Anemone ranunculoides

Anemonoides ranunculoides
Wikispecies:Anemonoides ranunculoides

A taxonomic species within the family Ranunculales – Synonym of Anemonoides ranunculoides.


Morus alba

A taxonomic species within the family Moraceae – white mulberry, common mulberry, silkworm mulberry, or Russian mulberry.


Persicaria maculosa

A taxonomic species within the family Polygonaceae – lady's thumb, spotted lady's thumb, Jesusplant, or redshank.


Ficus carica

French: figuier de Carie

A taxonomic species within the family Moraceae – typical fig.


Asio flammeus

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


M31 (“Andromeda Galaxy”) + V* (“variable star”) + 1 (“number 1, first”). From being the first variable star identified in the Great Andromeda Nebula, by Edwin Hubble.

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Hubble's Variable
Hubble's Variable#English

Local Supercluster
Local Supercluster#English

Hubble's Variable (“Hubble's Star”): A star, a Cepheid variable in Andromeda Galaxy, Local Group, Local Supercluster, Laniakea, located in the Andromeda constellation; the first variable star discovered outside the Milky Way Galaxy, and first star identified whose distance was unequivocably beyond the confines of the Milky Way.


Paradoxornithidae

A monophyletic group of birds, including parrotbills, certain fulvettas and warblers, and other small seed-eating birds, principally of east and southeastern Asia.

A taxonomic family within the order Passeriformes.


Carex subg. Carex

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Cyperaceae – typical true sedges.

For selected species see Carex subg. Carex at National Center for Biotechnology Information and Special:WhatLinksHere


Lophocoleaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Jungermanniales – certain leafy liverworts.


Auxis thazard

A taxonomic species within the family Scombridae – frigate mackerel, frigate tuna.


Prunus laurocerasus

A taxonomic species within the family Rosaceae – cherry laurel, common laurel; native from Albania and Bulgaria to northern Iran, often cultivated, sometimes invasive.


Trachyspermum ammi

A taxonomic species within the family Apiaceae – a plant of southwestern Asia that yields a fruit, resembling a seed, used as a spice.


Acipenser sturio

A taxonomic species within the family Acipenseridae – European sea sturgeon.


Euterpe oleracea

A taxonomic species within the family Arecaceae – acai palm.


Campsis grandiflora

Chinese trumpet vine
Chinese trumpet vine

A taxonomic species within the family Bignoniaceae – Chinese trumpet vine.


Digitaria sanguinalis

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – a common lawn weed of temperate climates: hairy crabgrass, hairy finger-grass, large crabgrass, crab finger grass, or purple crabgrass.


Pseudopodospermum hispanicum

A taxonomic species within the family Asteraceae – black salsify.


Tragulidae

A taxonomic family within the order Artiodactyla – chevrotains or mouse deer, of south and southeast Asia, including the smallest ruminants on Earth.


Marchantiidae

A taxonomic subclass within the class Marchantiopsida – complex thalloid liverworts, chambered hepatics.


Cancer pagurus

A taxonomic species within the family Cancridae – edible crab, brown crab, of northern European seas.


Halichoerus grypus

A taxonomic species within the family Phocidae – gray seal, Atlantic seal, horsehead seal.


Gleditsia triacanthos

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – honey locust tree; thorny locust, thorny honeylocust, of river valleys in central North America.

thornless honey locust

subspecies, varieties, or forms of Gleditsia triacanthos


Dianthus barbatus

French: œillet barbu

A taxonomic species within the family Caryophyllaceae – sweet william.


Euphorbia helioscopia

A taxonomic species within the family Euphorbiaceae – sun spurge, wart spurge, umbrella milkweed, madwoman's milk.


Alocasia macrorrhizos

A taxonomic species within the family Araceae – giant taro, giant alocasia.


Scomberomorus

From scomber (“mackerel”) and morus (“foolish”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Scombridae – Spanish mackerels, seerfishes, etc.


Myrsine

A taxonomic genus within the family Primulaceae – colicweeds.


Colea

After Galbraith Lowry Cole, governor of Mauritius (1823-8) and of the Cape Colony (1828-33) + -a

A taxonomic genus within the family Bignoniaceae – endemic to Madagascar, Mauritius, and other islands of the western India Ocean.


Jugatae

Coordinate term: Frenatae

A proposed taxonomic suborder of the Lepidoptera, to include those having a jugum on each forewing.


Justicia

Borrowed from Latin jūsticia, variant of Latin iūstitia (“justice”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthaceae – various flowering plants.


Fabroniaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Hypnales – various mosses.


Fontainea

A taxonomic genus within the family Euphorbiaceae – certain plants, some called blushwood.


Fontinalaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Isobryales – certain mosses.


Franklinia

A taxonomic genus within the family Theaceae – the Franklin tree.


Predentata

Synonym of Ornithischia (“an order of dinosaurs”)


Tarenna

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


Crinigerinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Pycnonotidae – African bulbuls.


Flabellinidae

A taxonomic family within the order Nudibranchia – certain nudibranchs.


Babakina

A taxonomic genus within the family Flabellinidae – various nudibranchs.


Cladobranchia

A taxonomic suborder within the order Nudibranchia – certain nudibranchs.


Fionoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Nudibranchia – aeolid nudibranchs.


Thismiaceae

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


Zenaidini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Columbidae – quail-doves and allies.


Araneina

A former taxonomic suborder of order Araneae that includes the spiders.


Aphelenchus

A taxonomic genus within the family Aphelenchoididae – certain nematodes.


Aphelinus

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


Quisqualis

A taxonomic genus within the family Combretaceae – synonym of Combretum (“bushwillow genus”).

Quisqualis indica

Rangoon creeper, Burma creeper, syn. of Combretum indicum

Quisqualis indica

now Combretum indicum (Rangoon creeper) or Combretum malabaricum


H. neanderthalensis

Homo neanderthalensis
Homo neanderthalensis#English


Homo sapiens neanderthalensis

Homo neanderthalensis
Homo neanderthalensis#Translingual

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Hominidae – Synonym of Homo neanderthalensis.


Tolypeutes

A taxonomic genus within the family Chlamyphoridae – the three-banded armadillos.


Tomistoma

A taxonomic genus within the family Gavialidae – certain crocodilians.


Toona

A taxonomic genus within the family Meliaceae – redcedars or toonas, found from Afghanistan and India to North Korea and Papua New Guinea.


Tortrix

A taxonomic genus within the family Tortricidae – certain moths.


Torenia

A taxonomic genus within the family Linderniaceae – wishbone flowers.


Townsendia

A taxonomic genus within the family Asilidae – certain robber flies.

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – Townsend daisies.


Tovaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Tovariaceae – two species of herbs native to Mexico and Central America, with many others now assigned to other genera; sole genus of its family.


Tranzschelia

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


Neimatoda

From Ancient Greek νῆμα (nêma, “thread”) + -oda, irregular form of -oidea.


Ikhthues

taxonomic term for fish within Gnathostomata


Xiphosurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Dactyloidae – certain anoles.


Zeuzerinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Cossidae – certain moths.


Vacciniaceae

Synonym of Ericaceae (“heath or heather family”)


Valerianales

A former proposed taxonomic order of plants including the valerians.


Octodontinae

A former taxonomic subfamily of the family Octodontidae in the Hystricomorpha, including the degu and others.


Oculina

A taxonomic genus within the family Oculinidae – certain colonial stony corals.


Oculinidae

A taxonomic family within the order Scleractinia – certain colonial corals.


Ithyphallus

Ithyphallus is a generic name, recently proposed for Phallus impudicus, as it had always previously been known.

1907. Curtis Gates Lloyd. Mycological Notes (No. 26), "Concerning the Phalloids"

(mycology) Synonym of Phallus (“genus including the common stinkhorn”)


Ixia

A taxonomic genus within the family Iridaceae – various cormous plants. many known as corn lilies, native to South Africa.


Iteaceae

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


Dioscorea esculenta

A taxonomic species within the family Dioscoreaceae – lesser yam, of Southeast Asia, but introduced more widely.


Sesbania grandiflora

vegetable hummingbird
vegetable hummingbird

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – West Indian pea, vegetable hummingbird.


Chamaeleolis

A taxonomic genus within the family Dactyloidae – one of the slow-moving Cuban false chameleon anoles, sometimes treated as a clade within genus Xiphosurus or within genus Anolis.


Dioscorea bulbifera

A taxonomic species within the family Dioscoreaceae – aerial yam, air yam, etc.


Mainatinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Sturnidae – starlings of Asia and Australasia, sometimes classified as subfamily Graculinae.


Malacanthidae

A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes – tilefishes.

Branchiostegus

(family): Latilinae, Malacanthinae - subfamilies


Epsilonretrovirus

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English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">epsilon</i>

A taxonomic genus within the family Retroviridae – epsilonretroviruses.


Spirostreptida

A taxonomic order within the class Diplopoda – certain millipedes.


Pterophorinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Pterophoridae – various plume moths.


Bavayia

A taxonomic genus within the family Diplodactylidae – New Caledonian geckos or bavayias.


Lamiinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Cerambycidae – flat-faced longhorn beetles.


Guss.

(botany) Giovanni Gussone (Italian botanist)


Juletta

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphaeromatidae – certain isopods.


Vedalia

A former beetle genus including the vedalia beetle.


Salsolaceae

(archaic) A taxonomic family within the order Caryophyllales – salt-tolerant flowering plants, now usually treated as subfamily Salsoloideae, in family Amaranthaceae..


Salisburia

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English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">Salisbury</i>


Sarothamnus

Synonym of Cytisus (“flowering plant genus”)


Saprolegniaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Saprolegniales – certain freshwater moulds.


Hypophthalmus

A taxonomic genus within the family Pimelodidae – various long-whiskered catfishes, including highwaterman catfish.


Pentaceratops

A taxonomic genus within the family Ceratopsidae – the extinct pentaceratops.


Callancyla

A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae.


Dimetrodon

From di- + Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) + -odon.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Sphenacodontidae – dimetrodons (extinct).


Prochoreutis

A taxonomic genus within the family Choreutidae.


Clarias

A taxonomic genus within the family Clariidae.


Clariidae

airbreathing catfish
airbreathing catfish

A taxonomic family within the order Siluriformes – airbreathing catfish.


Tachina

A taxonomic genus within the family Tachinidae – various large flies.


Miletini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Lycaenidae.


Choreutidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – metalmark moths.

Brenthia

(family): Brenthiinae, Choreutinae – subfamilies


Callancyla croceicollis

A taxonomic species within the family Cerambycidae.


Dicrostonychini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Cricetidae.


Runcinida

A taxonomic order within the class Gastropoda.


Prochoreutis hadrogastra

A taxonomic species within the family Choreutidae.


Dicrostonyx

A taxonomic genus within the family Cricetidae – collared lemmings.


Fasciolariidae

A taxonomic family within the order Neogastropoda.


Miletus leos

A taxonomic species within the family Lycaenidae – of Malesia.


Miletinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Lycaenidae – harvesters or wooly legs, with larvae that prey on hemipteran insects and do not eat plants.


Dicrostonyx groenlandicus

A taxonomic species within the family Cricetidae – northern collared lemming or nearctic collared lemming, also called Peary Land collared lemming.


Fusinus

A taxonomic genus within the family Fasciolariidae.


Meganola

A taxonomic genus within the family Nolidae.


Fusinus dovpeledi

A taxonomic species within the family Fasciolariidae.


Meganola varia

A taxonomic species within the family Nolidae.


Clarias batu

A taxonomic species within the family Clariidae – Tioman walking catfish.


Nolidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – the tuft moths.


Buccinoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Neogastropoda.


Nolinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Nolidae.

Meganola

(subfamily): For tribes see Nolinae on Wikispecies.


Trachyderini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Cerambycidae.


Fusininae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Fasciolariidae.


Eugoa

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae.


Sybra

Cristosybra

(genus): Sybra stigmatica – type species

A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae.

A taxonomic subgenus within the genus Sybra.


Bythograeidae

A taxonomic family within the order Decapoda – certain blind crabs, bythograeids.


Scythris

A taxonomic genus within the family Scythrididae – certain flower moths.


Ancillariidae

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Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">ancillārī</i> (“To serve”)

A taxonomic family within the order Gastropoda.


Halecostomi

A taxonomic clade within the subclass Neopterygii – the halecostomes.


Tethytheria

A taxonomic clade within the clade Paenungulata – tethytherians.


Calyptronoma

Latin calyptra, from Ancient Greek κᾰλῠ́πτρᾱ (kalúptrā) +

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae.


Donacia

Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">donax</i>

A taxonomic genus within the family Chrysomelidae.


Dalailama

English Dalai Lama, from Tibetan ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ (tā la'i bla ma).

A taxonomic genus within the family Endromidae.


Hemipenthes

Likely from hemi- + Ancient Greek πένθος (pénthos)

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Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">πένθος</i> (pénthos)

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


Limnodynastes dorsalis

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Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">dorsālis</i>

A taxonomic species within the family Limnodynastidae – pobblebonk, western banjo frog, sand frog, or bullfrog.


Eupithecia

Possibly from eu- (“new”) + Pithecia (“genus of saki monkeys”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – pugs.


Cryptothecia

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English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">thecia</i>

A taxonomic genus within the family Arthoniaceae – the wreath lichens.


Austrogomphus prasinus

A taxonomic species within the family Gomphidae – lemon-tipped hunter.


Tainoceratidae

A taxonomic family within the order Nautilida – tainoceratids.


Limnodynastes

Ancient Greek λῐ́μνη (límnē) + δυνάστης (dunástēs)

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Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">λῐ́μνη</i> (límnē)

δυνάστης (dunástēs)

Australian swamp frog
Australian swamp frog

A taxonomic genus within the family Limnodynastidae – the Australian swamp frogs.


Hydrocanthus

English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">hydro-</i>

Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">canthus</i>

A taxonomic genus within the family Noteridae.


Locusta migratoria manilensis

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Acrididae – oriental migratory locusts.


Rhyparochrominae

From the name of the genus Rhyparochromus (from Ancient Greek ῥυπαρός (rhuparós, “filth. dirt”) + Ancient Greek χρῶμᾰ (khrôma)) + -inae

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A taxonomic subfamily within the family Rhyparochromidae – certain dirt-colored seed bugs.


Cypraeoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Littorinimorpha – the cowries and allied species of marine gastropods.


Thermoniphas

From Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós) + Ancient Greek νιφάς (niphás)

A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae – of the Afrotropics.

Thermoniphas colorata Thermoniphas distincta


Gelechiinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Gelechiidae – gelechiines.


Copelatus

A taxonomic genus within the family Dytiscidae – certain diving beetles.


Scrobipalpula

Possibly from Latin scrobī + palpālis + -a

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Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">scrobī</i>

A taxonomic genus within the family Gelechiidae – certain gelechiine moths.


Stylogomphus

English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">stylo-</i>

Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">gomphus</i>

A taxonomic genus within the family Gomphidae – certain clubtails.


Chaetosiphon

Ancient Greek χαίτη (khaítē) + English siphon?

Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">χαίτη</i> (khaítē)

English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">siphon</i>

A taxonomic genus within the family Aphididae – certain aphids.

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


Triviidae

A taxonomic family within the order Littorinimorpha – certain marine gastropods.

†Prototrivia

family): Cleotrivia, Discotrivia, Dolichupis, Ellatrivia, Gregoia, Niveria, Novatrivia, Pseudopusula, Purpurcapsula, Pusula, Quasipusula, Semitrivia, Trivellona, Trivia, Triviella, Trivirostra (genera


Presbytinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Cercopithecidae – Synonym of Colobinae.


AIN

(IOC country code): From French athlètes individuels neutres (“neutral individual athletes”), from athlète+individuel+neutre

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International Olympic Committee
International Olympic Committee#English

(Olympics, sports, politics) An International Olympic Committee country code for neutral Olympic competitors


Paramachaerium

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


Bulbophyllum

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Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">bulbō</i>

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – certain orchids.


Pleuracanthus

A taxonomic genus within the family Carabidae – certain extinct beetles.

Synonym of Xenacanthus (“prehistoric shark genus”)


Aplacentalia

A former taxonomic group of mammals, distinguished from the Placentalia in having no allantoic placenta.


Aphidiinae

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


Aphidius

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


Xenacanthus

A taxonomic genus within the family Xenacanthidae – certain prehistoric sharks.


Aphidinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Aphididae – certain aphids.


Polistes annularis

Ancient Greek πολιστης (polistēs, “founder of a city”) + Latin ānulāris (“annular”)

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Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">πολιστης</i> (polistēs, “founder of a city”)

Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">ānulāris</i> (“annular”)

A taxonomic species within the family Vespidae – ringed paper wasp.


Typothoracinae

(former)

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Stagonolepididae – typothoracines.


Conopleura

Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">cōnō</i> (“cone”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Drilliidae.


Danaini

brush-footed butterflies
brush-footed butterfly

A taxonomic tribe within the family Nymphalidae – certain brush-footed butterflies.


Maliattha

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain noctuid moths.


Globularia

A taxonomic genus within the family Plantaginaceae – globe daisies or globularias.


Ommata

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄμμᾰτᾰ (ómmata), plural of Ancient Greek ὄμμᾰ (ómma, “eye; light”).

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


Yumbera

Purportedly from an Australian aboriginal word for "fly".

A taxonomic genus within the family Dolichopodidae – certain long-legged flies.


Tentax

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


Tabaninae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Tabanidae – certain horseflies.


Allodontidae

Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos) + ὀδόντος (odóntos) + -idae

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Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">ἄλλος</i> (állos)

ὀδόντος (odóntos)

A taxonomic family within the order †Multituberculata – allodontids.


Lymantriini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Erebidae – certain lymantriine moths.


Dalceridae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – dalcerids.


Autostichidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – certain gelechioid moths.


Scolecomorphidae

A taxonomic family within the order Gymnophiona – the tropical caecilians, buried-eyed caecilians, and African caecilians, also known zoologically as scolecomorphids.


Chlorostrymon

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Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">χλωρός</i> (khlōrós)

gossamer-winged butterflies
gossamer-winged butterfly

A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae – certain gossamer-winged butterflies.


Nothobranchius

Latin nothō, from Ancient Greek νόθος (nóthos, “false, spurious”) + βράγχια (bránkhia, “gill”)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Nothobranchiidae – certain African rivulines.


Perrottetia

A taxonomic genus within the family Dipentodontaceae – certain rosids.

A taxonomic genus within the family Streptaxidae – certain carnivorous air-breathing snails.


Ctenacodon

Ancient Greek κτενός (ktenós, “comb”) + Latin acus (“needle”) + Ancient Greek ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”)

Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">κτενός</i> (ktenós, “comb”)

Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">acus</i> (“needle”)

Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">ὀδών</i> (odṓn, “tooth”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Allodontidae.


Cyrtodactylus

Ancient Greek κυρτος (kurtos, “curved”), from κύπτω (kúptō) + δακτυλος (daktulos, “finger, toe”)

Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">κυρτος</i> (kurtos, “curved”), from κύπτω (kúptō)

A taxonomic genus within the family Gekkonidae – bent-toed geckos, bow-fingered geckos, and forest geckos.


Kappa Velorum

Ancient Greek κάππα (káppa) + Velorum, as per binomial nomenclature

Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">κάππα</i> (káppa)

(astronomy) Markab, a certain binary star.


Fregatae

A former taxonomic suborder of the Pelecaniformes, including the frigatebirds.


Frangulaceae

Synonym of Rhamnaceae (“family of buckthorns”)


Freycinetia

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


Frankeniaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Caryophyllales – sea heaths.


Fuirena

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyperaceae – umbrella sedges or umbrella grasses.


Frankenia

From Frankenius + -ia, coined by Linnaeus to honor Johan Franck (1590–1661), a former Swedish botanist at the University of Uppsala. Sometimes mistakenly further Latinized as Francenia.

Francenia, sea-heath, or sea-chickweed, a genus of the hexandria monogynia claſs. The calix is tunnel ſhaped, and divided into five ſegments; the petals are five; the ſtigma has ſix diviſions; and the capſule conſiſts of one cell, with three valves. There are three ſpecies, two of them natives of Britain, viz. the lævis, or ſmooth ſea-heath; and the pulverulenta, or broad leaved ſea-heath.

1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 630

A taxonomic genus within the family Frankeniaceae – sea heaths.


Prenanthes

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – rattlesnake root.


Phaegopterina

A taxonomic subtribe within the family Erebidae – phaegopterines, certain tiger moths.


Squaloraja

A taxonomic genus within the family †Squalorajidae – †Squaloraja polyspondyla, sole species.


Pteropliini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Cerambycidae – certain flat-faced longhorn beetles.


Gracillarioidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Lepidoptera – certain ditrysian moths.


Edestosaurus

Synonym of Clidastes (“extinct genus of marine lizards”)


Prionotaceae

A former taxonomic family, now subsumed into Ericaceae.


Eberthella

A former taxonomic genus including Eberth's bacillus.


Empetraceae

A taxonomic family within the order Ericales – now subsumed into subfamily Ericoideae or tribe Empetreae of family Ericaceae.


Agromyza

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γρός m (agrós, “field, countryside”) + -myza f (“sucking”, Ancient Greek μυζάω (muzáō))

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Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">μυζάω</i> (muzáō)

A taxonomic genus within the family Agromyzidae – certain flies.


Phorusrhacidae

A taxonomic class within the order Cariamiformes (but see below) – extinct flightless birds endemic to South America during the Cenozoic (62 to 0.1 million years ago); the terror birds.


Ocyroe

Synonym of Nardophyllum (“flowering plant genus”)


Oedogoniaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Oedogoniales.


Oedogoniales

A taxonomic order within the class Chlorophyceae – certain filamentous freshwater green algae.


Ogcocephalus

A taxonomic genus within the family Ogcocephalidae – certain anglerfishes.


Olax

A taxonomic genus within the family Olacaceae – certain plants.


Oenocarpus

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – certain pinnate-leaved palms.


Onagra

Synonym of Oenothera (“flowering plant genus”)


Oldhamia

Named after the geologist Thomas Oldham.

An ichnogenus describing burrows produced by worm-like organisms mining underneath microbial mats.


Onohippidium

Synonym of Hippidion (“extinct equine genus”)


Ononis

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – restharrows.


Oleacinidae

A taxonomic family within the class Gastropoda – certain air-breathing land snails.

Biangulaxis

(family): Oleacininae, Varicellinae – subfamilies


Oleacina

A taxonomic genus within the family Oleacinidae – certain air-breathing land snails.


Aplysina

A taxonomic genus within the family Aplysinidae – certain sea sponges.


Tuebingosaurus maierfritzorum

Der “Tuebingosaurus maierfritzorum” habe vor mehr als 200 Millionen Jahren im Bereich der heutigen Schwäbischen Alb gelebt, teilte die Universität Tübingen am Donnerstag mit.

2022 September 10, “Der Tuebingosaurus feiert eine Stadt”, in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German), page 7:

The “Tuebingosaurus maierfritzorum” lived more than 200 million years ago near what is now the Swabian Alb, the University of Tübingen announced on Thursday.

Con el presentimiento de que la identificación original era incorrecta, el equipo volvió a examinar los huesos y descurbrió un género y un especie de dinosaurio completamente nuevos, a la que denominaron Tuebingosaurus maierfritzorum.

2024 January 15, “Identificada una nueva especie de dinosaurio que vivió en Alemania hace 200 millones de años”, in El Periodico (in Spanish):

Sensing that the original identification was incorrect, the team reexamined the bones and discovered a completely new genus and species of dinosaur, which they named Tuebingosaurus maierfritzorum.

A taxonomic species within the clade Saurischia.


Pipistrellus dormeri

A taxonomic species within the family Vespertilionidae – Dormer's bat, found from Pakistan to Bengladesh.


Carpentaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – a palm native to tropical coastal regions in northern Australia.


Naosaurus

Synonym of Edaphosaurus (“extinct synapsid genus”)


Narthecium

A taxonomic genus within the family Nartheciaceae – certain herbaceous flowering plants.


Nandina

A taxonomic genus within the family Berberidaceae – nandina.


Morina

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain moths.


Nectonema

A taxonomic genus within the family Nectonematidae – certain marine horsehair worms.


Thunbergia

A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthaceae – clockvines.

Thunbergia capensis

(genus): Thunbergia subg. Adelphia, Thunbergia subg. Coniostephanus, Thunbergia subg. Hexacentris, Thunbergia subg. Hypenophora, Thunbergia subg. Macrosiphon, Thunbergia subg. Parahexacentris, Thunbergia subg. Stellatae, Thunbergia subg. Thamnidium, Thunbergia Thunbergia - subgenera


Neohipparion

A taxonomic genus within the family Equidae – an extinct equid from the Neogene (Miocene to Pliocene) of North America and Central America.


Nesokia

A taxonomic genus within the family Muridae – the short-tailed bandicoot rat.


Nesotragus

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


Nephrops

Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós, “kidneys”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye, face”)

bor

A taxonomic genus within the family Nephropidae – certain lobsters.


Nectria

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


Nitrobacterieae

The most primitive species of bacteria known to be in in the process of soil fertilization are grouped in the tribe Nitrobacterieae.

1937, Martin Frobisher, Fundamentals of Bacteriology (in English), page 104:

(archaic) A taxonomic tribe within the family Nitrobacteriaceae – certain nitrifying bacteria.


Stratiotes

A taxonomic genus within the family Hydrocharitaceae – certain aquatic plants, water soldiers.

A taxonomic genus within the family Carabidae – certain beetles.


Stackhousiaceae

An obsolete family of plants, now merged into Celastraceae.


Succisa

A taxonomic genus within the family Caprifoliaceae – various flowering plants including the devil's-bit scabious.


Joculator

Borrowed from Latin joculātor (jester, joker).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cerithiopsidae – ceratin sea snails.


Psetta

Synonym of Scophthalmus (“turbot genus”)


Ptelea

A taxonomic genus within the family Rutaceae – hoptrees.


Pteraspis

A taxonomic genus within the family Pteraspididae – a pteraspidid heterostracan agnathan vertebrate that lived from the Lochkovian to Eifelian epochs of the Devonian period.


Agatea

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


Purshia

A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – bitterbrush or cliffrose.


Hyperotreti

Synonym of Myxini (“taxonomic class of hagfish”)


Locustinae

Synonym of Oedipodinae (“bandwing subfamily”)


Lituitidae

A taxonomic family within the order Tarphycerida – evolved tarphycerids characterized by a long orthoconic section that follows a coiled juvenile portion at the apex, along with a generally tubular siphuncle composed of thin connecting rings.


Littorella

A taxonomic genus within the family Plantaginaceae – shoreweeds.


Lopezia

A taxonomic genus within the family Onagraceae – various plants.


Lophiodon

A taxonomic genus within the family Lophiodontidae – an extinct mammal related to the chalicotheres.


Lophiola

A taxonomic genus within the family Nartheciaceae – certain monocotyledonous flowering plants native to eastern North America.


Cordia

Named after German botanist Valerius Cordus (1515–1544).

named-after

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Aphrophoridae – certain spittlebugs.


Caiman crocodilus

A taxonomic species within the family Alligatoridae – spectacled caiman.


Bistorta officinalis

A taxonomic species within the family Polygonaceae – common bistort, of Europe and northern Asia.


Levisticum officinale

A taxonomic species within the family Apiaceae – lovage, of western Eurasia, the leaves, roots and seeds of which are used as food.


Lathyrus tuberosus

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – earthnut pea.


Carnia

A taxonomic genus within the division Ascomycota.


Ulmus laevis

A taxonomic species within the family Ulmaceae – European white elm.


Echidnidae

Synonym of Tachyglossidae (“echnida family”)


Elotherium

Synonym of Entelodon (“artiodactyl genus”)


Elysiidae

Synonym of Plakobranchidae (“sea slug family”)


Eperua

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – certain flowering plants, of tropical South America and Africa.


Suberites

A taxonomic genus within the family Suberitidae – certain sea sponges.


Suberitidae

A taxonomic family within the order Suberitida – certain sea sponges.


Architeuthis

A taxonomic genus within the family Architeuthidae – giant squid.


Candida tropicalis

Both new studies found microbes that appeared to be associated with worse outcomes from cancer. For example, Dr. Iliev and his colleagues found that people were more likely to die of stomach cancer if their tumors contained a species of fungus called Candida tropicalis.

2022 September 29, Carl Zimmer, “A New Approach to Spotting Tumors: Look for Their Microbes”, in The New York Times:

A taxonomic species within the family Debaryomycetaceae – a yeast fungus that often causes disease in neutropenic hosts.


Agathaumas

A taxonomic genus within the family Ceratopsidae – a large dinosaur that lived in Wyoming during the Late Cretaceous.


Boaedon

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamprophiidae – the brown house snakes.


Agnostus

A taxonomic genus within the family Agnostidae – certain trilobites of the late Middle Cambrian to early Upper Cambrian era.


Coptis

A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – goldthread or canker root.


Connarus

A taxonomic genus within the family Connaraceae – certain plants.


Elatine

A taxonomic genus within the family Elatinaceae – waterworts.


Crocanthemum

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


Corema

A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – certain dioecious flowering shrubs.


Cronartium

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


Croomia

A taxonomic genus within the family Stemonaceae – certain primitive angiosperm herbs.


Eryon

A taxonomic genus within the family Eryonidae – certain extinct decapod crustaceans from the Late Jurassic of Germany.


Craterellus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cantharellaceae – certain fungi.


Embelia

A taxonomic genus within the family Primulaceae – certain climbing shrubs occurring in tropical and subtropical environments from Africa to Australia and Pacific islands.

Embelia ribes

(genus): Embelia sect. Choripetalum, Embelia sect. Embelia, Embelia sect. Embeliopsis, Embelia sect. Heterembelia, Embelia sect. Micrembelia, Embelia sect. Samara - sections

false black pepper, white-flowered embelia, vidanga


Cissampelos

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


Guzmania

A taxonomic genus within the family Bromeliaceae – tufted airplant.


Eryops

A taxonomic genus within the family Eryopidae – an extinct amphibious temnospondyl.


Cotinus

A taxonomic genus within the family Anacardiaceae – smoke trees or smokebushes.


Eomecon

A taxonomic genus within the family Papaveraceae – snow poppy, dawn poppy.


Hottonia

A taxonomic genus within the family Primulaceae – featherfoil.


Lappula

A taxonomic genus within the family Boraginaceae – stickseeds.


Mesoreodon

A taxonomic genus within the family Merycoidodontidae – an extinct terrestrial herbivore.


Orthagoriscus

A former genus of fish, including the sharptail mola (now Masturus lanceolatus).


Otozoum

An ichnospecies of fossilized sauropodomorph dinosaur footprints and other markings in sandstones, made by heavy, bipedal animals (probably dinosaurs) with a short stride that walked on four toes directed forward.


Othake

Synonym of Gaillardia (“blanket flower genus”)


Marmosa

A taxonomic genus within the family Didelphidae – certain mouse opossums.


Orontium

A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae – golden club.


Moropus

A taxonomic genus within the family Chalicotheriidae – an extinct perissodactyl chalicothere.


Roystonea

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – certain palm trees.


Orohippus

A taxonomic genus within the family Equidae – an extinct equid of the Eocene.


Ophthalmosaurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Ophthalmosauridae – a Jurassic ichthyosaur.


Spirodela

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


Myrcia

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


Lapsana

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – nipplewort.


Olneya

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – desert ironwood.


Fremontodendron

A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – fremontia or flannelbush.


Keraterpeton

A taxonomic genus within the family Diplocaulidae – an extinct lepospondyl amphibian of the Carboniferous period.


Hovenia

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhamnaceae – raisin trees, endemic to Asia, from India to Japan.


Condylura

A taxonomic genus within the family Talpidae – the star-nosed mole.


Psaronius

A taxonomic genus within the family Psaroniaceae or Asterothecaceae – an extinct tree fern.


Laportea

A taxonomic genus within the family Urticaceae – certain nettles.


Sanvitalia

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – creeping zinnias.


Erysiphe

A taxonomic genus within the family Erysiphaceae – certain fungi, many of the species of which plant pathogens which cause powdery mildew.


Swartzia

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – certain flowering plants, some called ironwood.


Adelea

A taxonomic genus within the family Adeleidae – certain parasitic alveolates.


Manfreda

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – now placed in genus Agave.

Manfreda virginica

syn, of Agave virginica; false aloe, rattlesnake master, American aloe, Virginia agave

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Asparagaceae – Agave subg. Manfreda.


Tamus

Synonym of Dioscorea (“flowering plant genus”)


Matatua

A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadellidae – certain leafhoppers.


Flagellariaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Poales – plants of subtropical and tropical regions from Africa to Pacific islands and Australia.


Enterolobium

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


Papio hamadryas

A taxonomic species within the family Cercopithecidae – sacred baboon, dog-faced baboon, of Yemen and the Horn of Africa.


Dicerorhinus sumatrensis

A taxonomic species within the family Rhinocerotidae – Sumatran rhinoceros, sole extant species of its genus.


Camelina sativa

A taxonomic species within the family Brassicaceae – camelina, gold-of-pleasure, false flax, grown as an oilseed crop.


Rhododendron ponticum

pontic rhododendron
pontic rhododendron#English

common rhododendron
common rhododendron#English

A taxonomic species within the family Ericaceae – pontic rhododendron, common rhododendron, native to Iberia and the Caucasus.


Lucanidae

A taxonomic family within the order Coleoptera – stag beetles.


Ovula

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


Oxyaena

A taxonomic genus within the family Oxyaenidae – an extinct mammal of the early Eocene.


Oxypolis

A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – certain North American cowbanes.


Oxybaphus

Synonym of Mirabilis (“umbrellawort genus”)


Oxyopidae

A taxonomic family within the order Araneae – lynx spiders.


Othonna

Borrowed from Latin othonna f (“kind of plant”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – certain succulent or subsucculent perennial herbs or shrubs.


Pseudechis

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


Pseudobranchus

A taxonomic genus within the family Sirenidae – dwarf sirens.


Odontaspididae

A taxonomic family within the order Lamniformes – sand sharks, of warm and temperate waters of shores worldwide, except for the eastern Pacific.

†Araloselachus

(family): Carcharias, Odontaspis - extant genera


Curculio proboscideus

A taxonomic species within the family Curculionidae – elephant weevil, a nut and acorn weevil.


Lecithocera hildebrandtella

Torodora hildebrandtella
Torodora hildebrandtella#Translingual


Torodora hildebrandtella

Totodora hildebrandtella (canonical feminine)

A taxonomic species within the family Lecithoceridae.


Gallini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Phasianidae.

Francolinus

from which Ortygornis, Afrocolinus, and Campocolinus have been recently extracted


Laboulbeniales

A taxonomic order within the class Laboulbeniomycetes – beetle hangers or labouls.


Lampsilis

A taxonomic genus within the family Unionidae – certain freshwater mussels.


Landolphia

A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – certain flowering vines of tropical Africa.


Sylvilagus

Sylvilagus floridanus

(genus): Microlagus, Sylvilagus, Tapeti - subgenera

Sylvilagus obscurus

Appalachian cottontail, Allegheny cottontail

A taxonomic genus within the family Leporidae – cottontail rabbits.

A taxonomic subgenus within the genus Sylvilagus.


Lanthanotus

earless monitor lizard
earless monitor lizard

A taxonomic genus within the family Lanthanotidae – the earless monitor lizard.


Langsdorffia

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


Lapageria

A taxonomic genus within the family Philesiaceae – the copihue.


Lapeirousia

A taxonomic genus within the family Iridaceae – certain plants.


Lanista

A taxonomic genus within the family Tettigoniidae – African bush-crickets.


Langsdorfia

A taxonomic genus within the family Cossidae – certain moths.


Laqueus

A taxonomic genus within the family Laqueidae – certain brachiopods.


Latania

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – certain palm trees.


Lathridiidae

Alternative form of Latridiidae (“beetle genus”)


Latimeria

A taxonomic genus within the family Latimeriidae – certain fishes.


Laspeyresia

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain moths.


Lasiocampoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Lepidoptera – eggar moths.


Latirus

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


Lasius

→ Russian: ла́зиус (lázius)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λάσῐος (lásios, “hairy”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Formicidae – certain ants.


Lechea

A taxonomic genus within the family Cistaceae – pinweed.


Leersia

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – cutgrasses.


Leitneriaceae

Synonym of Simaroubaceae (“tropical plant family”)


Lemanea

A taxonomic genus within the family Lemaneaceae – certain freshwater red algae.


Lentilla

Synonym of Lens (“flowering plant genus”)


Leitneria

A taxonomic genus within the family Simaroubaceae – corkwood (Leitneria floridiana).

A taxonomic genus within the family Halolaelapidae – certain mites.


Lemnaceae

(archaic) A taxonomic family within the order Alismatales – certain aquatic plants, now subfamily Lemnoideae in family Araceae.


Lecanoraceae

A taxonomic family within the order Lecanorales – certain lichenized fungi.


Leonotis

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


Lenzites

A taxonomic genus within the family Polyporaceae – certain fungi.


Lepilemur

A taxonomic genus within the family Lepilemuridae – the sportive lemur.


Lennoaceae

(archaic) A taxonomic family within the order Boraginales – certain parasitic flowering plants, now the subfamily Lennooideae.


Leontocebus

A taxonomic genus within the family Callitrichidae – the saddle-back tamarin.


Lepadidae

A taxonomic family within the order Scalpellomorpha – certain goose barnacles.


Lepidophyllum

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


Lepidosiren

A taxonomic genus within the family Lepidosirenidae – the South American lungfish.


Leptosyne

Synonym of Coreopsis (“flowering plant genus”)


Leskeaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Hypnales – certain mosses.


Levisticum

A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – lovage.


Libocedrus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – certain cypresses.


Licania

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


Pycnonotinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Pycnonotidae – many birds called bulbuls, largely of Asia.


Nakhoda

A taxonomic genus within the family Laelapidae – certain mites.


Tigridia

A taxonomic genus within the family Iridaceae – various bulbous or cormous flowering plants.


Chrysopetalum

A taxonomic genus within the family Chrysopetalidae – certain polychete worms.


Cooperconcha

af

English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">Cooper</i>

English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">conch</i>

A taxonomic genus within the family Camaenidae – certain helicoid snails.


Polyactinia

(obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Anthozoa – corals that have numerous simple tentacles.


Totanus

A former genus of various waders or shorebirds, now subsumed within Tringa.


Monongahela

A taxonomic genus within the class Sarcopterygii – certain extinct prehistoric sarcopterygians.


Ziziphora

→ Russian: зизифо́ра (zizifóra)

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – various annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs with aromatic leaves, found from Spain and Morocco to the Himalayas and western China.


Semionotidae

A taxonomic family within the order Semionotiformes – certain primitive ray-finned fish.


Semionotus

A taxonomic genus within the family Semionotidae – certain extinct ray-finned fish.


Fabronia

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabroniaceae – certain mosses, chiefly tropical.


Musa × paradisiaca

A taxonomic nothospecies within the family Musaceae – certain cultivated bananas and plantains.


Butomus umbellatus

A taxonomic species within the family Butomaceae – flowering rush, grass rush, native to temperate Eurasia.


Gnoma

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


Amynthas hsiyinensis

From Amynthas + the Wade–Giles romanisation of Mandarin 西引 (Xīyǐn, “Xiyin/Hsiyin Island, Lienchiang County/Matsu Islands, Taiwan”) + -ensis.

zh-l

A taxonomic species within the family Megascolecidae – certain earthworms, endemic to Taiwan.


Synurales

A taxonomic order within the class Synurophyceae – certain heterokont algae.


Erica arborea

A taxonomic species within the family Ericaceae – tree heath, of the Mediterranean basin and east Africa.


Dalmanites

A taxonomic genus within the family Dalmanitidae – certain trilobites that lived from the Late Ordovician to the Middle Devonian.


Powelliphanta

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhytididae – certain snails from New Zealand.


Xenurus

(obsoleete) Certain armadillos, now in genus Cabassous.


Pseudogryphus

Synonym of Gymnogyps (“California condor genus”)


Pseudoscarus

Synonym of Chlorurus (“a parrotfish genus”)


Pseudopeziza

A taxonomic genus within the family Dermateaceae – certain fungi.


Pseudophoenix

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – cherry palms etc. of the Caribbean.


Thunia

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – some Southeast Asian orchids.


Stichorkis

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – some orchids of tropical Asia and the Pacific Islands.


Odontomantis

A taxonomic genus within the family Hymenopodidae – some mantises of tropical Asia.


Hymenopodidae

A taxonomic family within the order Mantodea – some praying mantises.


Adenocoris

adeno- (from Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn)) + Latin coris.

af

from Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">ἀδήν</i> (adḗn)

A taxonomic genus within the family Aradidae – certain flat bugs.


Bocula

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


Desulfovibrio magneticus

Desulfovibrio (genus name) + Latin magneticus (magnetic)

com

Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">magneticus</i> (magnetic)

A taxonomic species within the family Desulfovibrionaceae – a certain sulfate-reducing bacterium.


Hyoscyamus albus

A taxonomic species within the family Solanaceae – white henbane or yellow henbane.


Novalaetesia

A taxonomic genus within the family Linyphiidae – certain dwarf spiders found on South Pacific islands.


Ourisia

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


Bonamia

A taxonomic genus within the family Convolvulaceae – lady's nightcap.

A taxonomic genus within the family Haplosporiidae – certain protists.


Evergestis

A taxonomic genus within the family Crambidae – certain moths.


Loranthus

From Ancient Greek λῶρος (lôros, “thong”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Loranthaceae – certain mistletoes.


Cerastes

A taxonomic genus within the family Viperidae – certain small venomous vipers found in the deserts and semi-deserts of northern North Africa eastward through Arabia and Iran.


Causa

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


Priapulus

A taxonomic genus within the family Priapulidae – certain worms.


Productus

A taxonomic genus within the family Productidae – certain extinct brachiopods.


Pyrethrum

A former genus of several Old World plants now classified as Chrysanthemum or Tanacetum.


Pyxidanthera

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


Ravenelia

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


Raninae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Ranidae.


Reinwardtia

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


Renealmia

A taxonomic genus within the family Zingiberaceae – certain plants.


Rosellinia

A taxonomic genus within the family Xylariaceae – certain fungi.


Rivularia

A taxonomic genus within the family Rivulariaceae – certain cyanobacteria.

A taxonomic genus within the family Viviparidae – certain snails, of China.


Transylvanosaurus platycephalus

†Transylvanosaurus platycephalus (canonical masculine)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Transylvanosaurus platycephalus.

A taxonomic species within the family †Rhabdodontidae.


Crescentia

A taxonomic genus within the family Bignoniaceae – certain fruit trees.


Diphaglossinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Colletidae – diphaglossines (certain plasterer bees).


Pterothysanus

Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón) + Ancient Greek θύσανος (thúsanos)

Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">πτερόν</i> (pterón)

Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">θύσανος</i> (thúsanos)

A taxonomic genus within the family Callidulidae – certain moths.


Arilus

A taxonomic genus within the family Reduviidae – wheel bugs.


Conasprella

(all deprecated)

A taxonomic genus within the family Conidae – several cone snails and their allies.


Atlapetes albofrenatus

A taxonomic species within the family Passerellidae – moustached brushfinch or moustached brush-finch.


Dissothrix

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – a monotypic genus containing only Dissothrix imbricata, endemic to Brazil.


Parahoxozoa

Named after the gene ParaHox, which all organisms in this clade were believed to have.

A taxonomic clade within the subkingdom Eumetazoa – the parahoxozoans.


Brachyglanis

Prefixed with English brachy-, derived from Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús).

A taxonomic genus within the family Heptapteridae – certain three-barbed catfishes.


Minuartia stolonifera

A taxonomic species within the family Caryophyllaceae – Scott Mountain sandwort or stolon sandwort.


Altica ericeti

(all deprecated)

A taxonomic species within the family Chrysomelidae – certain flea beetles.


Acavoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Stylommatophora – snails zoologically referred to as acavoids.


Xyloryctidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – xyloryctids or timber moths.


Nomamyrmex

Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">μύρμηξ</i> (múrmēx)

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


Aristida oligantha

Aristida oligantha is an annual grasslike herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.

(Can we date this quote?), “Aristida oligantha Calflora”, in Calflora (in English):

Aristida oligantha / Grass family (Poaceae)

(Can we date this quote?), “Prairie Three-Awn”, in Illinois Wildflowers (in English):

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – prairie threeawn or oldfield threeawn.


Jugulares

A former order of fishes having jugular pelvic fins.


Thoracici

A former order of fishes having thoracic pelvic fins.


Jeanpaulia

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the phylum Ginkgophyta – extinct plants related to the ginkgo.


Ludwigia

→ Thai: ลัดวิเจีย (lát-wí-jiia)

A taxonomic genus within the family Onagraceae – primrose-willow, water-purslane, or water-primrose.

A taxonomic genus within the family †Graphoceratidae – certain extinct ammonites.

A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – certain beetles.


Nonruminantia

A former suborder of non-ruminants in the order Artiodactyla.


Baiera

A taxonomic genus within the family Ginkgoaceae – certain prehistoric gymnosperms.


Galanthus alpinus var. alpinus

A taxonomic variety within the family Amaryllidaceae – Caucasian snowdrop.


Prunus avium subsp. duracina

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Rosaceae – that produces a yellow sweet cherry, sometimes called gean or mazzard.


Funny

Borrowed from English funny, coined in 2022 by Ye-Jie Lin and Shu-Qiang Li.

(neologism) A taxonomic genus within the family Dictynidae – funny spider, funny valentine.


Sprattus sprattus

A taxonomic species within the family Clupeidae – European sprat.


Erysimum cheiri

A taxonomic species within the family Brassicaceae – wallflower.


Mesua ferrea

A taxonomic species within the family Calophyllaceae – Ceylon ironwood or cobra saffron, native to south and southeast Asia.


Pagophilus groenlandicus

A taxonomic species within the family Phocidae – harp seal.


Erica cinerea

A taxonomic species within the family Ericaceae – bell heather, of western and central Europe.


Thunnus albacares

A taxonomic species within the family Scombridae – yellowfin tuna.


Scolymus hispanicus

A taxonomic species within the family Asteraceae – common golden thistle, Spanish oyster thistle.


Prunus persica

A taxonomic species within the family Rosaceae – peach.


Sardina pilchardus

A taxonomic species within the family Clupeidae – European pilchard.


Hippopotamus amphibius

A taxonomic species within the family Hippopotamidae – common hippopotamus, found in much of central Africa.


Lansium domesticum

A taxonomic species within the family Meliaceae – langsat, native to southeast Asia, grown more widely for its fruit.


Hippuris vulgaris

A taxonomic species within the family Plantaginaceae – common mare's tail, principally of the temperate northern hemisphere.


Chordeiles minor

A taxonomic species within the family Caprimulgidae – common nighthawk, found in most of the Americas, breeding principally in North America.


Thylacoleo

From Ancient Greek θύλακος (thúlakos, “pouch, sack”) + Latin leo (“lion”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Thylacoleonidae – extinct carnivorous marsupials that lived in Australia from the late Pliocene to the late Pleistocene (2 million to 46 thousand years ago).

Thylacoleo crassidentatus

genus): Thylacoleo carnifex (type species


Ptychosperma

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – certain palms of Australasia..


Ceratotherium simum

A taxonomic species within the family Rhinocerotidae – white rhinoceros, now principally of South Africa.


Galega officinalis

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae.


Scylla serrata

A taxonomic species within the family Portunidae – giant mud crab, Indo-Pacific swamp crab; also black crab and mangrove crab, which are both also applied to other species.


Artocarpus heterophyllus

A taxonomic species within the family Moraceae – jackfruit tree.


Irvingia gabonensis

A taxonomic species within the family Irvingiaceae – African mango, wild mango, bush mango.


Periparus ater

A taxonomic species within the family Paridae – coal tit, a very small passerine bird found throughout temperate Eurasia.


Zygnemaceae

Synonym of Zygnemataceae (“a green alga family”)


Zygnemataceae

A taxonomic family within the order Zygnematales – certain filamentous or unicellular, uniseriate green algae.


Thunnus alalunga

A taxonomic species within the family Scombridae – longfin tuna or albacore.


Alstonia scholaris

A taxonomic species within the family Apocynaceae – blackboard tree, principally of southeastern Asia, including Indonesia, the Philippines and southernmost China, and Papua New Guinea and Queensland.


Gecarcinidae

A taxonomic family within the order Decapoda – land crabs.


Geoprumnon

Synonym of Astragalus (“milkvetch genus”)


Malus baccata

Manchurian crab apple
Manchurian crab apple

A taxonomic species within the family Rosaceae – Siberian crab apple, Siberian crab, Manchurian crab apple, and Chinese crab apple.


Glaucium

A taxonomic genus within the family Papaveraceae – horned poppy.

A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae.


Malesherbiaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Malpighiales – now subfamily Malesherbioideae in Passifloraceae.


Malesherbia

A taxonomic genus within the family Passifloraceae – flowering plants consisting of 25 species.


Aframomum melegueta

A taxonomic species within the family Zingiberaceae – source of grains of paradise, a peppery spice, of West Africa.


Perisporiaceae

A family of ascomycetous fungi in the larger class of Sordariomycetes.


Agrimonia eupatoria

A taxonomic species within the family Rosaceae – common agrimony, church steeples, or sticklewort, found in temperate Eurasia and North Africa.


Chondrilla juncea

A taxonomic species within the family Asteraceae – rush skeletonweed, gum succory, devil's grass, nakedweed, native to temperate Eurasia and North Africa.


Calamitaceae

(paleobotany, dated) A taxonomic family within the order Equisetales – certain pteridophytes with many fossils of large tree-like plants (calamites) that possessed ribbed stems similar to modern horsetails.


Buettneriaceae

From the genus Buettneria + -aceae, in turn named after botanist David Sigismund August Büttner (1724–1768).

A taxonomic family within the order Malvales – now Sterculioideae, a subfamily of Malvaceae; synonym of Sterculiaceae.


Solieriaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Gigartinales – certain red algae.


Cassiaceae

This night position is one of two: in the one case the leaflets fold upwards and forwards, while in the other they droop or hang straight down. Members of the Mimosaceae and Cassiaceae are examples of the first class and [...]

1923, Ecology, volume 4 (in English), page 37:

Also, the family CASSIACEAE, being no longer generally maintained as a distinct family but merely as a subfamily of the LEGUMINOSAE, yields the three extant genera in Ontario, namely, Gleditsia, Gymnocladus, and Cassia, which [...]

196x, Transactions of the Royal Canadian Institute, volume 34 (in English), Royal Canadian Institute, page 40:

Modern taxonomists recognise these subfamilies as separate families and named them as Mimosaceae, Cassiaceae and Papilionaceae (=Fabaceae).

1997, V. B. Rastogi, Modern Biology (in English), page 109:


Hysteriaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Hysteriales – certain fungi.


Sphaeriaceae

Sphaeria (“synonym of Hypoxylon”) + -aceae

suffix

(obsolete, biology) A taxonomic family within the order Sphaeriales – Synonym of Hypoxylaceae, in order Xylariales, certain ascomycetous fungi that usually have a dark perithecium with a small pore through which spores are discharged.


Erysiphales

A taxonomic order within the class Leotiomycetes – certain ascomycete fungi, many of which case powdery mildew on plants.


Lobus

A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain moths.


Tricholoma equestre

A taxonomic species within the family Tricholomataceae – yellow knight, man on horseback.


Sparus aurata

A taxonomic species within the family Sparidae – gilt-head bream, dorado, of the Mediterranean and the eastern North Atlantic, now principally from aquaculture.


Pristimantis jamescameroni

A small frog with habitat thought to be limited to a table-top mountain in Venezuela.

A taxonomic species within the family Strabomantidae.

A taxonomic species within the family Craugastoridae.


Giganthorhynchidae

A taxonomic family within the order Gigantorhynchida – the giganthorhynchids.


Discosporangiophycidae

A taxonomic subclass within the class Phaeophyceae – certain brown algae, discosporangiophycids.


Flectonotus fitzgeraldi

A taxonomic species within the family Amphignathodontidae – Mount Tucuche tree frog.


Nuphar lutea

A taxonomic species within the family Nymphaeaceae – yellow pond lily, yellow water lily.


Lablab purpureus

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – hyacinth bean, lablab, native to Africa but grown for food throughout the tropics.


Rosa rugosa

A taxonomic species within the family Rosaceae – rugosa rose, saltspray rose, beach rose, Japanese rose, Ramanas rose, or letchberry, native to the sandy coasts of temperate east Asia, where it is sometimes treated as endangered, but often thriving and invasive elsewhere.


Lupulella

From Latin lupulus (“little wolf”) + -ella

A taxonomic genus within the family Canidae – certain canids of Africa.

Lupulella mesomelas

syn. Canis mesomelas; black-backed jackal


Hypericales

Synonym of Parietales (“an order of flowering plants”)


Parietales

An order of flowering plants exhibiting parietal placentation.


Gnomonia

A taxonomic genus within the family Gnomoniaceae – certain fungi.


Glyptotherium

From Ancient Greek γλυπτός (gluptós, “carved”) + -therium.

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Chlamyphoridae – certain glyptodonts.


Gnomoniaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Diaporthales – certain fungi.


Xenisthmidae

A taxonomic family within the order Gobiiformes – collared wrigglers.


Grammatophyllum

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – certain orchids.


Alcis

A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain moths.


Pentstemon

Alternative form of Penstemon (“beardtongue genus”)


Australodelphis mirus

A taxonomic species within the family Delphinidae – an extinct species of dolphin.


Tetrahymena

A taxonomic genus within the family Tetrahymenidae – a unicellular eukaryote.


Aphanomyces

A taxonomic genus within the family Leptolegniaceae – certain water moulds.


Arachnidium

A taxonomic genus within the family Arachnidiidae – certain colonial ctenostome bryozoans.


Cacurgida

Synonym of Protorthoptera (“extinct insect order”)


Protoblattodea

Synonym of †Protorthoptera (“extinct insect order”)


Protocaris

A taxonomic genus within the family †Protocarididae – extinct bivalved arthropods.


Protoblattoidea

†Eoblattida, †Paraplecoptera, †Protoblattina, †Protoblattodea

(dated) A taxonomic order within the class Insecta – Synonym of †Protorthoptera (extinct insect order).


Wolfiporia

A taxonomic genus within the family Polyporaceae – certain fungi.


Padda

A taxonomic genus within the family Estrildidae – certain finches.


Paguma

A taxonomic genus within the family Viverridae – masked palm civet.


Palaquium

From Tagalog palak-palak, common name for the plant

A taxonomic genus within the family Sapotaceae – certain trees.


Palmella

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


Viviparus

A taxonomic genus within the family Viviparidae – large freshwater snails with an operculum.


Palmellaceae

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


Pamphilius

A taxonomic genus within the family Pamphiliidae – certain leaf-rolling sawflies.


Pandorina

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


Pangium

A taxonomic genus within the family Achariaceae – Pangium edule, a tall tree native to the mangrove swamps of Southeast Asia.


Pandorea

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


Quetzalcoatlus lawsoni

†Quetzalcoatlus lawsoni (canonical masculine)

A taxonomic species within the family †Azhdarchidae – a flying reptile from the Age of Dinosaurs.


Quetzalcoatlus northropi

†Quetzalcoatlus northropi (canonical masculine)

A taxonomic species within the family †Azhdarchidae – the largest known flying animal ever to live.


Pamphiliidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hymenoptera – certain wasps.


Chironia

From New Latin chironia, from Chiron (“famed centaur”) + -ia (“-y: forming nouns of related objects”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Gentianaceae – Christmas berry and related plants.


Peponium

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


Bathymaster

Coined in 1870 by Cope from Ancient Greek βαθύς (bathús, “deep”) + μαστηρ (mastēr, “searcher”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Bathymasteridae – ronquils.


From being a variant of parent strain XBB.1, itself a variant of XBB

(virology) Kraken variant: A variant of SARS-CoV-2 (“COVID-19 virus”), a sublineage of the Omicron variant (“B.1.1.529”). This variant became dominant in the United States of America at the end of 2022 and start of 2023, and is the most transmissible yet of the major strains as of the turn of the year 2022/2023.


Lates calcarifer

A taxonomic species within the family Centropomidae – barramundi, Asian seabass, giant sea perch, of the Indian Ocean, Oceania, and the warm western Pacific.


Salvadora persica

A taxonomic species within the family Salvadoraceae – toothbrush tree, mustard tree.


Philadelphus coronarius

A taxonomic species within the family Hydrangeaceae – sweet mock orange, English dogwood, native to southern Europe.


Streptomyces clavuligerus

⇒ English: clavulanic acid, clavulanic

From Streptomyces and Latin clāvuligerus (“bearing a little stick”), referring to the spore-bearing hyphae of the bacterium.

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(bacteriology) A taxonomic species within the family Streptomycetaceae – a gram-positive bacterium by which clavulanic acid is produced.


Bocaprins

From Papiamentu Boca Prins. Named after the beach, which in turn is named after the plantation Prins. From Dutch prins.

Milky Way Galaxy
Milky Way Galaxy#English

A planet in Malmok star system, Milky Way Galaxy; in the in Virgo constellation


Prigogine

From French Prigogine, from Russian Пригожин (Prigožin). Named after Russo-Belgian chemist Ilya Prigogine

named-after

An asteroid in Asteroid Belt, Solar System


Fraxinus angustifolia

A taxonomic species within the family Oleaceae – narrow-leaf ash, of southern Europe, northern Africa and southwestern Asia.

Fraxinus × veltheimii - nothospecies

(species): Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. angustifolia, Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. oxycarpa (Caucasian ash), Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. persica, Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. syriaca - subspecies


Hilaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – curly mesquite, galeta, certain grasses of southwestern US, Mexico, and Guatemala.


Lithophane

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain moths.


Atys

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


Malope

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


Malaclemys

diamondback terrapin
diamondback terrapin

A taxonomic genus within the family Emydidae – the diamondback terrapin.


Malurinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Maluridae.


Manettia

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


Malvastrum

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


Manicaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – certain palm trees.


Mandibulata

→ English: mandibulate

Late Latin mandibula (“mandible”) + -ata (plural suffix)

affix

A taxonomic clade within the phylum Arthropoda – mandibulates.


Mantispa

A taxonomic genus within the family Mantispidae – certain insects.


Globba

A taxonomic genus within the family Zingiberaceae – certain plants of Asia, principally southeastern, and Oceania.


Malacanthus

Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”) + Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha)

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Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">μαλακός</i> (malakós, “soft”)

Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">ἄκανθα</i> (ákantha)

A taxonomic genus within the family Malacanthidae – certain tilefishes.


Marattia

A taxonomic genus within the family Marattiaceae – certain ferns.


Marattiaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Marattiales – certain ferns.


Margaropus

A taxonomic genus within the family Ixodidae – certain ticks.


Margarodes

A taxonomic genus within the family Margarodidae – scale insects.


Marrella

A taxonomic genus within the family Marrellidae – an extinct marrellomorph arthropod known from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia.


Marssonina

A taxonomic genus within the family Dermateaceae – certain fungi.


Marrubium

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – horehound.


Marattiales

A taxonomic order within the class Polypodiopsida.


Mantispidae

A taxonomic family within the order Neuroptera – mantidflies.


Marsileaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Salviniales – pepperworts, water clovers.


Masdevallia

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – certain New World orchids, principally of the Andes.


Matteuccia

A taxonomic genus within the family Onocleaceae – ostrich fern.


Maurandya

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


Mecodonta

A taxonomic division of the family Salamandrida, in Strauch's classification.


Mayacaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Poales.


Maytenus

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


Medeola

A taxonomic genus within the family Liliaceae – Indian cucumber.


Megaluridae

Synonym of Locustellidae (“grassbird family”)


Meekoceras

A taxonomic genus within the family Meekoceratidae – ceratitid ammonites with a discoidal shell that lived during the Early Triassic Epoch.


Medinilla

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


Megaloceros

A taxonomic genus within the family Cervidae – extinct deer that lived throughout Eurasia from the early Pleistocene to the beginning of the Holocene.


Megalania

A taxonomic genus within the family Varanidae – an extinct giant monitor lizard that inhabited Australia during the Pleistocene.


Megalopyge

A taxonomic genus within the family Megalopygidae – certain moths.


Megalichthyidae

A taxonomic family within the clade Megalichthyiformes – extinct tetrapodomorphs that lived from the Middle–Late Devonian to the Early Permian.


Megaladapis

A taxonomic genus within the family Megaladapidae – certain extinct lemurs.


Megalodontidae

A taxonomic family within the order Megalodontida – extinct bivalve molluscs that reportedly lived from the Devonian to the Jurassic period.


Megalosauridae

A monophyletic family of carnivorous theropod dinosaurs within the group Megalosauroidea, appearing in the Middle Jurassic.


Megasoma

A taxonomic genus within the family Scarabaeidae – elephant beetles.


Mehelya

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamprophiidae – file snakes.


Megalopygidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – flannel moths.


Melanthaceae

Alternative form of Melanthiaceae (“bunchflower family”)


Melampsora

A taxonomic genus within the family Melampsoraceae – certain fungi.


Megatheriidae

A taxonomic family within the order Pilosa – certain extinct ground sloths.


Melampsoraceae

A taxonomic family within the order Pucciniales – certain rust fungi.


Melanthium

A taxonomic genus within the family Melanthiaceae – certain herbaceous perennial plants native to North America.


Melanconium

A taxonomic genus within the family Melanconidaceae – certain fungi.


Melica

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – melic.


Melanodendron

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – black cabbage tree.


Melocactus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – melon cactus, Turk's cap.


Mellivora

A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – certain mustelids including the honey badger.


Meliola

A taxonomic genus within the family Meliolaceae – certain fungi.


Melipona

A taxonomic genus within the family Apidae – certain stingless bees.


Melonechinus

A taxonomic genus within the order Echinocystitoida – an extinct echinoid that lived in the Carboniferous.


Martynia

A taxonomic genus within the family Martyniaceae – cat's claw.


Melicertidae

A taxonomic family within the order Leptothecata – certain cnidarians.


Melinis

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – certain grasses.


Membraniporidae

A taxonomic family within the order Cheilostomatida – certain bryozoans.


Membranipora

A taxonomic genus within the family Membraniporidae – certain bryozoans.


Memnonia

A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadellidae – certain leafhoppers.


Xylariomycetidae

A taxonomic subclass within the class Sordariomycetes – certain sac fungi.


Milanion

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


Millepora

A taxonomic genus within the family Milleporidae – fire corals.


Modulidae

A taxonomic family within the class Gastropoda – certain sea snails.


Mimusops

A taxonomic genus within the family Sapotaceae – certain plants.


Melianthus

A taxonomic genus within the family Francoaceae – honey flowers, of South African grasslands.


Micromeria

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


Microgadus

A taxonomic genus within the family Gadidae – tomcods.


Melianthaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Geraniales – Synonym of Francoaceae.


Moehringia

A taxonomic genus within the family Caryophyllaceae – certain sandworts.


Moeritherium

From Latin Moeris (“Lake Moeris”) + -therium.

A taxonomic genus within the family Moeritheriidae – certain extinct primitive proboscideans.


Melastoma

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


Melastomataceae

A taxonomic family within the order Myrtales – certain dicotyledonous flowering plants, mostly tropical mostly of the New World.

Acanthella

(family): Astronieae, Bertolonieae, Cyphostyleae, Dinophoreae, Dissochaeteae, Eriocnemeae, Feliciadamieae, Henrietteeae, Kibessioideae, Lavoisiereae, Lithobieae, Marcetieae, Melastomateae, Melastomatoideae, Merianieae, Miconieae, Olisbeoideae, Pedoconnective clade, Pyramieae, Pyxidantheae, Rhexieae, Rupestreeae, Sonerileae, Stanmarkieae, Trioleneae – tribes


Marsilea

A taxonomic genus within the family Marsileaceae – certain aquatic ferns, some called water clovers.


Microgaster

A taxonomic genus within the family Braconidae – certain wasps.


Melongena

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


Chrysojasminum fruticans

Jasminum fruticans
Jasminum fruticans#Translingual

A taxonomic species within the family Oleaceae – bush jasmine, wild jasmine, formerly Jasminum fruticans, native to Western Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.


Thiaridae

A taxonomic family within the class Gastropoda – trumpet snails.


Melanogaster

A taxonomic genus within the family Syrphidae – certain hoverflies.

A taxonomic genus within the family Melanogastraceae – certain fungi.


Melampus

A taxonomic genus within the family Ellobiidae – certain air-breathing salt-marsh snails.

for the numerous other species see Melampus at World Register of Marine Species


Menziesia

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – certain flowering plants now included in genus Rhododendron.


Meridion

A taxonomic genus within the family Fragilariaceae – certain diatoms.


Menyanthaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Asterales – certain aquatic and wetland plants.


Merychippus

A taxonomic genus within the family Equidae – an extinct proto-horse of North America during the Miocene.


Merycoidodon

A taxonomic genus within the family Merycoidodontidae – an extinct herbivorous artiodactyl.


Merycopotamus

A taxonomic genus within the family Anthracotheriidae – an extinct Asian anthracothere that appeared during the Middle Miocene and died out in the Late Pliocene.


Mermithidae

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

A taxonomic family within the order Mermithida – certain nematode worms that are endoparasites in arthropods.


Arnoglossum

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – Indian plantains.


Merulius

A taxonomic genus within the family Meruliaceae – certain fungi.


Mesites

A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae – certain beetles.


Mesodesma

A taxonomic genus within the family Mesodesmatidae – certain saltwater clams.


Mesodesmatidae

A taxonomic family within the order Venerida – certain saltwater clams.


Mesosa

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


Mesonyx

A taxonomic genus within the family Mesonychidae – certain extinct mammals.


Mesohippus

A taxonomic genus within the family Equidae – an extinct horse of the Early Oligocene.


Mesotaeniaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Zygnematales – certain unicellular green algae.


Mesostoma

A taxonomic genus within the family Typhloplanidae.


Menaspis

A taxonomic genus within the class Chondrichthyes – extinct holocephalian cartilaginous fish from the Permian.


Mesonychidae

A taxonomic family within the order †Mesonychia – certain extinct mammals.


Metridium

A taxonomic genus within the family Metridiidae – plumose anemones.


Metamynodon

A taxonomic genus within the family Amynodontidae – certain extinct rhinoceroses.


Mesilla

A taxonomic genus within the family Anyphaenidae – certain sac spiders of South America.


Metroxylon

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


Miastor

A taxonomic genus within the family Cecidomyiidae – certain gall midges and wood midges.


Metopia

A taxonomic genus within the family Sarcophagidae – certain satellite flies.


Miconia

A taxonomic genus within the family Melastomataceae – certain flowering plants including the johnnyberry.


Mertensia

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


Mesosaurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Mesosauridae – an extinct reptile of the Early Permian.


Mesua

A taxonomic genus within the family Calophyllaceae – ironwood; rose chestnut.


Micraster

A taxonomic genus within the order Spatangoida – certain extinct echinoids from the Late Cretaceous to the early Eocene.


Microgastrinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Braconidae – certain wasps.


Microsauria

A taxonomic order within the phylum Chordata – certain extinct amphibians from the late Carboniferous and early Permian periods.


Micropus

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – the cottonseeds.


Microsphaera

A taxonomic genus within the family Erysiphaceae – certain powdery mildews.


Microspermae

An order of flowering plants containing the orchids, based on the size of the seed.


Micropterix

A taxonomic genus within the family Micropterigidae – certain moths.


Burmanniaceae

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

Apteria

(family): Burmannieae, Thismieae - tribes


Minyadidae

A taxonomic family within the order Actiniaria – certain sea anemones.


Mitridae

A taxonomic family within the order Neogastropoda – mitre shells.


Mixosaurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Mixosauridae – a Middle Triassic ichthyosaur.


Mobulidae

A taxonomic family within the order Myliobatiformes – certain rays.


Mojo

A taxonomic genus within the family Haramiyidae – certain mammals.


Modiolus

A taxonomic genus within the family Mytilidae – horsemussels.


Molgula

A taxonomic genus within the family Molgulidae – certain marine tunicates.


Molinia

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – moor grass.


Mollisiaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Helotiales – certain fungi.


Molluginaceae

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


Mollugo

A taxonomic genus within the family Molluginaceae – certain herbaceous plants.


Molluscoida

A former taxonomic division of the animal kingdom containing the brachiopods, bryozoans, and tunicates, the members of the three groups having been supposed to resemble the mollusks.


Moluccella

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – certain perennial plants.


Monacha

A taxonomic genus within the family Hygromiidae – certain air-breathing land snails.


Monimia

A taxonomic genus within the family Monimiaceae – certain trees.


Monimiaceae

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


Monochlamydeae

An artificial taxonomic group used in the identification of dicotyledons, including those with flowers having a calyx or corolla, but not both.


Monocystis

A taxonomic genus within the family Monocystidae – certain acephaline gregarines.


Monocentris

A taxonomic genus within the family Monocentridae – certain pinecone fishes.


Monardella

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – certain plants, called wildmints, coyote mints, and monardellas.


Monodonta

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


Monocystidae

A taxonomic family within the order Eugregarinorida – certain parasitic alveolates.


Monograptidae

A taxonomic family within the order Graptoloidea – certain extinct graptolites.


Monomorium

A taxonomic genus within the family Formicidae – certain ants.


Monograptus

A taxonomic genus within the family Monograptidae – certain graptolites.


Monotropoideae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Ericaceae – monotropes.


Monstera

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


Monotropsis

A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – sweet pinesap, pygmy pipes.


Monticuliporidae

A taxonomic family within the order Trepostomida – certain bryozoans.


Monticulipora

A taxonomic genus within the family Monticuliporidae – certain extinct Ordovician bryozoans.


Monoclonius

A taxonomic genus within the family Ceratopsidae – a herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur.


Montia

A taxonomic genus within the family Montiaceae – miner's lettuce, water chickweed.


Moraea

A taxonomic genus within the family Iridaceae – the Cape tulips.


Monacanthidae

A taxonomic family within the order Tetraodontiformes – filefish.


Mordella

tumbling flower beetle
tumbling flower beetle

A taxonomic genus within the family Mordellidae – certain tumbling flower beetles.


Mordellidae

A taxonomic family within the order Coleoptera – tumbling flower beetles, pintail beetles.


Moringua

A taxonomic genus within the family Moringuidae – certain eels.


Moschinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Moschidae.


Moringuidae

A taxonomic family within the order Anguilliformes – spaghetti eels, worm eels.


Moronidae

A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes – temperate basses.

Dicentrarchus labrax

(family): Morone, Dicentrarchus - genera


Kickxellaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Kickxellales – certain fungi.


Moschidae

A taxonomic family within the order Artiodactyla – certain pecoran even-toed ungulates, including the musk deer and its extinct relatives.


Muntingia

A taxonomic genus within the family Muntingiaceae – Muntingia calabura (calabar tree), of the Neotropics.


Munnopsididae

A taxonomic family within the order Isopoda – certain asellote isopods.


Sporisorium

A taxonomic genus within the family Ustilaginaceae – certain fungi.


Sordellina

A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – the dotted brown snake.


Spartium

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – Spanish broom, rush broom, weaver's broom.


Symplocarpus

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


Sphacelaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphacelariaceae – certain brown macroalgae.


Sphacelariaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Sphacelariales – certain brown algae.


Sphaerium

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphaeriidae – certain very small freshwater clams.


Spergularia

From Spergula (genus name) + Latin -aria (“pertaining to”), for its resemblance to other spurreys

A taxonomic genus within the family Caryophyllaceae – sea-spurreys.


Sphaeromatidae

A taxonomic family within the order Isopoda – certain isopods.


Sphaerobolus

A taxonomic genus within the family Geastraceae – shotgun fungus, artillery fungus, cannonball fungus.


Sphaeroma

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphaeromatidae – certain aquatic isopod crustaceans.


Sphaeropsidales

A taxonomic order of Coelomycetes fungi.


Sphaerotilus

A taxonomic genus within the family Comamonadaceae – an aquatic periphyton organism associated with polluted water.


Sphaeriidae

A taxonomic family within the order Sphaeriida – pea clams, fingernail clams.


Sphaerophoraceae

A taxonomic family within the order Lecanorales – certain lichenized fungi.


Sphaerophorus

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphaerophoraceae – ball lichen, coral lichen, tree coral.


Sphegina

A taxonomic genus within the family Syrphidae – certain small, slender hoverflies.


Sphenophyllum

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphenophyllaceae.


Sphindus

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphindidae – certain cryptic slime mold beetles.


Sphaeropsis

A taxonomic genus within the family Botryosphaeriaceae – ascomycete fungi that are plant pathogens infecting citruses.


Sphaerotheca

A taxonomic genus within the family Dicroglossidae – certain true frogs.

A taxonomic genus within the family Erysiphaceae – certain fungi.


Sphenopteris

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


Sphyraena

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphyraenidae – the barracuda.


Airopsis

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – a single species of grass of the western Mediterranean.


Sphindidae

A taxonomic family within the order Coleoptera – certain beetles.


Sphenophorus

spheno- (“wedge”) + -phorus m (“bearing”)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae – certain weevils.


Comandra

umbellate bastard toadflax
umbellate bastard toadflax

A taxonomic genus within the family Santalaceae – bastard toadflax, umbellate bastard toadflax, common comandra.


Spirifer

A taxonomic genus within the family Spiriferidae – certain marine brachiopods.


Sphenophyllales

A taxonomic order within the class Polypodiopsida – certain extinct articulate land plants.


Sphaeralcea

A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – globe mallows.


Spilanthes

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – certain plants.


Spisula

A taxonomic genus within the family Mactridae – surf clams, trough shells.


Spirorbis

A taxonomic genus within the family Serpulidae – certain polychaete worms.


Splachnaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Splachnales – certain mosses.


Monocentridae

A taxonomic family within the order Trachichthyiformes – pinecone fish.


Spongiidae

A taxonomic family within the order Dictyoceratida – certain sea sponges.


Spongillidae

A taxonomic family within the order Spongillida – certain freshwater sponges.


Spongospora

A taxonomic family within the order Dictyoceratida – a cercozoan that causes powdery scab in potato tubers.


Sporochnus

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


Sporochnaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Sporochnales – certain brown algae.


Spondylidae

A taxonomic family within the order Pectinida.


Sprekelia

A taxonomic genus within the family Amaryllidaceae – Aztec lily, Jacobean lily.


Spirula

A taxonomic genus within the family Spirulidae – certain deep-water cephalopod mollusks, about 40mm long at maturity, of which a single species is extant.


Sutherlandia

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


Squalodontidae

shark-toothed dolphin
shark-toothed dolphin

A taxonomic family within the order Artiodactyla – shark-toothed dolphins.


Sycon

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”).

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


Squalodon

From Squalus (“genus of shark”) + -odon.

A taxonomic genus within the family Squalodontidae – certain extinct whales.


Pycnocraspedum

A taxonomic genus within the family Ophidiidae – certain cusk-eels.


Surianaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Fabales – certain plants.


Squatinidae

A taxonomic family within the order Squatiniformes – certain sharks.


Syndyoceras

A taxonomic genus within the family Protoceratidae.


Swertia

A taxonomic genus within the family Gentianaceae – felworts.


Synura

A taxonomic genus within the family Synuraceae – a colonial chrysomonad alga covered in silica scales.


Staphylea

A taxonomic genus within the family Staphyleaceae – bladdernuts.


Stilbaceae

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


Sternotherus

A taxonomic genus within the family Kinosternidae – certain turtles.


Stilbella

A taxonomic genus within the family Bionectriaceae – certain fungi.


Stenopelmatidae

A taxonomic family within the order Orthoptera – certain flightless insects resembling crickets.


Stenorhynchus

A taxonomic genus within the family Inachoididae – certain crabs.


Stemona

A taxonomic genus within the family Stemonaceae – certain vines and subshrubs.


Stereum

A taxonomic genus within the family Stereaceae – leaf fungus, wax fungus, shelf fungus.


Stilbum

A taxonomic genus within the family Chrysididae – certain cuckoo wasps.


Stewartia

Originally a misspelling of Stuartia, which the taxon author, Linnaeus, meant to name the taxon, after John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute.

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


Stemonaceae

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


Stephanotis

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


Stenotaphrum

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – certain grasses.


Stapelia

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


Stangeria

A taxonomic genus within the family Zamiaceae – cycads endemic to southern Africa.


Stauromedusae

A taxonomic order within the class Staurozoa – stalked jellyfishes.

Craterolophidae

(order): Cleistocarpida, Eleutherocarpida - suborders


Squillidae

A taxonomic family within the order Stomatopoda – certain mantis shrimps.


Heteropneustes

A taxonomic genus within the family Heteropneustidae – airsac catfishes.


Saccopharyngidae

A taxonomic family within the order Anguilliformes.


Saccorhiza

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Hippocrepinidae – certain foraminifera.


Sabiaceae

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


Sabellaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Sabellariidae – certain marine polychaete worms.


Trichopselaphus

A taxonomic genus within the family Carabidae – a type of ground beetle.


Veneroida

(archaic) A taxonomic order within the class Bivalvia – Synonym of Venerida.


Junzi

Borrowed from Chinese 君子 (jūnzǐ). Coined in 2018 by Samuel Turvey and colleagues.

(zoology, archaeology) A taxonomic genus within the family Hylobatidae.


Orchidales

A taxonomic order within the clade angiosperms – certain flowering plants in certain systems, generally consisting of the orchids only.


Anthropus

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – now Homo.


Imbach

(botany) Emil J. Imbach (Swiss mycologist)


Gluta

A taxonomic genus within the family Anacardiaceae – certain plants found in tropical Indo-Pacific regions.


Xylokorys

A taxonomic genus within the family Vachonisiidae – certain marrellomorphs.


Salicales

An order of willows in the Cronquist system.


Salinella

A taxonomic genus within the phylum Monoblastozoa.


Salpiglossis

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


Salpa

A taxonomic genus within the family Salpidae – certain tunicates.


Salvadoraceae

A taxonomic family within the order Brassicales – certain plants.


Salviniaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Salviniales – certain ferns.


Salpidae

A taxonomic family within the order Salpida.


Samydaceae

A taxonomic family of tropical and subtropical woody plants.


Samotherium

A taxonomic genus within the family Giraffidae – an extinct giraffid of the Miocene and Pliocene of Eurasia and Africa.


Salomonia

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Polygalaceae – certain milkworts.


Sarcococca

A taxonomic genus within the family Buxaceae – sweet box, Christmas box.


Saurauia

A taxonomic genus within the family Actinidiaceae – various tropical and subtropical plants.


Savara

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain moths.


Scalopus

A taxonomic genus within the family Talpidae – eastern mole, common mole.


Scaphiopus

North American spadefoot
North American spadefoot

A taxonomic genus within the family Scaphiopodidae – North American spadefoots.


Scaphiopodidae

American spadefoot toad
American spadefoot toad

A taxonomic family within the order Anura – American spadefoot toads.


Scaphitidae

A taxonomic family within the order Ammonitidia – certain extinct cephalopods.


Scaphandridae

A taxonomic family within the order Cephalaspidea – certain sea snails.


Sceliphron

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphecidae – black mud daubers.


Scenopinidae

A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – window flies.


Scarabaeinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Scarabaeidae – true dung beetles.


Scenedesmus

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


Scelidotherium

From Ancient Greek σχελίς (skhelís) + -therium.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Scelidotheriidae – certain extinct ground sloths endemic to South America during the Late Pleistocene epoch.


Scheuchzeriaceae

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


Schleichera

A taxonomic genus within the family Sapindaceae.


Schizomeria

A taxonomic genus within the family Cunoniaceae – certain plants.


Schisandraceae

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


Schisandra

A taxonomic genus within the family Schisandraceae – magnolia vines.


Schizanthus

From schiz- (“split”) + Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Solanaceae – butterfly flower, fringeflower, poor man's orchid.


Schoenocaulon

A taxonomic genus within the family Melanthiaceae – certain perennial herbaceous flowering plants.


Schizaeaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Schizaeales – certain ferns.


Schizopetalon

A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – certain plants.


Scheuchzeria

A taxonomic genus within the family Scheuchzeriaceae – Rannoch-rush, pod grass.


Schomburgkia

A former genus of plants of the family Orchidaceae. Its member species have since been moved to Myrmecophila, Laelia, and Pseudolaelia.


Schwalbea

A taxonomic genus within the family Orobanchaceae – American chaffseed.


Sciadopitys

A taxonomic genus within the family Sciadopityaceae – umbrella pines.


Schrebera

A taxonomic genus within the family Oleaceae – certain plants.


Sciaridae

A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – dark-winged fungus gnats.


Sclerospora

A taxonomic genus within the family Peronosporaceae – a plant pathogen infecting maize and foxtail and pearl millet.


Scissurellidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepetellida – little slit snails.


Scleropages

A taxonomic genus within the family Osteoglossidae – certain fish.


Sclerotinia

A taxonomic genus within the family Sclerotiniaceae – certain fungi.


Scolopendrellidae

A taxonomic family within the class Symphyla.


Scolytidae

A former taxonomic family of bark beetles.


Scolymus

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – golden thistle, oyster thistle.


Scleroderma

Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”) + Ancient Greek δέρμᾰ (dérma, “skin”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Sclerodermataceae – earth balls.


Scolopendridae

A taxonomic family within the order Scolopendromorpha – certain large centipedes.

Otostigminae

(family): Scolopendra - type genus; for other genera see Scolopendridae on Wikipedia.


Scyllaeidae

A taxonomic family within the order Nudibranchia – certain sea slugs.


Scyllarus

A taxonomic genus within the family Scyllaridae – certain slipper lobsters.


Scutelleridae

A taxonomic family within the order Hemiptera – jewel bugs, metallic shield bugs, shield-backed bugs.


Selenipedium

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – certain orchids.


Selago

A taxonomic genus within the family Scrophulariaceae – certain plants, principally of southern Africa.


Scytopetalum

A taxonomic genus within the family Lecythidaceae – certain plants.


Sepiola

A taxonomic genus within the family Sepiolidae – certain bobtail squid.


Semecarpus

A taxonomic genus within the family Anacardiaceae – certain plants found from India to Oceania.


Sepiolidae

A taxonomic family within the order Sepiida – certain bobtail squid.


Sepsidae

A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – black scavenger flies, ensign flies.


Selenicereus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – midnight cacti.


Septobasidium

A taxonomic genus within the family Septobasidiaceae – certain fungi.


Serpulidae

A taxonomic family within the order Sabellida – certain annelid worms.


Sesuvium

A taxonomic genus within the family Aizoaceae – the sea-purslanes.


Sesiidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – clearwing moths.


Seymeria

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


Sherardia

A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – the blue field madder.


Shortia

A taxonomic genus within the family Diapensiaceae – certain subshrubs or perennial herbs.


Sialis

A taxonomic genus within the family Sialidae – certain alderflies.


Sicana

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


Sideritis

→ Russian: сидери́тис (siderítis)

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – ironwort, mountain tea, shepherd's tea.


Sieversia

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


Sidalcea

From Sida + Alcea (hollyhock) (from alcea, from ἀλκέα (alkéa, “Malva alcea (hollyhock mallow, vervain mallow)”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – checkerblooms, checkermallows, prairie mallows.


Sialidae

A taxonomic family within the order Megaloptera – alderflies.


Siganus

A taxonomic genus within the family Siganidae – rabbitfish, spinefoot.


Sigillariaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidodendrales.


Sideroxylon

From Ancient Greek σίδηρος (sídēros, “iron, iron tool”) + ξύλον (xúlon, “wood”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Sapotaceae – bully trees.


Siliquaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Siliquariidae – slit worm snails.


Sillago

A taxonomic genus within the family Sillaginidae – certain fish, found from eastern Africa to Japan and South Australia.