – prince's plume.

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


Cetruminantia

A taxonomic clade within the order Artiodactyla – comprising ruminants and whippomorphs.


Pancrustacea

Synonym of Crustacea, when considered to include Hexapoda.


Aglaozonia

A grouping of brown algae once thought to be a distinct genus.

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Cutleriaceae.

(informal) A grouping of species of genus Cutleria in their asexual phase.


Pterodactylus

A taxonomic genus within the order Pterosauria – certain extinct pterosaurs.


Pterostemon

A taxonomic genus within the family Pterostemonaceae.


Pterocaulon

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – blackroots and related flowering plants.


Pterospermum

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


Pterocarya

A taxonomic genus within the family Juglandaceae – wingnuts, of Asia.


Hemifusus

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


Pterostemonaceae

(archaic) A taxonomic family within the order Saxifragales – shrubs native to tropical and subtropical Mexico, now usually synonymized with Iteaceae.


Pterois

A taxonomic genus within the family Scorpaenidae – lionfish, of the Indo-Pacific.


Xylomyidae

A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – wood soldier flies.


Ruvettus

A taxonomic genus within the family Gempylidae – certain fishes.


Pteropsida

(obsolete) A taxonomic subdivision within the division Tracheophyta – vascular plants, including all flowering plants and ferns and divided into Filicinae, Gymnospermae, and Angiospermae.


Samadera

A taxonomic genus within the family Simaroubaceae – certain trees.


Schoinobates

Synonym of Petauroides (“genus of greater gliders”)


Serrasalmus

A taxonomic genus within the family Serrasalmidae – pirambebas.


Psila

A taxonomic genus within the family Psilidae – certain rust flies.


Semisulcospira

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


Septogloeum

A taxonomic genus within the family incertae sedis – certain fungi.


Sequoiadendron

A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – certain very large evergreen trees, environmentally threatened, older trees of which have little value, younger trees having wood like redwood.


Billardiera

A taxonomic genus within the family Pittosporaceae – appleberry, snot berry, bluebell creeper.


Speyeria

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – greater fritillaries.


Spigeliaceae

Synonym of Loganiaceae (“flowering plant family”)


Stagnicola

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Mythicomycetaceae – certain fungi.


Thorybes

A taxonomic genus within the family Hesperiidae – certain skippers.


Tipularia

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – certain orchids.


Titanichthys

A taxonomic genus within the family Dinichthyloidea – extinct giant, aberrant marine placoderm from shallow seas of the Late Devonian of Morocco, Eastern North America, and possibly Europe.


Tilletiaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Tilletiales – certain smut fungi.


Hoplocephalus

A taxonomic genus within the family Elapidae – certain venomous snakes of Australia.


Hoplophoneus

A taxonomic genus within the family Nimravidae – an extinct cat-like carnivoran, endemic to North America during the Late Eocene to Early Oligocene epochs.


Hoplonemertea

⇒ English: hoplonemertean

A taxonomic order within the class Enopla – certain ribbon worms.


Hoplocarida

A taxonomic subclass within the class Malacostraca – certain crustaceans, mantis shrimp and extinct relatives.


Phebalium

A taxonomic genus within the family Rutaceae – certain Australian shrubs or small trees.


Maytenus hookeri

A taxonomic species within the family Celastraceae – certain flowering plants.


Zaluzianskya

In both Silene and Zaluzianskya the petals, or lobes, become slightly reflexed […]

1983, Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, page 5:

Zaluzianskya has a distinctive calyx, quite different from that of Glumicalyx, several species of which were originally described under Zaluzianskya.

1994, Olive Mary Hilliard, The Manuleae: A Tribe of Scrophulariaceae, page 15:

A taxonomic genus within the family Scrophulariaceae – certain figworts of southern Africa.


Atelocynus microtis

A taxonomic species within the family Canidae – short-eared dog, endemic to the Amazonian Basin.


Pittosporaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Apiales – certain flowering plants.


Wollemia

A taxonomic genus within the family Araucariaceae – Wollemi pine.


Dusicyon australis

Falkland Islands wolf
Falkland Islands wolf

A taxonomic species within the family Canidae – Falkland Islands wolf, an extinct canid that was endemic to the Falkland Islands.


Valonia ventricosa

A taxonomic species within the family Valoniaceae – the bubble alga, sea grape, or sailor’s eyeball – one of the largest known unicellular organisms.


Chrysocyon brachyurus

A taxonomic species within the family Canidae – maned wolf, found in South America.


Bougainvillia

A taxonomic genus within the family Bougainvilliidae – certain hydroids of the Southern Ocean.


Pochonia

A taxonomic genus within the order Hypocreales – certain fungi.


Helopeltis

A taxonomic genus within the family Miridae – mosquito bugs.


Aripuana

A taxonomic genus within the family Gentianaceae.


Olivella

A taxonomic genus within the family Olividae – dwarf olive shells.


Scandix pecten-veneris

A taxonomic species within the family Apiaceae – shepherd's needle.


Paraceratherium

A taxonomic genus within the family Paraceratheriidae – certain extinct hornless rhinocerotoids.


Strepsicrates

A taxonomic genus within the family Tortricidae – certain moths.


Augrabies

A taxonomic genus within the family Buprestidae – certain beetles.


Strepsiceros

Synonym of Strepsicrates (“tortricid moth genus”)

Synonym of Tragelaphus (“bovid mammal genus”)


Bellota

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

Synonym of Beilschmiedia (“plant genus”)


Beilschmiedia

A taxonomic genus within the family Lauraceae – more than 250 species of trees and shrubs, mostly of tropical environments.


Chasmosaurus

From Ancient Greek χάσμα (khásma, “opening, divide”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).

A taxonomic genus within the family ceratopsid – dinosaurs distinguished by the large openining in their frills.


Poposaurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Poposauridae – extinct pseudosuchian archosaurs from the Late Triassic of the southwestern United States.


Mummuciidae

A taxonomic family within the order Solifugae.


Uspallata

A taxonomic genus within the family Mummuciidae – certain camel spiders.


Gordonia

A taxonomic genus within the family Theaceae – certain flowering plants, principally of southeastern Asia.

A taxonomic genus within the family Gordoniaceae – certain bacteria.

(†Gordonia) A taxonomic genus within the clade †Dicynodontoidea – extinct therapsids from the Late Permian of Scotland.


Avaruarachne

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


Avarua

Synonym of Avaruarachne (“jumping spider genus”)


Docynia

Anagram of Latin Cydonia (“quince”), given due to its resemblance to quince by Joseph Decaisne.

A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – of eastern Asia, often classified as part of Malus.


(Internet slang, euphemistic) Filter-avoidance spelling of Pornhub.


Loxosoma

A taxonomic family within the phylum Entoprocta.


Eomatsucoccus

A taxonomic genus within the family Matsucoccidae.


Pitcairnia

A taxonomic genus within the family Bromeliaceae – certain plants.


Pityrogramma

A taxonomic genus within the family Pteridaceae – certain ferns.


Pachygrapsus

A taxonomic genus within the family Grapsidae – certain small shore crabs.


Pachypasa

A taxonomic genus within the family Lasiocampidae – certain moths.


Pachypsylla

A taxonomic genus within the family Aphalaridae – certain psyllids.


Panopoda

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain moths.


Palaeophis

A taxonomic genus within the family Palaeophiidae – certain extinct marine snakes.


Paludicella

A taxonomic genus within the family Paludicellidae – certain freshwater bryozoans.


Pappea

A taxonomic genus within the family Sapindaceae – a South African tree.


Palicourea

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


Panulirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Palinuridae – certain spiny lobsters.


Pentalonia

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


Percopsis

A taxonomic genus within the family Percopsidae – certain fishes.


Oryzopsis

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – ricegrass.


Philonotis

A taxonomic genus within the family Bartramiaceae – certain mosses.


Oryzomys

oryzo- (“rice”) + Ancient Greek μῦς m (mûs, “mouse”), literally “rice mouse”

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A taxonomic genus within the family Cricetidae – certain semiaquatic rodents, rice rats.


Pedicellinidae

A taxonomic family within the order Solitaria.


Solitaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Teloschistaceae – certain lichens.

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Caryophyllaceae – certain plants, now Shivparvatia (tribe: Alsineae).


Solitaria

(archaic) A taxonomic order within the phylum Entoprocta – formerly used for certain entoprocts, now Loxosomatida.


Mungotinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Herpestidae – African mongooses.


Athecata

Synonym of Dermochelyidae (“sea turtle family”)

Synonym of Anthomedusae (“order of hydrozoans”)


Belomys

A taxonomic genus within the family Sciuridae – the hairy-footed flying squirrel.


Arhuaco

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – certain butterflies.


Leucocrinum

A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – sand lily, common starlily, mountain lily.


Leucobryum

A taxonomic genus within the family Leucobryaceae – certain mosses.


Leptomeryx

A taxonomic genus within the family Leptomerycidae – an extinct small deer-like ruminant, endemic to North America during the Eocene through Oligocene.


Lilaeopsis

A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – grassworts, microswords.


Lichenopora

A taxonomic genus within the family Lichenoporidae – certain bryozoans.


Licuala

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – certain palms.


Lingulella

A taxonomic genus within the family Obolidae – certain phosphatic-shelled brachiopods.


Licnophora

A taxonomic genus within the family Licnophoridae – certain ciliates.


Botrychium

A taxonomic genus within the family Ophioglossaceae – moonworts.


Borrichia

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – seaside tansies.


Botrydium

A taxonomic genus within the family Botrydiaceae – certain thalloid algae.


Borreria

A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – false buttonweeds; synonym of Spermacoce.


Boltenia

A taxonomic genus within the family Pyuridae – certain ascidian tunicates.


Brachylaima

A taxonomic genus within the family Brachylaimidae – certain trematodes.


Spermacoce

A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – false buttonweeds.


Bosmina

A taxonomic genus within the family Bosminindae – certain water fleas.


Brachyscome

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


Branchiosaurus

From Ancient Greek βράγχιον (bránkhion, “gill”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Branchiosauridae – certain small, prehistoric amphibians.


Brachystegia

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – miombo.


Boussingaultia

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Basellaceae – Madeira vines; synonym of Anredera (“Madeira vine genus”).


Brunnichia

A taxonomic genus within the family Polygonaceae – redvine, ladies' eardrops, buckwheat vine.


Bryopsis

A taxonomic genus within the family Bryopsidaceae – certain green algae.


Brunonia

A taxonomic genus within the family Goodeniaceae – blue pincushion, native cornflower.


Brasenia

A taxonomic genus within the family Cabombaceae – watershield.


Brickellia

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – brickellbushes.


Branchiobdella

A taxonomic genus within the family Branchiobdellidae – certain annelids.


Bryobia

→ English: bryobia

A taxonomic genus within the family Tetranychidae – certain mites.


Brassavola

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – certain orchids.


Brochymena

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


Brya

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – certain flowering plants, principally of Cuba.


Boltonia

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – certain plants, many called doll's daisies.

Boltonia asteroides

white doll's daisy, false chamomile, false aster


Brauneria

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – coneflowers; synonym of Echinacea (“coneflower genus”).


Bonellia

A taxonomic genus within the family Bonelliidae – certain spoon worms.

A taxonomic genus within the family Eulimidae – certain snails.

A taxonomic genus within the family Primulaceae – certain plants.


Buphthalmum

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


Broussonetia

A taxonomic genus within the family Moraceae – certain trees of east Asia; paper mulberries.


Brahmaea

A taxonomic genus within the family Brahmaeidae – certain moths.


Brachyphyllum

A taxonomic genus within the family Araucariaceae – a form genus of fossil coniferous plant foliage.


Otiorhynchus

Latin ōtium n (“leisure; free time”) + Ancient Greek ῥῠ́γχος n (rhúnkhos, “nose”). Despite the root word ῥῠ́γχος (rhúnkhos) being a neuter noun, it resembles Latin -us, and so has taken the masculine grammatical gender.

A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae – certain weevils.


Chlorochytrium

A taxonomic genus within the family Chlorochytriaceae – certain green algae.