Illicium verum

A taxonomic species within the family Schisandraceae – star anise, principally used in the production of an antiviral drug, and also as a spice.


Tribolodon hakonensis

A taxonomic species within the family Cyprinidae – the Japanese dace.


Gammaretrovirus

From English gammaretrovirus, from English gamma+retrovirus, from Ancient Greek γάμμα/γ/Γ (gámma/g/G) + Latin retro+virus.

A taxonomic genus within the family Retroviridae.

Riboviria

(genus): Virus - kingdom; ssRNA-RT - Group VI; Retroviridae - family; Orthoretrovirinae - subfamily

for other accepted species see Gammaretrovirus

for others see Gammaretrovirus at National Center for Biotechnology Information


Batrachia

New Latin Batrachia, formerly a name for the zoological order Anura, from Ancient Greek βατραχεια (batrakheia), neuter plural of adjective from βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”)

(archaic) A taxonomic superorder within the subclass Lissamphibia – since the late 20th century Batrachia has denoted both tailed and tailless Amphibia: the frogs, toads, salamanders and various extinct forms, but has excluded the caecilians.


Isoetales

A taxonomic order within the class Lycopodiopsida – quillworts and their extinct relatives.


Spirurina

A taxonomic suborder within the order Rhabditida.


Alpharetrovirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Retroviridae – causes tumors and anemia, principally in birds.


Mugilomorpha

A taxonomic order within the superorder Acanthopterygii – Mugiliformes plus mullets and related fish.


Glosselytrodea

A taxonomic order within the class Insecta – certain extinct insects.


Tmesipteridaceae

(archaic) A taxonomic family within the order Psilotales – genus Tmesipteris of fern-like plants, fork ferns.


Blattaria

A taxonomic order within the superorder Polyneoptera – order Blattodea (cockroaches).


Typhales

(archaic) A taxonomic order within the clade commelinids – synonymized with Poales, principally in family Typhaceae.


Typhaceae

Members of the Typhaceae grow as emergents in ponds, ditches, and marshes with worldwide distributions.

2011, Michael G. Simpson, Plant Systematics (in English), page 206:

A taxonomic family within the order Poales – the cattail family.


Juncales

(archaic) A taxonomic order within the clade commelinids – synonymized with Poales, members principally in Juncaceae.


Juniperites

†Juniperites (canonical feminine masculine)

/ˌd͡ʒuːnɪpəˈɹaɪtiːs/

Borrowed from Late Latin Juniperītēs, from jūniperus (alternative form of iūniperus (“juniper-tree”)) + -ītēs (“-ite, suffix meaning ‘those belonging to’”).

After an examination of all the specimens, I am still in doubt as to the greater number of them; for, either from their being too incomplete, or from not having made a sufficient number of comparisons, I am unable to arrive at very precise results. They appear to me to belong to eleven species. / 1. Juniperites subulata. The form and the insertion of the leaves appear to me to indicate a Juniperus, allied to, though distinct from, that found in the lignite formations of Bohemia, which I have named in my "Prodromus" Juniperites acutifolia. I possess specimens from the freshwater formation of Armissau near Narbonne, apparently of the same species.

1835, Adam Sedgwick, Roderick Impey Murchison, quoting Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, “XVIII.—A Sketch of the Structure of the Eastern Alps; with Sections through the Newer Formations on the Northern Flanks of the Chain, and through the Tertiary Deposits of Styria, &c. &c. … With Supplementary Observations, Sections, and a Map”, in Transactions of the Geological Society of London (2nd Series), volume III (in English), London: Printed by Richard Taylor, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. Sold at the apartments of the Geological Society, Somerset House, →OCLC, page 373:

Juniperites, ju-ne-per-i′tis, s[ubstantive]. A genus of fossil plants, in which the branches are ranged irregularly; leaves short, obtuse, inserted by a broad base, opposite, decussate, and arranged in four rows.

[1849, John Craig, “Juniperites”, in A New Universal Etymological, Technological, and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language, Embracing All the Terms Used in Art, Science, and Literature, volumes II (Jac–Zyt) (in English), London: Published (for the proprietors,) by Henry George Collins, 22 Paternoster Row, →OCLC, page 15:

When the leaves and small and densely imbricated, they are generally considered to belong either to lycopodiaceæ or coniferæ; but there is so little to distinguish these families in a fossil state, that there is scarcely any means of demonstrating to which of these such genera as lycopodites, lycopodendron, juniperites, taxites, &c., and the like, actually belong.

1851, G. F. Richardson, Thomas Wright, “Fossil Botany”, in An Introduction to Geology, and Its Associate Sciences, Mineralogy, Fossil Biology, and Palæontology, new, rev. and considerably enl. edition (in English), London: H[enry] G[eorge] Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, →OCLC, page 171:

Juniperítes (Lat. juniperus, the juniper tree).—The generic term for such fossil coniferæ as are evidently allied to the juniper. Several species occur in tertiary lignites, and are known by their short, obtuse, broad-based leaves, arranged in four opposite rows round irregularly-forking branches.

[1859, David Page, “General Terms and Technicalities”, in Handbook of Geological Terms and Geology (in English), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, page 219:

The Eocene epoch in general is characterized by the predominance of Algæ and marine Naiadaceæ, such as Caulinites and Zosterites; by numerous Coniferæ, the greater part resembling existing genera among the Cupressineæ, and appearing in the form of Juniperites, Thuites, Cupressites, Callitrites, Frenelites, and Solenostrobus; […]

1862, John Hutton Balfour, “Reign of Angiosperms”, in Outlines of Botany: Designed for Schools and Colleges, 2nd edition (in English), Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, North Bridge, page 669:

JUNIPERITES Adolphe[-Théodore] Brongniart, 1828. Juniperites alienus (Sternberg) Adolphe Brongniart, 1828b, p. 108.

1970, Henry N[athaniel] Andrews, Jr., “Generic Index of Fossil Plants”, in Index of Generic Names of Fossil Plants, 1820–1965: Based on the Compendium Index of Paleobotany of the U.S. Geological Survey (Geological Survey Bulletin; 1300) (in English), Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 110:

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the class Coniferae – extinct fossil plants resembling the juniper.

Oxford English Dictionary
William Dwight Whitney


Lymphocystivirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Iridoviridae – the virus responsible for lymphocystis.


Neisseriales

A taxonomic order within the class Betaproteobacteria – aerobic and Gram-negative bacteria that are gut flora or intestinal flora in mammal, some known to cause diseases in humans: gonorrhea and meningitis.


Rhytismatales

A taxonomic order within the class Leotiomycetes.


Canalipalpata

A taxonomic infraclass within the class Polychaeta – fan-head worms.


Pyrenulales

A taxonomic order within the class Eurotiomycetes – lichenized fungi of tropical forests.


Russulales

A taxonomic order within the class Agaricomycetes.


Aglossa

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”).

(obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Amphibia – certain tongueless, tailless toads.


Aglossa

A taxonomic genus within the family Pyralidae – certain moths.


Mucorales

A taxonomic order within the subphylum Mucoromycotina – pin moulds.


Ophidiiformes

A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei – certain fish with small heads, long, thin bodies, and a single long dorsal fin.


Pucciniales

A taxonomic order within the class Pucciniomycetes – the rust fungi, some of the most costly parasites of economic plants.


Microthyriales

A taxonomic order within the class Dothideomycetes – certain sac fungi.


Rhizophydiales

A taxonomic order within the class Chytridiomycetes – fungi important in aquatic environments, also found in soil.


Heterotrichida

Probably formed after Heterotrichea, from Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros, “different”) + θρίξ (thríx, “hair”) + -ida.

der

A taxonomic order within the class Heterotrichea.


Mucor

From Latin mūcor (“mouldiness, mustiness”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Mucoraceae.

for the numerous other species see Mucor at MycoBank


Deschampsia

New Latin, named after French physician and naturalist Louis Auguste Deschamps (1765-1842) + -ia.

named-after

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – hair grass or tussock grass.


Paspalum

From Ancient Greek πάσπαλος (páspalos, “kind of millet”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – crowngrasses, bahiagrasses or Dallis grasses.


Nerium oleander

A taxonomic species within the family Apocynaceae – oleander.


Gammarus

A taxonomic genus within the family Gammaridae – typical scuds, small crustaceans resembling sand fleas.

for other species see Gammarus at World Register of Marine Species


Ornitholestes

A taxonomic genus within the family Compsognathidae – ornitholestes.


Vigna unguiculata

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – black-eyed peas.

for others see Vigna+unguiculata at The Plant List


Sky

Sky Crater (a crater in Thule, Arrokoth, Kuiper Belt, Solar System)


Cleora

A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain moths.


Didus

Likely an alteration of Portuguese doudo, the same origin as English dodo.


Neurergus

A taxonomic genus within the family Salamandridae – newts.


Kniphofia

Named after Johann Hieronymus Kniphof, 18th-century German physician and botanist.

A taxonomic genus within the family Xanthorrhoeaceae.

A taxonomic genus within the family Asphodelaceae.


Neopilina

A taxonomic genus within the family Neopilinidae – modern monoplacophorans.


Noctilio

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctilionidae – the bulldog bats.

Noctilio leporinus

(genus): Noctilio (Dirias), Noctilio (Noctilio) - subgenera


Hieracium

From Ancient Greek ἱεράκιον (hierákion).

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – hawkweed.


Pecora

From Latin pecora (“cattle”); coined by Carl Linnaeus.

A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – most ungulates.


Aethalium

English: aethalium

Ancient Greek αἴθᾰλος (aíthalos, “soot”) + New Latin -ium (“biological structure”)

There is a living body called Aethalium septicum, which appears upon decaying vegetable substances, and, in one of its forms, is common upon the surfaces of tan-pits.

1868, Thomas Henry Huxley, On the Physical Basis of Life (in English):

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Physaraceae – now Fuligo.


Incirrina

From New Latin in- (“not”) + cirrus + -ina.

A taxonomic suborder within the order Octopoda – benthic and pelagic octopuses.


Octopodidae

A taxonomic family within the order Octopoda – benthic octopuses.

Bathypolypus

(family): Bathypolypodinae, Eledoninae, Graneledoninae, Megaleledoninae, Octopodinae – subfamilies


Arthrodira

From Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron, “joint”) + δειρή (deirḗ, “throat”).

As a result of these characteristics, the number of Placoderms rapidly increased, and they were differentiated into various evolutionary branches, the major ones being the Arthrodira and Antiarchi.

2004, Angelo Mojetta, Sharks (in English), page 14:

A taxonomic order within the class Placodermi – certain extinct armored, jawed fishes.


Carposina niponensis

A taxonomic species within the family Carposinidae – the peach fruit borer, now Carposina sasakii.


Coccothraustes coccothraustes

A taxonomic species within the family Fringillidae – hawfinch, of Europe and temperate Asia.


Cimex

A taxonomic genus within the family Cimicidae – comprising the common bedbug and a few related insects.


Cimicidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hemiptera – bedbugs and their close relatives.


Velia

A taxonomic genus within the family Veliidae – riffle bugs, smaller water striders, broad-shouldered water striders.


Chrysophyta

Ancient Greek χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”)[Term?] + -ophyta

A taxonomic division within the kingdom Plantae.

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Ophiusa

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain moths.


Fusus

Fusus at World Register of Marine Species

A taxonomic name, now invalid, used multiple times for molluscs with spindle-shaped shells, all in superfamilies Buccinoidea, Conoidea, and Muricoidea, all in order Neogastropoda.

Fusus Roeding, 1798, probably the same as Fusus Bruguiere, 1789.

Fusus Bruguiere, 1789, synonym of Fusinus.


Columba livia domestica

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Columbidae – formally, a synonym of Columba livia, informally including all pigeons bred under human direction.


Columba domestica

A taxonomic species within the family Columbidae – formally, a synonym of Columba livia, informally including all pigeons bred under human direction.


Polybia paulista

A taxonomic species within the family Vespidae – a wasp, found in Brazil, which produces a venom containing Polybia-MP1, a peptide with potential for use as a chemotherapeutic substance in oncology.


Pongo borneo

Pongo pygmaeus
Pongo pygmaeus#Translingual

(obsolete) A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – the Bornean orangutan, now considered Pongo pygmaeus.


Taxila

A taxonomic genus within the family Riodinidae – certain metalmarks.


Eryx

A taxonomic genus within the family Boidae – Old World sand boas.


Grindelia

Named after Latvian botanist David Hieronymus Grindel (1776–1836) + -ia.

named-after

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – the gumweeds, found in the western Americas from Wyoming to northern Argentina.

for other see Grindelia at The Plant List


Listeria monocytogenes

A taxonomic species within the family Listeriaceae – a common pathogen found in food products.

For some of the many serotypes and cataloged strains see Listeria monocytogenes at National Center for Biotechnology Information


Umbra

A taxonomic genus within the family Umbridae – the mudminnows.


Turdus philomelos

A taxonomic species within the family Turdidae – song thrush, breeding principally in temperate and cool Europe.


Pachyptilum

A classical compound of the Ancient Greek πᾰχῠ́ς (pakhús) + πτῐ́λον (ptílon). Compare Pachyptila, Pachyptile, and Pachyptilus.

compound

πᾰχῠ́ς (pakhús) + πτῐ́λον (ptílon)

Some genera occur almost exclusively in the Nearctic Region (Caloparyphus), in the Nearctic and Neotropical Regions (Euparyphus, Myxosargus, Anoplodontha, Hedriodiscus, Hoplitimyia, Psellidotus) or only in the Neotropical Region (Anopisthocrania, Chloromelas, Metabasis, Glariopsis, Glaris, Pachyptilum, Promeranisa, Rhingiopsis, Stratiomyella, Zuerchermyia).

2007 December 18th, Rüdiger Wagner et al., “Global diversity of dipteran families (Insecta Diptera) in freshwater (excluding Simulidae, Culicidae, Chironomidae, Tipulidae and Tabanidae)” in Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment (Hydrobiologia, volume DXCV, № 1), eds. Estelle V. Balian et al., Springer (January 2008), page 508/2

A taxonomic genus within the family Stratiomyidae – certain soldier flies.


Pachyptilus

A classical compound of the Ancient Greek πᾰχῠ́ς (pakhús) + πτῐ́λον (ptílon) + the Latin -us. Compare Pachyptila, Pachyptile, and Pachyptilum.

πᾰχῠ́ς (pakhús) + πτῐ́λον (ptílon)

A taxonomic genus within the family Augaptilidae – certain copepods.


Pachyptile

A classical compound of the Ancient Greek πᾰχῠ́ς (pakhús) + πτῐ́λον (ptílon) + the Latin -ē (Greek-type variant of -a). Compare Pachyptila, Pachyptilum, and Pachyptilus.

πᾰχῠ́ς (pakhús) + πτῐ́λον (ptílon)

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Thomisidae – certain crab spiders.


Japalura

A taxonomic genus within the family Agamidae – various lizards.


Pachytylus

A classical compound of the Ancient Greek πᾰχῠ́ς (pakhús, “thick”) + τῠ́λος (túlos, “callus”).

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Acrididae – certain locusts, now in various other genera.

Pachytylus sulcicollis

species known as reassigned to other genera


Cytaea

A taxonomic genus within the family Salticidae.


Australisine

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Erebidae – Cyana (Australisine), of southern Africa.


Lithosiini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Erebidae – lichen moths.


Arctiinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Erebidae.

Amata

(genus): Arctiini (tiger moth, wasp moth), Lithosiini (lichen moth), Syntomini – tribes


Cyana

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A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – found from Africa to Borneo.


Nudariina

A taxonomic subtribe within the family Erebidae – certain lichen moths.


Porphyra laciniata

Porphyra umbilicalis
Porphyra umbilicalis#Translingual

A taxonomic species within the family Bangiaceae – Porphyra umbilicalis, an edible seaweed, laver.


Lateolabrax

A taxonomic genus within the family Lateolabracidae – the Asian seabasses.


Haltica

Alternative form of Altica. Said to be first used by Koch in 1803.

I. Monographie der von den Verfassern in dem Departmente vom Donnersberge, und den angrenzenden Gegenden der Departemente von der Saar, und von Rhein und Mosel einheimisch beobachteten FLOHKÄFER. (Haltica.)

1803, J. J. Hoffmann, J. D. W. Koch, P. W. J. Müller, J. M. Linz, Entomologische Hefte enthaltend Beiträge zur weitern Kenntniß und Aufklärung der Insektengeschichte. Zweites Heft (in German), pages 3 and 48

Wir fingen diese schöne Haltica bis jetzt nur zweimal am Abhange einer Wiese bei Odenbach unter Galium verum spät im Herbste.

...beans might be grown more extensively, but they suffer from the attacks of a small insect, possibly a species of Haltica...

1878, "Colorado", Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. VI, p. 163


Altica

From Ancient Greek ἁλτικός (haltikós, “jumping, leaping; jumper, leaper”), first used as altica by Geoffroy 1762 and first correctly used by Fabricius 1775.

der

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


Doryphora

From New Latin doryphora, from Ancient Greek δορυφόρος (doruphóros, “lance-bearing; lance-bearer”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Atherospermataceae – certain tropical shrubs or trees, principally of Australasia.

(obsolete) Synonym of Leptinotarsa, a taxonomic genus within the family Chrysomelidae (Colorado beetle and related species).


Hypericum chinense

Hypericum japonicum
Hypericum japonicum#Translingual


Hypericum japonicum

A taxonomic species within the family Hypericaceae – matted St. John's wort.


Hamadryas

A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – perennial herbs of southern South America.

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – cracker butterflies, found from Arizona through much of South America.


Oliva

From Latin olīva (“olive”), after the shape.

A taxonomic genus within the family Olividae – olives (certain gastropods).


Cas

(astronomy) Abbreviation of Cassiopeia or its genitive form Cassiopeiae.


Siphonophora

(archaic) A taxonomic order within the phylum Cnidaria – Siphonophorae.


Dendrogramma

A taxonomic genus within the family Rodaliidae – believed to be a siphonophore (cnidarian), named in 2014 from partial specimens collected in 1986, of highly uncertain overall character and taxonomic placement.


Inonotus obliquus

A taxonomic species within the family Hymenochaetaceae – chaga mushroom, parasitic on birch and other trees.


Felis daemon

Felis daemon is indistinguishable in skull features from the domestic cat, forming only a black form of it.

1962, Sergeĭ Ivanovich Ognev, translated by Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Mammals of Eastern Europe and Northern Asia: Carnivora (Fissipedia and Pinnipedia), page 105:

Satunin described Felis daemon as a separate black species. The typical specimen originated from Elizavetpol gubernia. He tried to decide whether this species is actually separate or only a melanistic form of the wild cat.

1974, “Mammalian informations”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volumes 22-23, page 143:

... Felis daemon by the noted Russian zoologist Professor C. Satunin, basing his description upon two mounted specimens, three skins and three skulls, all housed in what is now the Leningrad Academy of Sciences

1989, Karl P. N. Shuker, Mystery Cats of the World: From Blue Tigers to Exmoor Beasts, page 81:

Felis silvestris catus
Felis silvestris catus

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – a population of Transcaucasian black feral cats now considered to be a part of Felis silvestris catus.


Pomatomus

From Ancient Greek πῶμα (pôma, “lid”) + τόμος (tómos, “piece”), referring to the operculum.

A taxonomic genus within the family Pomatomidae – bluefish.

Pomatomus saltatrix

also erroneously Pomatomus saltator; sole extant species


Hamamelidae

From Hamamelididae, from Hamamelis + -idae, with -idid- simplified to -id- by haplology.

(archaic) A taxonomic subclass within the class Magnoliopsida.


Kiwa hirsuta

A taxonomic species within the family Kiwaidae – the yeti crab, a kind of squat lobster, found in the South Pacific.


Clostridium tyrobutyricum

A taxonomic species within the family Clostridiaceae – anaerobic bacteria that cause defects in certain cheeses.


Diodontidae

A taxonomic family within the order Tetraodontiformes – called porcupinefish.


Mammillaria

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маммилля́рия

→ Russian: маммилля́рия (mammilljárija)

Latin mamilla (“nipple”), from the shape of its tubercles and the milky-white latex produced by some species

A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – nipple cacti.

Mammillaria subg. Dolichothele

(genus): Mammillaria simplex – type species; Mammillaria candida, Mammillaria gigantea, Mammillaria humboldtii – selected other species


Porphyra umbilicalis

laverbread, purple laver, sloak, slook, tough laver

A taxonomic species within the family Bangiaceae – an edible seaweed, laver.


Polyommatus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὀμματόω (ommatóō, “furnish with eyes”)

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae.

for other species see Polyommatus on Wikispecies..


Amitabha

See Amitābha; named by the discoverers Bonnie Gulas-Wroblewski and Anton Wroblewski from the fact that the Amitābha Buddha “commonly adopts the form of a peacock when incarnated in the material world”.

A taxonomic genus within the order Galliformes – ancient birds in North America dating to the Middle Eocene, only one species of which (Amitabha urbsinterdictensis) is known.


Turris

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


Lathraea

A taxonomic genus within the family Orobanchaceae – the toothworts, parasitic plants without chlorophyll.


Murine leukemia virus

A taxonomic species within the family Retroviridae.

For selected strains see Murine leukemia virus at National Center for Biotechnology Information


Neopalpa donaldtrumpi

Neopalpa + donaldtrumpi, from being a species of Neopalpa moth named in honor of Donald Trump (45th president of the United States), for visual similarity of the head coloration of the moth and the hair of Donald Trump.

A taxonomic species within the family Gelechiidae – a kind of twirler moth with yellowish-white scales present on the head in adults.


Tetragramma donaldtrumpi

Tetragramma + donaldtrumpi, from being a species of fossil Tetragramma sea urchin named in honor of Donald Trump (US President)

(rare) A taxonomic species within the family Pseudodiadematidae – a fossil echinoid (sea urchin) of Texas.

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Manto

A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae – certain butterflies.


Aptostichus barackobamai

A taxonomic species within the family Euctenizidae – a type of trapdoor spider.


Vachellia farnesiana

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – needle bush, popinac, or sweet acacia, a thorny tree native to Mexico and Central America, but widespread over much of the world, especially the tropics.


Nehalennia

A taxonomic genus within the family Coenagrionidae – certain damselflies.


C. diff

Clostridium difficile
Clostridium difficile#Translingual

Abbreviation of Clostridium difficile; clipping of C. difficile.


N. donaldtrumpi

Neopalpa donaldtrumpi
Neopalpa donaldtrumpi#Translingual


T. donaldtrumpi

Tetragramma donaldtrumpi
Tetragramma donaldtrumpi#Translingual

Abbreviation of Tetragramma donaldtrumpi.


Adenia

1763 from Forsskål, who has recorded Arabic عَدَن (ʕadan) for Adenia venenata and added the suffix + -ia; it stayed the only known species of the genus for a century. Doublet of Adenium for which the Arabic name is used.

From the literature, the work on Adenia species has been centred on its toxicity and the mode of poisoning of the identified toxic components.

1993, Discovery and Innovation - Volume 5 (in English), page 113:

In recent years, very potent toxic proteins have been isolated from Adenia species. Astonishingly, up to now only two members of the Passifloraceae are known as hunting poisons; both belong to the genus Adenia: A. lobata in west Africa and A. volkensii in east Africa.

1996, Hans Dieter Neuwinger, African Ethnobotany: Poisons and Drugs (in English), →ISBN:

The stylodia of Adenia are grooved and the pollen tube conducting tissue is on the surface of the ventral slit.

2007, Klaus Kubitzki, The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants: Volume IX (in English), →ISBN, page 272:

A taxonomic genus within the family Passifloraceae – flowering plants in the passionflower family, found in Southeast Asia and tropical and subtropical Africa.


Vila

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


Simia

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Simiidae – monkeys and apes (all primates except humans and lemurs).


Simia troglodytes

From Latin sīmia (“monkey, ape”) + troglodytes (“cave-dwelling”), coined by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach in 1776. He took the specific epithet from Homo troglodytes, which Carl Linnaeus had used in 1758, and which did not refer to the chimpanzee.

(obsolete) A taxonomic species within the family Simiidae – the chimpanzee, now placed in multiple species in the genus Pan.

Carl Linnaeus
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
Lorenz Oken


Simia satyrus

New Latin, from Latin sīmia (“monkey, ape”) + satyrus (“satyr, faun”), coined by Linnaeus in 1758.

(obsolete) A taxonomic species within the family Simiidae – orangutan, now placed in multiple species in the genus Pongo.


Homo paniscus

A reassignment of Pan paniscus into the genus Homo based on the idea that bonobos share essentially human qualities.

2013, Jim E Murphy, Confessions of a ChimpManZee, Portraits of Earth Press

There were now three known species of humans on the planet: Homo sapiens, Homo troglodytes, and Homo paniscus.

Their scheme mirrors that of Diamond, who proposed that, as a third chimpanzee, Homo sapiens is congeneric with Homo troglodytes and Homo paniscus.

2014, Russell H. Tuttle, Apes and Human Evolution (in English), Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 27:

(neologism) An alternative name for Pan paniscus, bonobo.


Saccorhytus

Genus novum Han, Shu, Ou and Conway Morris, 2017, from Latin saccus (“sack, bag”) + Ancient Greek ῥυτίς (rhutís, “wrinkle”) in reference to the bag-like, wrinkled body of species Saccorhytus coronarius.

A taxonomic genus within the family Saccorhytidae – a one-millimeter long bottom-dwelling aquatic creature, known from a fossil dated 540 million years ago, mistakenly thought the earliest known deuterostomes, which group includes all vertebrates.. It is actually an ecdysozoan, a type of protostome.


Jumenta

From Latin jūmenta (“beasts of burden”); coined by Carl Linnaeus in 1740.

(obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – elephants, hippopotamuses, horses, pigs, and others, now placed in various orders.


Belluae

From Latin belluae (“wild beasts”); coined by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 and expanded in 1766.

(obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – horses and hippopotamuses, and later pigs and rhinoceroses, now placed in various orders.


Quadrupedia

From Latin quadrupedia (“four-legged”); coined by Carl Linnaeus in 1735.

(obsolete) A taxonomic class within the kingdom Animalia – mammals.


Gravigrada

From Latin gravis (“heavy”) + gradus (“step”); coined by Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville in 1839.

(obsolete) A taxonomic suborder within the order Quaternates – gravigrades (originally elephants and manatees).

Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville
en:Gravigrada


Quaternates

From New Latin quaternus (“fourth”); coined by Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville in 1839.

(obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – pachyderms and ruminants.

Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville
en:Quaternates


Vermes

From Latin vermēs (“worms”); coined by Carl Linnaeus.

(obsolete) A taxonomic class within the kingdom Animalia – all non-arthropod invertebrates.


Tertiates

From Latin tertius (“third”); coined by Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville in 1839.

(obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – rodents and associated mammals.

Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville
en:Tertiates


Anthropomorpha

From anthropo- + -morpha; coined by Carl Linnaeus in 1735.

(obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – primates, sloths, and (originally) anteaters, now placed in the orders Primates and Pilosa.


Agriae

From Ancient Greek ἄγριος (ágrios, “wild, savage”); coined by Carl Linnaeus in 1748.

(obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – anteaters and pangolins, now placed in orders Pilosa and Pholidota, respectively.


Secundates

From Latin secundus (“second”); coined by Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville in 1839.

(obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – bats, insectivores, and carnivores.

Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville
en:Secundates


Bradypus

From Ancient Greek βραδύς (bradús, “slow”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Bradypodidae – the three-toed sloths.


Asymmetron

From the neuter substantive form of Ancient Greek ἀσύμμετρος (asúmmetros, “asymmetrical”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Asymmetronidae – a type of lancelet.


Xysmalobium

A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – certain plants native to Africa.

for other species see Xysmalobium at The Plant List


Lybia

A taxonomic genus within the family Xanthidae – boxer crabs, pom-pom crabs.


Beta cicla

Beta vulgaris
Beta vulgaris#Translingual


Eoanthropus

From English eo- (“dawn”) + anthropo- (“man”) + Latin -us. From Ancient Greek ἠώς (ēṓs, “dawn”) + ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “human”).

(taxonomy, fraud, obsolete) A genus proposed for the Piltdown Man, a 20th-century hoax fossil.


Andryala

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – native to parts of Europe and of other regions around the Mediterranean Sea.

for others see Andryala at The Plant List


Brachypodium

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – false bromes, the brachpodia grasses, formerly including grasses now assigned to various other genera.

for other species see Brachypodium at The Plant List


Crepis

→ French: crépide, crépis

From New Latin crepis in Linnaeus's 1737 Genera Plantarum, from Ancient Greek κρηπίς (krēpís, “crepida, foundation”).

for other species see Crepis at The Plant List

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – hawksbeard.

A taxonomic genus within the family Calloporidae – little-known bryozoans, of recently revised placement.


Geodinae

Given in its modern sense by Sollas (1888), and later rendered obsolete until it was resurrected by Chombard (1998).

Das Zusammenkommen der Ausströmungsönnangcn in vertiefter Area ist auf der anderen Seite ein Charakter, der mutatis mutandis auch fur andere Geodinae passt, und so ist es wohl schwer, die G. gibberosa, wovon also kaum etwas bekannt ist, als Typus beizubehalten.

1887, Gualtherus Carel Jacob Vosmaer, “Porifera”, in Dr. H.g. Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-reichs (in German), page 316:

Geodinae mit mehreren Poren über jedem Chon.

1891, Abhandlungen, number 16 (in German), page 394:

The congruent results from the two gene fragments suggest that (i) the Geodiidae is monophyletic, (ii) the Erylinae/Geodinae subdivision sensu Sollas, 1888 is valid and that (iii) Isops and Sidonops are junior synonyms of Geodia.

2010, Paco Cárdenas, Hans Tore Rapp, Christoffer Schander, and Ole Tendal, "Molecular taxonomy and phylogeny of the Geodiidae (Porifera, Demospongiae, Astrophorida)–combining phylogenetic and Linnaean classification", Zoologica Scripta, Vol. 39, Issue 1, p. 89-106


Geodiinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Geodiidae – certain sea sponges.


Carybdeida

A taxonomic order within the class Cubozoa – box jellyfish and related creatures.


CMa

Canis Majoris
Canis Majoris#Translingual

(astronomy) Abbreviation of Canis Majoris, used in the names of the stars of the constellation Canis Major.


β CMa

Beta Canis Majoris
Beta Canis Majoris#Translingual

(astronomy) Abbreviation of Beta Canis Majoris.


α CMa

Alpha Canis Majoris
Alpha Canis Majoris#Translingual

(astronomy) Abbreviation of Alpha Canis Majoris.


Sarcoptiformes

A taxonomic order within the class Arachnida – certain mites.

Acaridae

(order): Endeostigmata, Oribatida - suborders


Nepenthaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Caryophyllales – the pitcher plants.


Microdipodops

A taxonomic genus within the family Heteromyidae – the kangaroo mouse, principally of Nevada in the US.


Gadera

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – a synonym of Plusiodonta.

Gadera repellens( Plusiodonta repellens) - species


Janthina janthina

A taxonomic species within the family Epitoniidae – purple bubble raft snail.


Candida auris

Candidozyma auris
Wikispecies:Candidozyma auris

A taxonomic species within the order Serinales – a multi-drug-resistant yeast fungus that causes fungemia, yielding candidemia (systemic candidiasis); synonym of Candidozyma auris.


Pinctada maxima

A taxonomic species within the family Pteriidae – silver-lipped pearl oyster.


Idus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyprinidae – the ides and the common dace, now included in Leuciscus.


Hedera helix

A taxonomic species within the family Araliaceae – common ivy, English ivy, European ivy.


Hedera helix f. poetarum

Hedera helix subsp. poetarum (canonical feminine)

A taxonomic form within the family Araliaceae – poet's ivy, Italian ivy.


Monilifera

suf

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

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Sargassaceae – certain brown algae, now Cystoseira.


Astacus

A taxonomic genus within the family Astacidae – various crayfish.


Haplomi

(obsolete) Certain freshwater fishes, including the true pikes, cyprinodonts, and blindfishes.

A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei.

A taxonomic suborder within the class Teleostei.


Hypsiboas punctatus

A taxonomic species within the family Hylidae – polka-dot tree frog, common in much of South America, recently becoming known as the first amphibian to fluoresce.


Blastocladiales

A taxonomic order within the class Blastocladiomycetes – including many parasites of very small animals.


Gongylidium

A taxonomic genus within the family Linyphiidae – certain spiders.


Equisetales

A taxonomic order within the class Polypodiopsida – the horsetails and their close relatives, many of them extinct.


Atrax

Coined by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge and published in 1877
Possibly from Latin ātra (feminine nominative) meaning dull black, dark., but more likely from Latin Atrax- although there is no obvious connection between Australian spiders and ancient Greece.
A third possibility could involve a misspelling of Latin atrox, having the meaning ‘terrible, frightening, dreadful’ (more appropriate in the light of the potency of the venom).

A taxonomic species within the family Hexathelidae – certain of the funnel-web tarantulas.


Dicranales

A taxonomic order within the class Bryopsida – certain haplolepidous peristomate arthrodontous mosses.


Testudinata

A taxonomic subclass within the class Reptilia – the extant turtles (order Testudines) and numerous extinct relatives.


Bacillus circulans

A taxonomic species within the family Bacillaceae – a soil-dwelling human pathogen which has been associated with septicemia.


Anaspidea

A taxonomic order within the class Gastropoda – the sea hares.


Bombus affinis

A taxonomic species within the family Apidae – rusty patched bumble bee, of much of eastern North America, considered critically endangered.


Chionodoxa sardensis

A taxonomic species within the family Asparagaceae – lesser glory-of-the-snow, an early Spring flower native to Turkey, now usually Scilla sardensis.


Boerhavia

Alteration of Boerhaave (after Herman Boerhaave) + -ia

A taxonomic genus within the family Nyctaginaceae – the spiderlings.


Saprolegniales

A taxonomic order within the class Oomycetes.


Pseudoscorpiones

A taxonomic order within the class Arachnida – false scorpions or book scorpions.


Phallales

A taxonomic order within the class Agaricomycetes – stinkhorns and close relatives.


Stomatopoda

stomato- + -poda, New Latin, from Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”) and πούς (poús, “foot”)

A taxonomic order within the class Malacostraca – mantis shrimps.


Solenogastres

From soleno- + Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr).

A taxonomic class within the phylum Mollusca – a likely-polyphyletic group of shell-less molluscs.

Hemimeniidae

Neomeniamorpha, Pholidoskepia; Cavibelonia, Sterrofustia - orders


Echinops ritro

A taxonomic species within the family Asteraceae – southern globethistle.


Pinguicula vulgaris

From Pinguicula + Latin vulgaris (“common”).

A taxonomic species within the family Lentibulariaceae – The common butterwort, a perennial carnivorous plant.


Lynx canadensis

From Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx) + Latin canadensis.

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – the Canada lynx, Canadian lynx.


Crocuta crocuta

From the genus name Crocuta (which see for more).

A taxonomic species within the family Hyaenidae – the spotted hyena, laughing hyena.


Crocuta crocuta spelaea

†Crocuta crocuta spelaea (canonical feminine)

From Ancient Greek κροκόττας (krokóttas) + Latin spelaeum (“cave”).

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Hyaenidae – the extinct cave hyena.


Crocuta

New Latin genus name, from Latin crocuta (“hyena ?”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κροκόττας (krokóttas, “crocotta”, first attested in Strabo's Geographica, where the animal is described as being a mix of wolf and dog native to Ethiopia), which may have been a borrowing from Sanskrit.

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Hyaenidae – a monotypic genus, containing only Crocuta crocuta, the spotted hyena or laughing hyena.


Hyaena hyaena

Reduplication of Hyaena, from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).

A taxonomic species within the family Hyaenidae – striped hyena.


Sphenodon

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphenodontidae – the three species of tuatara.


Sphenodontidae

A taxonomic family within the order Rhynchocephalia – the tuatara, and extinct close related genera.


Sphenodon guntheri

Sphenodon + German zoologist Albert Günther

A taxonomic species within the family Sphenodontidae – the Brothers Island tuatara.


Sphenodon punctatus

A taxonomic species within the family Sphenodontidae – Northern tuatara.


Sphenodon diversum

†Sphenodon diversum (canonical masculine)

A taxonomic species within the family Sphenodontidae – an extinct species of tuatara.


Caeciliidae

A taxonomic family within the order Gymnophiona – family of common caecilians.

Caecilia

(family): Caeciliinae, Scolecomorphinae, Typhlonectinae - subfamilies


Caecilia guntheri

Caecilia + German zoologist Albert Günther

A taxonomic species within the family Caeciliidae – Gunther's caecilian, native to Colombia and Ecuador.


Caecilia nigricans

Caecilia + Latin nigricans (“swarthy, black-skinned”)

A taxonomic species within the family Caeciliidae – the Rio Lita caecillian.


Anarhichadidae

A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes – wolffish and wolf eel.


Anarhichas

A taxonomic genus within the family Anarhichadidae – wolfishes.


Anarhichas lupus

A taxonomic species within the family Anarhichadidae – Atlantic wolffish.


Anarhichas denticulatus

A taxonomic species within the family Anarhichadidae – rock turbot or northern wolffish, of the North Atlantic.


Olenus

A taxonomic genus within the family Olenidae – Upper Cambrian ptychopariid trilobites.


Tremarctinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Ursidae – a subfamily with only one extant species: Tremarctos ornatus (spectacled bear).


Tremarctos

From Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma, “hole”) + ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Ursidae – genus with only one extant species: Tremarctos ornatus (spectacled bear).


Tremarctos ornatus

Tremarctos + Latin ornatus (“decorated”)

A taxonomic species within the family Ursidae – the spectacled bear.


Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus

From Latin rangifer (“reindeer”) + Ancient Greek τάρανδος (tárandos, “reindeer”) + πλατύς (platús, “wide, flat”) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Cervidae – the Svalbard reindeer.


Canavalia

The reported etymology is from the Malayalam word Kanavali, the local name for this species in the Malabar region of Kerala (lower south-west coast of India).

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – jack beans.

Canavalia on Wikimedia Commons. for other species.


Califorctenus

Califorctenus cacachilensis
Califorctenus cacachilensis

A taxonomic genus within the family Ctenidae – a monotypic genus containing only Califorctenus cacachilensis.


Sciota

A taxonomic genus within the family Pyralidae – certain moths.


Valdivia

A taxonomic genus within the family Escalloniaceae – only the species Valdivia gayana.


Moringa pterygosperma

A taxonomic species within the family Moringaceae – a drought-resistant oil-yielding tree, native to northwest India and widely cultivated elsewhere.


Leuctra

A taxonomic genus within the family Leuctridae – certain stoneflies.


Evernia

A taxonomic genus within the family Parmeliaceae – bushy lichens.

for other species see Evernia at MycoBank


Æglefinus Linnéi

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Æglefinus Linnéi.

Aeglefinus linnei
Aeglefinus linnei#Translingual


Aeglefinus linnei

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Aeglefinus linnei.

Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Melanogrammus aeglefinus#Translingual


Croceae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Iridaceae – a synonym of Ixieae.


Urena

A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – certain tropical and subtropical plants.


Acilius

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


Frangula

From the specific epithet in the species name Rhamnus frangula, from Latin frangulus (“fragile”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhamnaceae – certain buckthorns.

for other species see Frangula at The Plant List


Vella

A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – native to the western Mediterranean.


Labeo

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyprinidae – certain carps from Africa and Asia, the labeos.


Castilleja

Named after Spanish botanist Domingo Castillejo.

named-after

A taxonomic genus within the family Orobanchaceae – Indian paintbrushes (also owl's clover), native to the Americas.

for other species see Castilleja at The Plant List


Castillejinae

A taxonomic subtribe within the family Orobanchaceae – Indian paintbrushes, owl's clovers, and close relatives.


Sanner

* (asteroid): From English Sanner. Named after American astronomy author Glen Sanner

(astronomy) An asteroid in Main Belt, Solar System


Ceratocystis fagacearum

Ceratocyctis fagacearum (canonical feminine)

A taxonomic species within the family Ceratocystidaceae – a fungus that causes oak wilt.


Viburnum edule

A taxonomic species within the family Adoxaceae – known as squashberry, mooseberry, pembina, pimbina, highbush cranberry, lowbush cranberry, native to Canada and northern US.


Mercenaria mercenaria

A taxonomic species within the family Veneridae – the northern quahog, native to the east coasts of North America, also known as hard clam, quahog (or quahaug), round clam, hard-shell clam, or hard-shelled clam.


Petaurus breviceps

A taxonomic species within the family Petauridae – sugar glider.


Phleum pratense

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – timothy grass or cat's tail, meadow cat's tail, cat's tail grass.


Chrysopogon zizanioides

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – vetiver, cuscus grass, a grass native to India, now planted elsewhere in tropical Asia.


Phascolarctos cinereus

A taxonomic species within the family Phascolarctidae – koala.


Cimex lectularius

I was so thrilled to see a live bedbug, I showed it off to every graduate student I ran into that day: Cimex lectularius[,] a small, flat, wingless, brown ectoparasite that hides in cracks and crevices in human dwellings and emerges under cover of darkness to feast on human blood.

2010 August 7, May Berenbaum, “This Bedbug’s Life”, in The New York Times:

A taxonomic species within the family Cimicidae – a common bedbug, an obligate parasite of humans, of worldwide distribution.


Ensis directus

A taxonomic species within the family Pharidae – Atlantic jackknife clam, also one of those called razor clams.


Pelycosauria

A taxonomic group within the clade Synapsida – the pelycosaurs.


Dicentrarchus labrax

A taxonomic species within the family Moronidae – European sea bass.


Poecilia reticulata

Poecilia (“genus”) + Latin reticulata (“reticulated”)

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

A taxonomic species within the family Poeciliidae – originally native to northern South America, now introduced and invasive elsewhere, also a common small aquarium fish of wide variation in color and shape.


Rotella

(obsolete, except in paleontology) A taxonomic genus within the family Trochidae – gastropod species, now distributed among genera Ethalia and Umbonium in family Trochidae, Teinostoma and Vitrinella in family Tornidae, and genus †Deianira.


Coracina melaena

Coracina melas
Coracina melas#Translingual


Coracina melas

A taxonomic species within the family Campephagidae – the black cuckooshrike.


Murraya koenigii

A taxonomic species within the family Rutaceae – curry leaf or curry tree.


Lagenaria siceraria

A taxonomic species within the family Cucurbitaceae – bottle gourd or calabash vine.


Mimosa pudica

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – sensitive plant, the compound leaves of which fold inward and droop when touched or shaken, protecting themselves from harm, and re-open a few minutes later.


Mercurialis annua

A taxonomic species within the family Euphorbiaceae – annual mercury.


Autobranchia

A taxonomic subclass within the class Bivalvia.


Heteroconchia

A taxonomic superorder within the class Bivalvia.


Chelonii

Plural of New Latin chelonius, from Ancient Greek χελώνη (khelṓnē, “tortoise”)

der

A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia – synonym of order Testudines (turtles).

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Testudines – synonym of superfamily Chelonioidea of sea turtles.

A taxonomic family within the order Testudines – synonym of family Cheloniidae of sea turtles.


Guzzo

Italian Guzzo. Named in honour of Massimiliano Guzzo, a researcher at the University of Padua and astronomy professor.


Aldama

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae.


Chenopodiaceae

(dated, sensu lato) A taxonomic family within the order Caryophyllales – now included in Amaranthaceae, considered paraphyletic.


Ginseng

Through a European language, ultimately from Hokkien 人參／人参.

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Araliaceae – synonym of Panax.


Schoenus

From Latin schoenus, from Ancient Greek σχοῖνος (skhoînos).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyperaceae – bog rush.


Sardina

A taxonomic genus within the family Clupeidae – European pilchard.


Carlina

New Latin, probably from cardina, a diminutive of Latin carduus (“thistle”), with influence from Carolus Magnus due to an association with Charlemagne or Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – carline thistles.

for other species see Carlina at The Plant List


Escalloniales

euasterids II
euasterids II#Translingual

A taxonomic order within the clade euasterids II – solely family Escalloniaceae.


Onygenales

A taxonomic order within the class Eurotiomycetes – capable of consuminge and breaking down keratin in skin, as in athlete's foot.


Homalorhagida

A taxonomic order within the phylum Kinorhyncha – mud dragons.


Comatulida

A taxonomic order within the class Crinoidea – feather stars.

Antedonidae

(order): Antedonoidea, Atelecrinoidea, Comatuloidea, Himerometroidea, Notocrinoidea, Paracomatuloidea, Tropiometroidea - superfamilies


Halysites

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

af

A taxonomic genus within the family Halysitidae – extinct tabulate corals, chain corals.


Alconeura

A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadellidae.


Dikraneurini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Cicadellidae – some leafhoppers.


Typhlocybinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Cicadellidae – many leafhoppers.


Purpura

A taxonomic genus within the family Muricidae – formerly including many muricids.


Larrea

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


Dolabella

A taxonomic genus within the family Aplysiidae – sea hares.


Mungos

A taxonomic genus within the family Herpestidae – certain mongooses.


Unionida

A taxonomic order within the class Bivalvia – many freshwater mussels.


Uranoscopiformes

A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei.


Speranza

Borrowed from Italian speranza (“hope”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain geometer moths.


Amphioxiformes

Amphioxus ("syn. of Branchiostoma") + -iformes

A taxonomic order within the subphylum Cephalochordata – the amphioxi or lancelets.


Appendicularia

A taxonomic class within the subphylum Tunicata – the larvaceans, solitary, free-swimming tunicates endemic in the photic zones of oceans.


Mareca americana

A taxonomic species within the family Anatidae – the American wigeon.


Mareca

A taxonomic genus within the family Anatidae – wigeons and similar species of dabbling ducks.


Tmolus

From Ancient Greek Τμῶλος (Tmôlos, “a king of Lydia”).

der

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


Mordaciinae

southern topeyed lamprey
southern topeyed lamprey

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Petromyzontidae – southern topeyed lampreys.


Mordaciidae

A taxonomic family within the order Petromyzontiformes – southern topeyed lampreys.


Mordacia

From Latin mordax (“biting, snappish, tart; cutting”).

Southern topeyed lamprey
southern topeyed lamprey#English

A taxonomic genus within the family Mordaciidae.

A taxonomic genus within the family Petromyzontidae.


Geotria

New Latin, from Ancient Greek. See γεωτραγία (geōtragía, “eating of earth-like substances”) Like other lampreys pouched lampreys carry stones to a nesting site.

The pouched lamprey or southern lamprey, of Australia.

A taxonomic genus within the family Geotridae.


Geotria australis

A taxonomic species within the family Geotridae.

A taxonomic species within the family Petromyzontidae.


Jasminum sambac

A taxonomic species within the family Oleaceae – Arabian jasmine, native to the eastern Himalayas, naturalized elsewhere.

For varieties see Jasminum+sambac at The Plant List


Ipomoea aquatica

A taxonomic species within the family Convolvulaceae – one of the plants called water spinach.


Equisetum arvense

A taxonomic species within the family Equisetaceae – common horsetail or field horsetail.


Arenga pinnata

A taxonomic species within the family Arecaceae.


Loa

A taxonomic genus within the family Onchocercidae – a group of nematodes that cause filariasis.


Aurantioideae

Aurantium (“obsolete genus name for some citrus plants”) + -oideae

suffix

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Rutaceae – citrus plants.

Limonia

(subfamily): Aurantieae, Clauseneae - tribes


Maiorana

Named by Leigh Van Valen from Medieval Latin maiorana (“marjoram”), with reference to punning decomposition of the name into Latin maior rana (“larger frog”) or Maia rana (“May frog”), and to Quenya Maia (“one of the Maiar”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Periptychidae – an extinct condylarth mammal from the Paleocene.


Aurantieae

Aurantium (“obsolete genus, synonym of Citrus”) + -eae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Rutaceae – coextensive with tribe Citreae.

Aurantium

(tribe): Balsamocitrinae, Citrinae, Merrilliinae - subtribes


Manilkara bidentata

A taxonomic species within the family Sapotaceae – bulletwood, of the tropical Americas.


Equisetum telmateia

See Equisetum, New Latin telmateia, from Ancient Greek τέλμα (télma, “standing water, pond, marsh, swamp”). Compare Equisetum palustre (swamp horsetail)

der

A taxonomic species within the family Equisetaceae – great horsetail.


Belone belone

A taxonomic species within the family Belonidae – garfish, sea needle, or hornfish, of European waters.


Bunium bulbocastanum

A taxonomic species within the family Apiaceae – black zira, earthnut, great pignut.

For varieties see Bunium bulbocastanum at Tropicos


Plecoglossus altivelis

A taxonomic species within the family Osmeridae – ayu or sweetfish.


Sgr

(astronomy) Sagittarius, the modern IAU constellation


Sgr

(astronomy) Sagittarii, the genitive form of the IAU constellation Sagittarius


Troglodytes troglodytes

A taxonomic species within the family Troglodytidae – Eurasian wren.

For subspecies see Troglodytes troglodytes


Phaleris psittacula

(obsolete) A taxonomic species within the family Alcidae – syn. of Aethia psittacula.


Ficus lucens

(obsolete) A taxonomic species within the family Moraceae – Ficus densifolia.


Ficus cinerea

(obsolete) A taxonomic species within the family Moraceae – a whiter variety of Ficus rubra.


Ficus terebrata

(obsolete) A taxonomic species within the family Moraceae – a variety of Ficus reflexa.


Ficus reflexa

A taxonomic species within the family Moraceae – a species of flowering plant native to the Mascarene Islands.

Ficus terebrata

sometimes referred specifically to a subvariety


Ficus densifolia

A taxonomic species within the family Moraceae – a species of flowering plant native to Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands.


Calandra

A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae – certain beetles.


Thylacoleonidae

A taxonomic family within the order Diprotodontia – marsupial lions, extinct for more than 10,000 years.


Capridae

(archaic) A taxonomic family within the order Artiodactyla – antelopes, goats, sheep and their close relatives, now treated as subfamily Caprinae in family Bovidae.


Asclepiadeae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Apocynaceae – milkweeds and their relatives.


Silurus glanis

A taxonomic species within the family Siluridae – Danube catfish, wels catfish, or sheatfish.


Tremellaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Tremellales – certain gelatinous fungi and others with similar microstructure and DNA.


Raphanus raphanistrum

A taxonomic species within the family Brassicaceae – wild radish.


Aquilaria malaccensis

A taxonomic species within the family Thymelaeaceae – source of agarwood.


Fagopyrum esculentum

A taxonomic species within the family Polygonaceae – common buckwheat.


Plantago lanceolata

A taxonomic species within the family Plantaginaceae – narrowleaf plantain or ribwort plantain.


Rudbeckia hirta

A taxonomic species within the family Asteraceae – black-eyed Susan.

Rudbeckia+hirta at The Plant List for varieties etc


Phylloscopus collybita

Phylloscopus + Latin collybita (“money-changer, banker”)

A taxonomic species within the family Phylloscopidae – common chiffchaff or chiffchaff.


Mycobacterium tuberculosis

A taxonomic species within the family Mycobacteriaceae – the bacteria that cause tuberculosis.


Bacillus anthracis

A taxonomic species within the family Bacillaceae – aetiologic agent that causes anthrax.


Scyliorhinidae

A taxonomic family within the order Carcharhiniformes – catsharks or dogfish.


Sesamum indicum

A taxonomic species within the family Pedaliaceae – sesame.


Manta

New Latin, from Spanish manta (“mantle”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Myliobatidae.


Craci

A taxonomic suborder within the order Galliformes.


Phytophaga

From Ancient Greek φυτόν (phutón, “plant”) + φάγος (phágos, “glutton, eater”).

A taxonomic clade within the order Coleoptera – almost all beetles.

(in italics, obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Cecidomyiidae – now in other genera of subfamily Cecidomyiinae of gall midges, etc.


Buxus sempervirens

A taxonomic species within the family Buxaceae – boxwood.

For subspecies and varieties see Buxus+sempervirens at The Plant List


Cyprinodontidae

A taxonomic family within the order Cyprinodontiformes – killifishes.

Cubanichthys

Cyprinidontini, Orestiniini - tribes in Cyprinodontinae


Cyanophyta

A taxonomic phylum within the subkingdom Negibacteria – synonym of Cyanobacteria.


Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Brassicaceae – garden radish.


Leptinotarsa decemlineata

Colorado potato beetle
Colorado potato beetle

A taxonomic species within the family Chrysomelidae – Colorado potato beetle.


Microgadus tomcod

A taxonomic species within the family Gadidae.


Theclinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Lycaenidae – hairstreak butterflies.

Bithys

(tribe): Amblypodiini, Aphnaeini, Arhopalini, Catapaecilmatini, Cheritrini, Deudorigini, Eumaeini, Horagini, Hypolycaenini, Hypotheclini, Iolaini, Loxurini, Luciini, Oxylidini, Remelanini, Theclini, Tomarini, Zesiini - tribes


Hippodamia

A taxonomic genus within the family Coccinellidae – certain ladybugs.


Artemisia annua

A taxonomic species within the family Asteraceae – sweet wormwood.


Galium verum

A taxonomic species within the family Rubiaceae – lady's bedstraw.


Petromus typicus

A taxonomic species within the family Petromuridae – the dassie rat, of southwestern Africa.


Equisetum pratense

A taxonomic species within the family Equisetaceae – meadow horsetail.


Equisetum hyemale

A taxonomic species within the family Equisetaceae – rough horsetail or scouring rush.


Calotropis procera

A taxonomic species within the family Apocynaceae – apple of Sodom.


Panicum miliaceum

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae.


Artocarpus altilis

A taxonomic species within the family Moraceae – breadfruit tree.


Frangula alnus

A taxonomic species within the family Rhamnaceae – alder buckthorn.


Naso

A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthuridae – unicornfishes.


Cosmopolites

A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae – many weevils.


Cosmopolites sordidus

A taxonomic species within the family Curculionidae – banana weevil, banana stem borer, banana borer.


Dryophthorinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Curculionidae – many weevils.

Abacobius

(subfamily): Cryptodermatini, Dryophthorini, Litosomini, Ommatolampini, Orthognathini, Rhinostomini, Rhynchophorini, Sipalomimini, Sphenophorini, Stromboscerini – tribes


Arca

From Latin arca (“ark”). Named by Carl Linnaeus in reference to Noah's Ark, due to the interior of the shell resembling a wooden boat.

A taxonomic genus within the family Arcidae – typical ark clams or ark shells.

for other species see Arca at World Register of Marine Species


Olfactores

(taxonomy) A clade within the Chordata that comprises the Tunicata (Urochordata) and the Craniata (Vertebrata).


Termitidae

A taxonomic family within the order Isoptera – desert termites.


Monoplacophora

A taxonomic class within the phylum Mollusca.

Micropilinidae

(order): Tryblidiida, †Cyrtonellida, †Pelagiellida - orders


Glomeromycetes

A taxonomic class within the phylum Glomeromycota.


Terminalia chebula

A taxonomic species within the family Combretaceae – black myrobalan, a tree native to tropical and subtropical Asia.


Alligator sinensis

A taxonomic species within the family Alligatoridae – Chinese alligator, critically endangered, native to eastern China.


Jasminum grandiflorum

A taxonomic species within the family Oleaceae – Spanish jasmine, royal jasmine.

Jasminum grandiflorum subsp. floribundum

Jasminum grandiflorum subsp. grandiflorum


Triticum dicoccon

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – emmer wheat, one of the hulled wheats, now usually Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccum.


Tetrao tetrix

Lyrurus tetrix
Lyrurus tetrix#Translingual


Tridacna gigas

A taxonomic species within the family Cardiidae – giant clam, of the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific.


Mya arenaria

A taxonomic species within the family Myidae – the softshell clam.


Paeonia lactiflora

A taxonomic species within the family Paeoniaceae – Chinese peony or common garden peony.


Ceryle rudis

A taxonomic species within the family Alcedinidae – pied kingfisher, found from sub-Saharan Africa to China.


Halcyon smyrnensis

white-throated kingfisher
white-throated kingfisher

A taxonomic species within the family Alcedinidae – the white-throated kingfisher.


Alcedo atthis

A taxonomic species within the family Alcedinidae – common kingfisher.


Merops orientalis

A taxonomic species within the family Meropidae – the green bee-eater.


Merops apiaster

A taxonomic species within the family Meropidae – European bee-eater.


ex falso quod libet

(logic) The principle or axiom of logic stating that if a contradiction or a false proposition is proven to be true, then it proves that everything is true. In symbols: ⊥→P


Merops persicus

blue-cheeked bee-eater
blue-cheeked bee-eater

A taxonomic species within the family Meropidae – the blue-cheeked bee-eater.


Coracias garrulus

A taxonomic species within the family Coraciidae – European roller.


Monticola solitarius

A taxonomic species within the family Muscicapidae – the blue rock thrush.


Turdus atrogularis

black-throated thrush
black-throated thrush

A taxonomic species within the family Turdidae – the black-throated thrush.


Felis silvestris silvestris

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Felidae – European wildcat.


Atrax robustus

Sydney funnel-web spider
Sydney funnel-web spider

A taxonomic species within the family Hexathelidae – Sydney funnel-web spider.


Leptailurus serval

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – serval.

Leptailurus serval in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell. for subspecies


Daubentonia madagascariensis

A taxonomic species within the family Daubentoniidae – aye-aye, a lemur of Madagascar.


Hyoscyamus niger

A taxonomic species within the family Solanaceae – black henbane, a toxic plant, native to temperate Eurasia, but widely introduced.


Triticum turgidum

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – tetraploid, domesticated, free-threshing wheats.

Triticum+turgidum at The Plant List for subspecies etc


Hippuris

From Ancient Greek ἵππουρις (híppouris).

A taxonomic genus within the family Plantaginaceae – mare's tail.


Apternodontidae

English: apternodontid

A taxonomic family within the order Soricomorpha – extinct insectivorous mammals, most closely related to shrews and tenrecs among extant species.


Australidelphia

A taxonomic superorder within the class Mammalia – australidelphian marsupials.


Actinaria

A taxonomic order within the subclass Hexacorallia.

A taxonomic suborder within the order Anthozoa.


Cacao

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – synonym of Theobroma.


Tragus

From Latin tragus (“goat”), from Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos), possibly referring to a goat's beard hair.

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – certain grasses known as carrot-seed grass, burr grass or bur gras.


Isodon

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – native to the Old World tropics and subtropics, especially in China.

for the numerous other species see Isodon


Turdus pilaris

A taxonomic species within the family Turdidae – fieldfare.


Alnus glutinosa

A taxonomic species within the family Betulaceae – common alder, black alder, or European alder, native to much of Europe and neighboring parts of Africa and Asia.

For subspecies see Alnus glutinosa on Wikispecies. and for forms and varieties see Alnus+glutinosa at The Plant List.


Comephorus

A taxonomic genus within the family Comephoridae – the golomyankas or Baikal oilfish, of Lake Baikal in Siberia.


Turdus iliacus

A taxonomic species within the family Turdidae – redwing.


Anthrax

From Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “charcoal”), after their color.

A taxonomic genus within the family Bombyliidae – bee flies.


Monticola saxatilis

A taxonomic species within the family Muscicapidae – the common rock thrush.


Urceolaria

Certain organisms variously considered fungi or chromists

A taxonomic genus within the order Pezizales.

A taxonomic genus within the family Urceolariidae – in chromist order Mobilida.


Urocyon

From Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá, “tail”) + κύων (kúōn, “dog”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Canidae – certain foxes.


Zyxomma

From an irregularly respelt formation of Ancient Greek ζεῦξις (zeûxis, “joining”) + ὄμμα (ómma, “eye”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Libellulidae – certain dragonflies, duskdarters.


Unguiculata

(taxonomy, obsolete) A former superordinal division of mammals with claws.

A taxonomic section within the family Geraniaceae – Geranium sect. Unguiculata.


Uniola

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – New World plants in the grass family.


Amaranthus blitum

(taxonomy, phytology, botany) A taxonomic species within the family Amaranthaceae – purple amaranth.


Zalophus

A taxonomic genus within the family Otariidae – sea lions.


Zonurus

See Smaug (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

(taxonomy) A former genus of lizards, now Smaug.


Zabrus

A taxonomic genus within the family Carabidae – ground beetles.


Zygophyllum

A taxonomic genus within the family Zygophyllaceae – bean-capers.


Idris

Idris (canonical feminine)
also (canonical masculine)

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


Isoetes

From Ancient Greek ἰσοέτης (isoétēs, “the same all year”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Isoetaceae – quillworts.

for other species see Isoetes at Tropicos


Tetramera

(taxonomy, obsolete) Any grouping of insects with four-jointed tarsi.

A taxonomic group within the order Coleoptera – such beetles.

A taxonomic division within the family Chalcididae.


Hesperornis

From Ancient Greek ἕσπερος (hésperos, “western”) + ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”).

A taxonomic genus within the family †Hesperornithidae – flightless aquatic birds of the first half of the Campanian age.


Delma

A taxonomic genus within the family Pygopodidae – certain lizards.


Myaria

(obsolete) A taxonomic family within the order Myida – the Myidae, a family of dimyarian bivalves.


Myida

A taxonomic order within the class Bivalvia – certain burrowing saltwater clams.


Ascophora

A taxonomic suborder within the order Cheilostomata – calcified cheilostomes.


Umbonulomorpha

A taxonomic infraorder within the order Cheilostomata – certain sea mats.


Lepralielloidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Cheilostomata – certain bryozoans.


Cheilostomata

From Ancient Greek χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”) and στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

A taxonomic order within the class Gymnolaemata – calcified bryozoans.


Heptandria

(obsolete) A taxonomic class within the kingdom Plantae – a polyphyletic taxon comprising all heptandrous plants (those having seven stamens in each flower).


Tetrandria

(obsolete) A taxonomic class within the kingdom Plantae – a polyphyletic taxon comprising all tetrandrous plants (those having four stamens in each flower).


Loxia curvirostra

A taxonomic species within the family Fringillidae – red crossbill or common crossbill of Eurasia and North America.


Microtus arvalis

A taxonomic species within the family Cricetidae – the common vole, of temperate Eurasia.


Neosuchia

A taxonomic clade within the clade Metasuchia – including all Crocodylomorpha.


Metasuchia

A taxonomic clade within the clade Mesoeucrocodylia.


Triticum durum

Triticum turgidum subsp. durum#Translingual

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – durum wheat, now usually Triticum turgidum subsp. durum.

Triticum+durum at The Plant List for taxonomic synonyms

Triticum+durum at The Plant List for subspecies etc


Eriobotrya japonica

The genus was borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔριον (érion, “wool”) + βότρῠς (bótrus, “cluster of grapes”). The species is Latin jā̆pōnicus (“Japanese”).

A taxonomic species within the family Rosaceae – loquat, native to warm temperate areas of Asia, widely naturalized.


Rosa chinensis

A taxonomic species within the family Rosaceae – Chinese rose.


Imperata cylindrica

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – cogon grass, of south and east Asia, eastern Africa, Australia, and Micronesia.


Triticum monococcum

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – domesticated einkorn wheat, native to the Middle East, the Balkans, and Ukraine, cultivated elsewhere in Europe and temperate regions in Africa.


Ctenus

From Ancient Greek κτείς (kteís, “comb”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Ctenidae – a widely distributed clade of spiders.


Teredo

From Latin terēdō (“woodworm”), from Ancient Greek τερηδών (terēdṓn, “woodworm”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Teredinidae – shipworms.


Furia infernalis

From Latin furia (“fury”) + īnfernālis (“infernal”), coined by Linnaeus.

(obsolete) An erroneous species created for a nonexistent worm considered to account for an unidentified stinging sensation in humans and fatalities in reindeer now attributed to cestode parasites.

Vermes in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae


Scincus

From Ancient Greek σκίγκος (skínkos), variant of σκίγγος (skíngos).

A taxonomic genus within the family Scincidae – various skinks found in Southwest Asia and North Africa.


Endeixis

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

A taxonomic genus within the family Tineidae – the single moth species Endeixia exalata, only found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


Pandanaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Pandanales – several woody herbs that produce commercial fibre, including screw pines.


Ursus arctos arctos

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Ursidae – European brown bear.


Octocorallia

A taxonomic subclass within the class Anthozoa – sedentary colonial cnidarians.


Progymnoplea

A taxonomic infraclass within the class Maxillopoda – many copepod crustacea.


Vegaviidae

A taxonomic family within the order Vegaviiformes – certain extinct goose-like birds that lived from the Late Cretaceous to Early Paleogene, with fossils found in Chile, New Zealand and Antarctica.


Pentazonia

A taxonomic infraclass within the class Diplopoda – millipedes, including the pill millipedes.

Glomeridesmida

(infraclass): Limacomorpha, Oniscomorpha - superorders


Vegavis

From Vega (after Vega Island, Antarctica) + Latin avis (“bird”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Vegaviidae – a single extinct bird species, most closely related to modern ducks and geese, that lived in Antarctica during the Late Cretaceous.


Miris

A taxonomic genus within the family Miridae – certain capsid flies.


Vegaviiformes

A taxonomic order within the subclass Aves – certain extinct birds indirectly related to modern ducks and geese that lived from the Late Cretaceous to Early Paleogene, leaving fossils in Chile, New Zealand and Antarctica.


Novius

A taxonomic genus within the family Coccinellidae – certain beetles.


Catadromus

A taxonomic genus within the family Carabidae – certain beetles.


Terekia

suf

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

A former taxonomic genus, including the Terek sandpiper.


Octandria

(obsolete) A taxonomic class within the kingdom Plantae – a polyphyletic taxon comprising all octandrous plants (those having eight stamens in each flower).


Cassia fistula

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – golden rain tree.


Cottus kazika

A taxonomic species within the family Cottidae – four-spine sculpin.


Triticinae

A taxonomic subtribe within the family Poaceae – now usually in Hordeeae.


Ligia

A taxonomic genus within the family Ligiidae – certain isopods, called rock lice or sea slaters, that chiefly live in tidal zone cliffs and rocky beaches.

Ligia yemenica

other species described and accepted before 2005


Pseudoliparis swirei

swirei (“Swire's”), after Herbert Swire, Navigating Sublieutenant of the HMS Challenger on the cruise that in 1876 first sounded the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench where the Mariana snailfish was discovered.

A taxonomic species within the family Liparidae – Mariana snailfish, thought to be the deepest swimming fish on Earth.


Liparidae

A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes – snailfishes or seasnails.


Liparis

for other species see Liparis at The Plant List

A taxonomic genus within the family Liparidae – typical snailfishes.

for other species see Liparis at World Register of Marine Species

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – widelip orchids.


Nerium

A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – the oleander.


Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis

A taxonomic species within the family Brassicaceae – Chinese cabbage, bok choy.


Triticum turgidum subsp. durum

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – durum wheat, pasta wheat.


Paradoxurus hermaphroditus

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

A taxonomic species within the family Viverridae – Asian palm civet.

For the numerous subspecies see Paradoxurus hermaphroditus in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell


Rhyphus

(taxonomy, archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Anisopodidae – certain wood gnats, with atypical wing venation; false craneflies; now Sylvicola.


Trichiurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Trichiuridae – cutlassfishes.

for other species see Trichiurus at National Center for Biotechnology Information


Salvinia

Named in honour of Anton Maria Salvini, a 17th-century Italian scientist. For the surname, see Salvini.

A taxonomic genus within the family Salviniaceae – watermoss.


Cornulites

A taxonomic genus within the family Cornulitidae – cornulitid tubeworms, now extinct.


Scombriformes

A taxonomic order within the class Actinopteri – tunas and mackerels.


Remigia

(taxonomy, archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain moths, now Mocis..


Halmaturus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἁλματίας (halmatías, “a person of tripping gait”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”)

der

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Macropodidae – certain kangaroos, especially wallabies.


Rhinacanthus

A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthaceae.

Rhinacanthus nasutus

syn. Rhinacanthus communis; snake jasmine


Rhipidoptera

From Ancient Greek [Term?] "fan" + "wing".

(obsolete) A taxonomic group within the order Coleoptera – certain fan-winged beetles.


Selache

From Latin selachē, from Ancient Greek σέλαχος (sélakhos, “shark”).

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Cetorhinidae – certain sharks, now Cetorhinus.


Athyridacea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Athyridida – certain brachiopods.


Crocidurinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Soricidae – white-toothed shrews.


Crocidura

From Ancient Greek κροκύς (krokús, “piece of wool”) (from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“to weave, beat”)) and οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Soricidae – many shrews, called musk shrews.


Selandria

A taxonomic genus within the family Tenthredinidae – certain sawflies.


Diopsis

A taxonomic genus within the family Diopsidae – certain stalk-eyed flies.


Elaps

From Ancient Greek ἔλαψ (élaps, “fish, serpent”), from ἔλλοψ (éllops).

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Elapidae.


Rakiura

A taxonomic genus within the family Trichoptera.


Osteoglossidae

A taxonomic family within the order Osteoglossiformes – bonytongues.

Osteoglossum

(family): Heterotidinae, Osteoglossinae - subfamilies


Spinosaurus

New Latin, from Latin spīna (“spine”) + Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Spinosauridae – spinosaurs.


CTA

(astronomy) Initialism of Caltech Survey of Radio Sources, Part "A".


Plodia interpunctella

A taxonomic species within the family Pyralidae – Indian meal moth.


Opilioacarida

A taxonomic order within the class Acari – certain mites.


Holothyrida

A taxonomic order within the class Arachnida – certain mites.


Splachnum

A taxonomic genus within the family Splachnaceae – dung moss; certain mosses of Australia, that use insects to disperse their spores.


Ascoseirales

A taxonomic order within the class Phaeophyceae – a single species of brown alga, Ascoseira mirabilis, found in Antarctic waters.


Samolus

A taxonomic genus within the family Primulaceae – brookweed or water pimpernel.


Sarcolemur

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Homacodontidae – certain extinct Eocene ungulate mammals found in North America, now in †Antiacodon.


Spathura

From Ancient Greek [Term?] "blade" + "tail".

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae – hummingbirds with peculiar tail-feathers expanding into a spatula shape at the end, and leg-muffs, now genera Ocreatus and Loddigesia; called racket-tails.


Furcraea

Named after A. F. de Fourcroy (1755-1809), French chemist.

A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – various tropical succulent plants.


Cephalaspis

From Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cephalaspidae – an extinct detritivorous fish that lived in estuaries of the early Devonian.


Narthex

From Ancient Greek νάρθηξ (nárthēx, “giant fennel”).

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – umbelliferous plants, now included in Ferula, Narthex asafoetida.


Rhipicera

From Ancient Greek [Term?] "fan" + "horn".

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhipiceridae – serricorn beetles native to South America and Australia.


Rhypticus

Dated form of Rypticus (“soapfish genus”).


Rhamphomicron

From Ancient Greek [Term?] "beak" + "little".

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae – certain hummingbirds; thornbills, now Ramphomicron.


Rhodomela

From Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) + μέλας (mélas, “black”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhodomelaceae – certain dark red marine algae, widely distributed in cool waters.


Rhacophorus

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhacophoridae – certain tree frogs, flying frogs.


Sium

A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – water parsnips.

Sium latifolium

wide-leaf water parsnip, great water parsnip, greater water parsnip

Sium suave

common water parsnip, hemlock water parsnip

Sium bracteatum

jellico, large jellico, now Berula bracteata


Malacopterygii

From Ancient Greek [Term?] "soft" + "wing".

(obsolete) An order of fishes, variously defined.


Royena

After the 18th-century Dutch botanist Adrian van Royen.

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Ebenaceae – certain gamopetalous plants, now in the genus Diospyros.


Gymnocitta

From Ancient Greek γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”) + κίττα (kítta, “jay”).

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Corvidae – a single species of American jay with naked nostrils; synonym of Gymnorhinus.


Lagomys

From Ancient Greek λαγώς (lagṓs, “hare”) + μῦς (mûs, “mouse”).

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Ochotonidae – (current placement) pikas, now called Ochotona.


Ledum

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae.

A taxonomic subsection within the family Ericaceae – Rhododendron subsect. Ledum.

Rhododendron subg. Rhododendronnbsp- subgenus


Erythrophleum

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – various legumes.

for other species see Erythrophleum at The Plant List


Habenaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – bog orchids or rein orchids.


Retzia

After Swedish scientist Anders Jahan Retzius + -ia.

A taxonomic genus within the family Stilbaceae – the flowering plant Retzia capensis, hedgehog.


Pteromys

From Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + μῦς (mûs, “mouse”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Sciuridae – Old World flying squirrels.


Saururus

From Ancient Greek σαύρα (saúra, “lizard”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Saururaceae.


Tridacna

From Ancient Greek τρίδακνον (trídaknon, “large oyster”), traditionally derived by Pliny from Ancient Greek τρι- (tri-, “three”) + δάκνω (dáknō, “bite”). However, Beekes believes that this is a folk etymology, and this would rather be a loanword from an "Oriental" source.

bor

A taxonomic genus within the family Cardiidae – large saltwater clams.

for other species see Tridacna at World Register of Marine Species


Rottlera

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Euphorbiaceae – plants found principally in south Asia, now included under Mallotus.


Hydrosaurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Agamidae – sailfin lizards.


Crambus

A taxonomic genus within the family Crambidae – sod webworms and certain snout moths.


Leptospermum

lepto- (“narrow, thin”) + spermum (see sperma (“seed”))

A taxonomic genus within the family Myrtaceae – tea trees, most species of which are native to Australia.


Rhabdocoela

A taxonomic order within the class Rhabditophora.

A taxonomic infraclass within the class Neoophora.


Haemanthus

A taxonomic genus within the family Amaryllidaceae – blood lilies and paintbrush lilies.


Irideae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Iridaceae.


Rhynchetidae

(possibly obsolete) A taxonomic family within the order Suctorida – certain infusorians, now possibly close to Dendrosomatidae or Tokophryidae.


Rhinoderma

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhinodermatidae – Darwin's frogs.


Onoclea

A taxonomic genus within the family Onocleaceae – ferns, including the sensitive fern and close relatives.


Romalea

A taxonomic genus within the family Romaleidae – eastern lubber grasshopper.


Semiotellus

A taxonomic genus within the family Pteromalidae – certain chalcidoid wasps.


Rhaphiptera

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


Riciniae

(obsolete) A taxonomic family within the order Solenostoma – mites or acarines, now included in families in orders Sarcoptiformes and Trombidiformes in superorder Acariformes..


Misgurnus anguillicaudatus

A taxonomic species within the family Cobitidae – a freshwater fish of east Asia, the pond loach, dojo loach.


Trygon

From Latin trȳgōn (“stingray”), from Ancient Greek τρῡγών (trūgṓn, “turtledove; stingray”).

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(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Trygonidae – Synonym of Dasyatis; certain stingrays, now in Dasyatidae.


Flindersia

Named after the Australian explorer Captain Matthew Flinders, who circumnavigated Australia.

A taxonomic genus within the family Rutaceae – trees of Australasia.


Dinotyrannus

From dino- (“terrifying”) + Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos).

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Tawasaurus

From Chinese 大窪／大洼 (Dàwā, “a village in Yunnan”) + -saurus.


Microcoelus

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Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">coelus</i> (“the sky”)


Rhipiphorus

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Ripiphoridae – heteromerous beetles, now Ripiphorus.


Sabal

Unknown; speculated to be from a South American language.

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – the palmettos.


Rhampholeon

A taxonomic genus within the family Chamaeleonidae – pygmy chameleons or African leaf chameleons.


Rhyssa

From Ancient Greek ῥυσσός (rhussós), a variant of Ancient Greek ῥυσός (rhusós, “wrinkled”)

cog

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


Scolia

→ Russian: ско́лия (skólija)

Ancient Greek σκῶλος (skôlos, “stake, thorn”) + -ia f, likely related to this genus's sting.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Scoliidae – certain wasps.


Rhinomacer

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Rhinomaceridae – rhynchophorous weevils, the species of which are now in other genera, principally in superfamily Curculionoidea (weevils).


Fontinalis

Learned borrowing from Latin fontinālis.

A taxonomic genus within the family Fontinalaceae – fountain moss, brook moss, water moss.


Chrysophyllum cainito

A taxonomic species within the family Sapotaceae – star apple, purple star apple, golden leaf tree, native to the West Indies, cultivated in southeast Asia.


Tripsacum

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


Rhinoptera

A taxonomic genus within the family Myliobatidae – the cownose rays.


Hedeoma

From Ancient Greek ἡδύς (hēdús, “sweet”) and Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, “odour”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – the false pennyroyals.


Sereda

A taxonomic genus within the family Tortricidae.: certain moths.


Gorgonacea

A taxonomic order within the class Anthozoa – soft corals, now Alcyonacea.


Caracal caracal

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – a medium-sized cat found from eastern Africa to central Asia and India; caracal.


Retortamonadida

A taxonomic order within the class Eopharyngea.


Salpida

A taxonomic order within the class Thaliacea – salps, that filter-feed on phytoplankton that form into large organisms during a phase of their life.


Cryptomonadales

A taxonomic order within the class Cryptophyceae – aquatic unicellular eukaryotes, mostly photosyntheizing, important for understanding the early evolution of plants.


Neoophora

From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”) + ᾠόν (ōión, “egg”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”), in reference to their ectolecithal eggs.

(archaic) A taxonomic infraclass within the phylum Platyhelminthes – certain flatworms.

Eulecithophora

Adiaphanida, Rhabdocoela - infraclasses in Eulecithophora

Trematoda - infraclasses in Neodermata) - subclasses


Goniomonadea

A taxonomic class within the phylum Cryptista.


Galeopsis

Gale (“obsolete genus name of Myrica gale (sweet gale)”) + -opsis

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A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – hempnettles.

Galeopsis tetrahit

common hempnettle, brittlestem hempnettle


Saccopharynx

A taxonomic genus within the family Saccopharyngidae – gulper eels.


Serapias

From Latin serapiās, from Ancient Greek σεραπιάς (serapiás).

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – certain orchids.


Ichthyopsida

A taxonomic superclass within the subphylum Vertebrata – tetrapods whose eggs must hatch in water.


Rhodites

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Cynipidae – some now in Diplolepis.

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Cynipidae – Diplolepis (Rhodites).


Glaux

Latin glaux (“milkvetch (Astragalus spp.)”) per Pliny (a plant also called eugalacton εὐγάλακτον), itself from Greek γλαύξ which per Dioscorides referred to another plant, wart cress (Coronopus spp.).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Primulaceae – milkworts; now a single species of flowering plant, sea milkwort, now sometimes Lysimachia maritima.

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the order Strigiformes – certain owls.


Samyda

A taxonomic genus within the family Salicaceae.


Rhinolophus

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ῥινός (rhinós, “nose”) + λόφος (lóphos, “crest”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Rhinolophidae – horseshoe bats.


Proteroglypha

Proterglyphs, snakes with shortened maxillae bearing few teeth except for a substantially enlarged fang pointing downwards and completely folded around the venom channel, forming a hollow needle.

(obsolete) A taxonomic suborder within the order Ophidia.


Asclepias curassavica

Any of three plants in the dogbane family (Apocynaceae)

Asclepias curassavica L. (bloodflower, tropical milkweed)

Asclepias curassavica Lour., 1790, now Toxocarpus wightianus or Gymnema sylvestre, syn. Gymnema alterniflorum (Australian cowplant)

Asclepias curassavica Griseb, 1874, now Asclepias campestris


Helotiales

A taxonomic order within the class Leotiomycetes.


Myctophiformes

A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei.


Phasmida

A taxonomic order within the superorder Polyneoptera – stick insects.


Rhinanthus

A taxonomic genus within the family Orobanchaceae – rattle.


Scaphidium

A taxonomic genus within the family Staphylinidae – certain beetles found on fungi and slime molds.

Scaphidium quadrimaculatum

orange-spotted scaphidium, shining fungus beetle


Hyrax

From Ancient Greek ὕραξ (húrax, “shrewmouse”).

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(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Procaviidae – the hyraxes.


Entomoplasmatales

A taxonomic order within the class Mollicutes.

Entomoplasma

(order): Entomoplasmataceae, Spiroplasmataceae - families


Bodonida

A taxonomic order within the class Kinetoplastea.

Parabodonidae

(order in Kinetoplastea): Eubodonina, Neobodonina, Parabodonina - suborders


Ganeshida

A taxonomic order within the class Tentaculata – certain comb jellies.


Tetragonidiales

A taxonomic order within the class Cryptophyceae – freshwater cryptomonads having only a brief motile phase, coccoid cells ranging in color from yellow to brown to green, with strong walls thought to be made of cellulose.


Monostilifera

A taxonomic order within the class Enopla – ribbon worms.


Pecari maximus

A taxonomic species within the family Tayassuidae – giant peccary, of Brazil, not yet positively determined to be a distinct species.


Chitonida

Acanthochitonidae

(order): Acanthochitonina, Chitonina - suborders

The chitons, molluscs with a shell that is divided into eight articulating valves of aragonite.

A taxonomic order within the class Polyplacophora.

A taxonomic order within the subclass Neoloricata.

A taxonomic suborder within the order Neoloricata.


Eulipotyphla

“Truly fat and blind”, from eu- + Lipotyphla.

Crocidurinae

(order): Erinaceidae, Soricidae, Talpidae, Solenodontidae (solenodon) – extant families

A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – eulipotyphlans.

A grouping (not fully accepted) of morphologically similar mammals, including hedgehogs and shrew-like mammals, corresponding to orders Erinaceomorpha + Soricomorpha.

A taxonomic clade within the clade Laurasiatheria.


Unionoida

A taxonomic order within the class Bivalvia – Unionida.


Bdellonemertea

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


Euglenida

A taxonomic order within the class Euglenophyceae.


Ischnochitonina

A taxonomic suborder within the order Loricata.

A taxonomic suborder within the order Chitonida.

Acanthochitonidae

(Chitonida): Acanthochitonina, Chitonina - suborders

A taxonomic order within the class Polyplacophora – Chitonida.


Rosa majalis

A taxonomic species within the family Rosaceae – cinnamon rose.


Conus

A taxonomic genus within the family Conidae – cone snails.


Cladistia

From Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos, “shoot, branch”) + -istia, from ἱστός (histós, “web, tissue”).

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A taxonomic class within the subphylum Vertebrata – bichirs.


Monogona

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – small necklace moth (now Hypsoropha hormos in family Erebidae).


Sipunculidea

A taxonomic class within the phylum Sipuncula – marine peanut worms.


Ottoia

From English Otto + -ia, named after Otto Pass or Otto Creek, two nearby geographical designations both named after Canadian astronomer Otto Julius Klotz.

A taxonomic genus within the family Ottoiidae – a primitive archaeopriapulid worm known from the Cambrian.


Golfingia

From English golfing + -ia, named by British zoologist Ray Lankester in reference to how he first dissected it between rounds of golf.

A taxonomic genus within the family Golfingiidae – certain peanut worms.


Hallucigenia

From Latin hallucinor (“I hallucinate”) + -gen (“producing”) + -ia.

A taxonomic genus within the family Hallucigeniidae – an unusual animal known from the Cambrian, thought to be an early onychophoran.


Sipunculus

From Latin sīpunculus, a variant form of sīphunculus (“little pipe”).

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Golfingiidae – peanut worms, many now placed in genera Golfingia, Phascolion, Nephasoma, Phascolosoma, Siphonosoma, Aspidosiphon, Themiste, and Antillesoma.

Sipunculus indicus

(genus): Sipunculus (Austrosiphon), Sipunculus (Sipunculus) - subgenera


Tingis

A taxonomic genus within the family Tingidae – typical lace bugs.


Wiwaxia

Named after Wiwaxy Peak, which is in turn from Stoney [Term?] (“windy”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Wiwaxiidae – a controversial, unusual animal known from the Cambrian, which may be a mollusk.


Rhynchonellata

A taxonomic class within the phylum Brachiopoda.

Rhynchonellata on Wikipedia. for extinct orders


Rhizoflagellata

(obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Infusoria – flagellate infusoria.

A taxonomic order within the class Archamoebea – Mastigamoebida.


Mastigamoebida

A taxonomic order within the class Archamoebea.


Hydrophiidae

A taxonomic family within the order Serpentes – certain venomous sea snakes, now subfamily Hydrophiinae in family Elapidae.


Kootenayscolex barbarensis

†Kootenayscolex barbarensis (canonical masculine)

A taxonomic species within the infrakingdom Protostomia – a species of bristle worm bearing about 56 bristles per body segment, known from fossils 508 million years old.


Prunus subcordata

A taxonomic species within the family Rosaceae – a plum tree or shrub found in the far western United States.


Callistephus chinensis

A taxonomic species within the family Asteraceae – China aster, widely cultivated for the wide range of colors of its flowers.


Lophotrochozoa

From the taxonomic names Lophophorata and Trochozoa.

A taxonomic superphylum within the kingdom Animalia – synonym of Spiralia.


Cistaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Malvales – rockroses.

× Cistanthemum

(family): Cistus, Crocanthemum, Fumana, Halimium, Helianthemum, Hudsonia, Lechea, Pakaraimaea, Tuberaria, Xolantha - genera


Stramenopiles

From stramenopile, from Latin stramen (“straw”) + pilus (“hair”), referring to an anterior flagellum with short hairlike extensions that forms during the life cycle of most members of the lineage.

A taxonomic superphylum within the infrakingdom Halvaria – heterokonts.


Cynips

New Latin, altered from Late Latin cyniphes (“a kind of stinging insect”), corrupt form of Ancient Greek κνίψ (kníps), varying with σκνίψ (skníps), applied to several types of insects, especially such as live under the bark of trees

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


Schinus

From Latin schīnus, from Ancient Greek σχῖνος (skhînos).

A taxonomic genus within the family Anacardiaceae – the pepper trees.


Tarsipes

A taxonomic genus within the family Tarsipedidae – the honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus), sole species in the family.


Rugosa

A taxonomic order within the subclass Hexacorallia – horn corals, extinct solitary and colonial corals that were abundant in Middle Ordovician to Late Permian seas.


Ringicula

A taxonomic genus within the family Ringiculidae – minute deepwater sea snails.

For higher taxa see Ringicula at World Register of Marine Species

For species see Ringicula at World Register of Marine Species

other genera in Ringiculidae* Pseudoringicula


Nyctala

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Strigidae – certain owls, now in genus Aegolius.


Seison

A taxonomic genus within the family Seisonidae – certain rotifers.


Lepisosteus

From Ancient Greek λεπίς (lepís, “scale”) + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Lepidosteidae – slender gars.


Bennettitales

A taxonomic order within the superphylum Tracheophyta – extinct plants with characteristics among those that distinguish gymnosperms and angiosperms from each other.


Erotylidae

pleasing fungus beetle
pleasing fungus beetle

A taxonomic family within the order Coleoptera – many of the pleasing fungus beetles.


Rhinidae

A taxonomic family within the order Rhinopristiformes – sometimes treated as Rhininae in Rhinobatidae: Rajiformes; wedgefishes.


Fenestella

A taxonomic genus within the family Fenestellidae – extinct bryozoans forming fan-shaped colonies with a netted appearance.

A taxonomic genus within the family Fenestellaceae – certain fungi.

for other species see Fenestella at MycoBank

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Anomiidae – certain molluscs, now Anomia.


Cardamineae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Brassicaceae.

Cardamine

syns. Dentaria, Iti, Loxostemon, Pteroneurum

Nasturtium

syns. Baeumerta, Cardaminum, Cardaria, Coronopus, Dictyosperma, Discovium, Dracamine, Heterocarpus, Lepia, Monoploca, Pirea, Senebiera, Stubendorffia, Uranodactylus

Rorippa

syns. Brachiolobos, Caroli-Gmelina, Ceriosperma, Clandestinaria, Kardanoglyphos, Neobeckia, Radicula, Roripella, Sphaerotorrhiza, Tetrapoma, Trochiscus


Haemodoraceae

A taxonomic family within the order Commelinales – the bloodwort family.

Anigozanthos

(family): Haemodoroideae, Conostylidoideae - subfamilies


Equisetaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Equisetales – horsetails or horsetail ferns.


Titanoptera

A taxonomic order within the class Insecta – extinct insects, related to grasshoppers, with wingspans of as much as 14 inches.

Geraridae

(order): Gerarina, Mesotitanina - suborders


Helioporacea

A taxonomic order within the class Anthozoa – blue corals and their closest relatives.


Trypanorhyncha

A taxonomic order within the class Cestoda – including spaghetti worms that infect fish.

Aporhynchidae

(order): Gymnorhynchoidea, Lacistorhynchoidea, Otobothrioidea - superfamilies


Terebratulida

A taxonomic order within the class Rhynchonellata – certain hole-boring lamp shells.


Leptothecata

A taxonomic order within the class Hydrozoa – formerly Conica.


Rhynchaenus

A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae – certain beetles that feed on plants of family Asteraceae.


Tectaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Tectariaceae – the halberd ferns.

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Littorinidae – univalves with a turbinate or conic shell, now Tectarius.


Kobus

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


Saiga

From Russian сайга́ (sajgá), alternative form of сайга́к (sajgák), from Chagatai سایغاق (saiɣak, “chamois”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – the saiga antelopes.


Atrypacea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Atrypida – certain brachiopods.


Athyridida

A taxonomic order within the class Rhynchonellata – certain Paleozoic brachiopods.


Atrypida

A taxonomic order within the class Rhynchonellata – certain lamp shells.


Atrypa

A taxonomic genus within the family Atrypidae – certain lamp shells.