Sternidae

A taxonomic family within the order Charadriiformes – terns, now usually subfamily Sterninae in family Laridae.


Abroma

Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) + βρῶμα (brôma, “food”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Sterculiaceae – Asian and Australian woody plants.


Cataegis

A taxonomic genus within the family Cataegidae – sea snails, comprising three species.


Myxine

New Latin, from Ancient Greek μυξῖνος (muxînos, “slime-fish, a kind of mullet”)

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Myxinidae – hagfish.


Viverra

A taxonomic genus within the family Viverridae – civets commonly found in Southeast Asia.


Ephydridae

A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – shore flies.


Saldidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hemiptera – the shore bugs.


Pandanus

From New Latin pandanus, from Malay pandan.

A taxonomic genus within the family Pandanaceae – palm-like, dioecious trees and shrubs native to the Old World tropics and subtropics; screw pines.


Cylindrachetidae

A taxonomic family within the order Orthoptera – sandgropers (subterranean insects).


Oxalis

From Latin oxălis (“garden sorrel”), from Ancient Greek ὀξαλίς (oxalís), ὀξύς (oxús).

A taxonomic genus within the family Oxalidaceae – including most of the wood sorrels.

Oxalis acetosella

(genus): Oxalis subg. Monoxalis, Oxalis subg. Oxalis, Oxalis subg. Thamnoxys, Oxalis subg. Trifidus - subgenera

for others of the numerous species see Oxalis on Wikispecies..


Euryale

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphaeaceae – water lilies growing in India and China.

A taxonomic genus within the family Euryalidae – ophiurans with much-branched arms.


Monotropa

A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – two species of myco-heterotrophs.


Exocoetus

Latin exōcoetus (“a fish that sleeps on the shore”), from Ancient Greek ἐξώκοιτος (exṓkoitos), from ἔξω (éxō, “outside”) + κοίτη (koítē, “bed, resting place”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Exocoetidae – a genus of flying fish.


Voluta

A taxonomic genus within the family Volutidae – medium to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs, the volutes.


Oestridae

A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – botflies, dipterous insects, whose parasitic offspring develop inside mammals’ bodies.

Cephalopina

(family): Cuterebrinae, Gasterophilinae, Hypodermatinae, Oestrinae – subfamilies


Lassa virus

From the name of a town in northeastern Nigeria.

Lassa hemorrhagic fever
Lassa hemorrhagic fever

A taxonomic species within the family Arenaviridae – now Lassa mammarenavirus, endemic in West Africa, responsible for Lassa hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates.


Zanthoxylum

New Latin phonetic respelling of Ancient Greek ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”) + ξύλον (xúlon, “wood”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Rutaceae – trees and shrubs including prickly ash and Hercules' club, yellowwood, Sichuan pepper.


Echiuroinea

A taxonomic order within the class Polychaeta – spoon worms.

Bonelliidae

(order): Bonelliida, Echiurida - suborders


Corylus

From Latin corylus (“hazelnut or filbert nut tree”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Betulaceae – hazel tree or shrub.


Ostrya

From Latin ostrya, ostrys from Ancient Greek ὀστρύα (ostrúa), ὄστρυς (óstrus), thought to be the common hophornbeam.

A taxonomic genus within the family Betulaceae – hophornbeams.


Angulus

A taxonomic genus within the family Tellinidae – various molluscs.

for other species see Angulus at World Register of Marine Species


Elodea

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἕλος (hélos, “marsh-meadow”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Hydrocharitaceae – the waterweeds or anacharises.


Hericium

From Latin ericius hedgehog with a fanciful addition of the initial h-.

A taxonomic genus within the family Hericiaceae – white, fleshy edible mushrooms that grow on dead or dying wood.


Hyssopus

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – aromatic plants, including hyssop.

A taxonomic genus within the family Eulophidae – parasitic hymenopteran insects.


Histriophoca

A taxonomic genus within the family Phocidae – ribbon seal.


Hominini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Hominidae – humans; or the chimpanzees and humans.


Hominina

From Homo + -ina, using the stem homin- (see homo).

A taxonomic subtribe within the family Hominidae – man and certain extinct relatives.


Lactobacillus

A taxonomic genus within the family Lactobacillaceae – gram-positive facultative anaerobic or microaerophilic rod-shaped bacteria.


H.

(taxonomy) Abbreviation of Homo (“genus”).


Norovirus

New Latin, from English Norwalk (“city in Connecticut”) + -virus.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Caliciviridae – certain caliciviruses.


Achatinella

A taxonomic genus within the family Achatinellidae – the Oahu tree snails.


Alcyonium

New Latin, based on Latin alcyon + -ium.

A taxonomic genus within the family Alcyoniidae – numerous species of soft coral.


Alopex

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Canidae – whose members (e.g. Alopex lagopus) are now placed in the genus Vulpes.


Automeris

A taxonomic genus within the family Saturniidae – numerous moths with conspicuous eyespots.


Arctictis

From Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”) + ἴκτις (íktis, “weasel”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Viverridae – the sole species Arctictis binturong (binturong or bearcat), native to south and southeast Asia.


Ailurus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek αἴλουρος (aílouros, “cat”), coined by French zoologist and paleontologist Frédéric Cuvier in 1825.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Ailuridae – red panda, Ailurus fulgens, the only known extant species.


Averrhoa

A taxonomic genus within the family Oxalidaceae – including the starfruit.


Asperula

A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – Old World flowering plants, including woodruffs.

(genus): Asperula arvensis (type species); Asperula cynanchica (squinancywort, squincywort, now Cynanchica pyrenaica subsp. cynanchica), Asperula odorata (sweet woodruff, now Galium odoratum) - selected other species

For other species see Asperula on Wikipedia. and Asperula


Coelodiazesis

From the Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow”) + διάζησις (diázēsis, “way of living”), so named because its larvae (in a habit unique among the Anophelinae) develop in the water within hollow trees.

Genus COELODIAZESIS, new.
Differs from Anopheles in the slight developement of the head hairs, the presence of plumose hairs after the third abdominal segment, and the absence of short teeth on the comb of the eighth segment. Type, C. barberi Coq.
Coelodiazesis barberi Coquillett.
Anopheles barberi Coquillett, Can. ent., xxxv, 310, 1903.
Anopheles barberi Dyar, Journ. N. Y. ent. soc., xii., 243, 1904.
The larvæ live in the water in hollow trees. This habit is unique among the Anophelinæ, which are in general surface feeders in open water. As a compensation for the restricted surface offered in their habitat, the larvæ have acquired a predaceous habit and devour the unfortunate larvæ of Aëdes triseriatus and Mansonia signifer with which they live.

1906, Harrison Gray Dyar, Jr., Frederick Knab, “The Larvæ of Culicidæ Classified as Independent Organisms”, in Journal of the New York Entomological Society (in English), XIV, № 4 (December 1906), page 177:

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Culicidae – one species of mosquito, Coelodiazesis barberi (now Anopheles barberi).

(archaic) A taxonomic subgenus within the family Culicidae – Anopheles (Coelodiazesis), now included in subgenus Anopheles (Anopheles).


Blattella

A taxonomic genus within the family Ectobiidae – some of the cockroaches.


Centranthus

A taxonomic genus within the family Caprifoliaceae.

Centranthus ruber

(genus): Centranthus sect. Calcitrapa, Centranthus sect. Centranthus, Centranthus sect. Nervosae - sections


Ectobiidae

A taxonomic family within the order Blattodea – the wood cockroaches., formerly Blattellidae.


Blattellinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Blattellidae – some of the cockroaches.


Butea

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – bastard teak.


Budorcas

New Latin, from Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs, “ox, etc.”) + δορκάς (dorkás, “one of several deer-like animals”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – the takins.


Citheronia

A taxonomic genus within the family Saturniidae – some moths.


Codonopsis

A taxonomic genus within the family Campanulaceae – East Asian flowering plants.


Carassius

Perhaps from Russian карась (karasʹ) and German Karausche

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyprinidae – crucian carps.


Ginkgo biloba

French: ginkgo-biloba

A taxonomic species within the family Ginkgoaceae – maidenhair tree, a unique species of tree with no close living relatives, called a living fossil.


Ginkgoaceae

Ginkgo biloba
Ginkgo biloba#Translingual

A taxonomic family within the order Ginkgoales – of which family and order the sole living species is Ginkgo biloba, the maidenhair tree.


Ginkgoopsida

A taxonomic class within the superclass Gymnospermae – of which class Ginkgo biloba is the sole known living species.


Ginkgoales

A taxonomic order within the class Ginkgoopsida – of which order and class Ginkgo biloba is the sole known surviving species.

†Ginkgoites

(order): Ginkgoaceae, †Pseudotorelliaceae, †Schmeissneriaceae, †Umaltolepidiaceae - families


Opifex

New Latin, from Latin opifex (“builder”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Culicidae – species of mosquito, native to New Zealand.


Culicinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Culicidae – largest subfamily of mosquito.


Aedini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Culicidae – more than 1,000 species of mosquitos.


Huperzia

Named for Johann Peter Huperz, German fern horticulturalist.

A taxonomic genus within the family Lycopodiaceae – numerous lycopods, called fir clubmosses or firmosses.

For a comprehensive list of species

genus): Huperzia selago (fir clubmoss) - type species; Huperzia appressa (Appalachian firmoss), Huperzia arctica (Arctic firmoss), Huperzia lucidula (shining firmoss), Huperzia porophila (rock firmoss) (selected other species


Pseudonaja

A taxonomic genus within the family Elapidae – most of the brown snake species of Australia.


Enterobacter

A taxonomic genus within the family Enterobacteriaceae – certain gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming bacteria, some pathogenic.


Hyaena

From Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).

A taxonomic genus within the family Hyaenidae – striped hyena.


Hyaeninae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Hyaenidae – hyenas.


Dioscoreales

A taxonomic order within the clade monocots – plants, including the yams.


Ancylidae

A taxonomic family within the superfamily Lymnaeoidea – Now usually treated as subfamily Ancylinae or tribe Ancylini.


Equisetopsida

A taxonomic class within the division Pteridophyta – horsetails.


Trichoptera

tricho- (“covered with hair”) + -ptera (“wings”)

confix

A taxonomic order within the superorder Panorpida – the caddis flies.


Stellaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Caryophyllaceae – starworts, including stitchwort and chickweed.


Ytu

A taxonomic genus within the family Torridincolidae – various beetles.


Torridincolidae

A taxonomic family within the order Coleoptera – torrent beetles.


Sphaeriusoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Coleoptera – very many coleopterans.


Myxophaga

From Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa, “mucus”) + -φάγος (-phágos, “eating”).

A taxonomic suborder within the order Coleoptera.


Nimravidae

A taxonomic family within the order Carnivora – extinct large feliforms of North America, Europe, and Asia of the Middle to Late Miocene (40—7 million years ago).


Torridincolinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Torridincolidae – many beetles.


Diadematacea

A taxonomic superorder within the class Echinoidea – many sea urchins.


Perischoechinoidea

A taxonomic subclass within the class Echinoidea – primitive sea urchins.


Apodacea

A taxonomic subclass within the class Holothuroidea – very many holothurians.


Apodida

A taxonomic order within the class Holothuroidea – many deep-sea holothurians.


Bourgueticrinida

A taxonomic order within the subclass Articulata – many crinoids called sea lilies.


Echinothurioida

A taxonomic order within the class Echinoidea – deep-sea sea urchins.


Diadematoida

A taxonomic order within the class Echinoidea – hollow-spined sea urchins.


Holothuroidea

A taxonomic class within the phylum Echinodermata – holothurians.


Chiridotidae

A taxonomic family within the order Apodida – many deep-sea sea cucumbers.


Cidaroida

A taxonomic order within the class Echinoidea – pencil urchins, primitive sea urchins.


Isocrinida

A taxonomic order within the class Crinoidea – Sea lilies.


Saurornithoides

A taxonomic genus within the family Troodontidae – troodontid dinosaurs.


Ophioleucidae

A taxonomic family within the order Ophiurida – many brittle stars.


Chilophiurina

A taxonomic suborder within the order Ophiurida – most brittle stars.


Ophiuroidea

A taxonomic class within the phylum Echinodermata – brittle stars.


Ophiurida

A taxonomic order within the class Ophiuroidea – brittle stars.

Amphilepididae

(order): Chilophiurina, Gnathophiurina, Laemophiurina - suborders


Acridinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Acrididae – many grasshoppers and locusts.


Cyclops

From Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps, “one-eyed giant”), from Proto-Hellenic *kúklōps, from Proto-Indo-European *pḱú-klōps (“cattle thief”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyclopidae – widespread, small, one-eyed, freshwater crustaceans.


Rhizobiaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Rhizobiales – rhizobacteria.


Agrobacterium

New Latin, from Latin agro- + bacterium.

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhizobiaceae – Gram-negative bacteria that transfer genes to plants.


Fraxinus ornus

A taxonomic species within the family Oleaceae – manna ash of southern Europe.


Glomus

From Latin glomus (“assemble in a group”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Glomeraceae – a large group of fungi that are obligate symbionts of tree roots.


Actaea

A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – baneberry or bugbane, flowering plants native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

Actaea spicata

(genus): Actaea sect. Actaea, Actaea sect. Cimicifuga, Actaea sect. Dichanthera, Actaea sect. Oligocarpae, Actaea sect. Pityrosperma, Actaea sect. Podocarpae, Actaea sect. Souliea - section


Actaea

The nereid Actaea, Ἁκταία, from Ancient Greek ἁκτή (haktḗ, “coast, shore”) + -a

A taxonomic genus within the family Xanthidae – various mud crabs.

(astronomy) The moon of the possible dwarf planet Salacia.


Deinococcus

From Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “dreadful, strange”) + κόκκος (kókkos, “kernel”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Deinococcaceae – bacteria highly resistant to environmental hazards.


Corbiculacea

(obsolete) A taxonomic suborder within the order Venerida – many aquatic bivalve clams.


Flavobacteriales

A taxonomic order within the class Flavobacteriia – many bacteria.


Osedax

From Latin, ōs ("bone") + edāx (devourer).

A taxonomic genus within the family Siboglinidae – recently discovered deep-sea boneworms.


Osedax mucofloris

A taxonomic species within the family Siboglinidae – a recently discovered deep-sea boneworm.


Thermus

From Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós, “hot”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Thermaceae – bacteria that can tolerate high temperatures.


Hippocastanoideae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Sapindaceae – horse-chestnuts, maples, etc.

Acer

(subfamily): Acereae, Hippocastaneae - tribes


Dermanyssoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Mesostigmata – many mites, mostly parasitic.


Venerida

A taxonomic order within the superorder Heteroconchia – clams, cockles and similar bivalves.

Arcticidae

(order): Arcticoidea, Chamoidea, Cyrenoidea (syn. Corbiculoidea), Glossoidea, Hemidonacoidea, Mactroidea, Opokielloidea, Prilukielloidea, Ungulinoidea, Veneroidea - superfamilies


Potyvirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Potyviridae – the numerous potyviruses, which infect a great variety of plants.


Scolytinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Curculionidae – bark beetles.


Trematuridae

A taxonomic family within the order Mesostigmata – many mites.


Staphyliniformia

A taxonomic infraorder within the order Coleoptera – very many beetles.


Asparagoideae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Asparagaceae.


Drimia

Ancient Greek δριμεῖα (drimeîa), female form of δριμύς (drimús)

A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – sea squill and close relatives.


Silphidae

A taxonomic family within the order Coleoptera – carrion beetles, now subfamily Silphinae in family Staphylinidae.


Staphylinoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Coleoptera – rove beetles, carrion beetles, featherwing beetles, moss beetles, fungus beetles.

Silphidae

carrion beetle, now subfamily Silphinae in Staphylinidae


Uropodidae

A taxonomic family within the order Mesostigmata – tortoise mites.


Platypodinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Curculionidae – many of the ambrosia beetles.


Asparagaceae

(sensu stricto, under APG II) A taxonomic family within the order Asparagales – several genera, including Asparagus and Hemiphylacus, now called Asparagoideae.

(family): Agavoideae (former families Agavaceae and Hesperocallidaceae), Aphyllanthoideae (former family Aphyllanthaceae), Asparagoideae (former family Asparagaceae sensu strictu), Brodiaeoideae (former family Themidaceae), Lomandroideae (former family Laxmanniaceae), Nolinoideae (former family Ruscaceae), Scilloideae (former family Hyacinthaceae) - subfamilies

Asparagaceae on Wikipedia. for the many genera.

A taxonomic family within the order Asparagales – many genera.


Eucalyptus

desctree

→ French: eucalyptus
→ Catalan: eucaliptus
→ English: eucalyptus
→ Portuguese: eucalipto
→ Hunsrik: Ëukalipt

Coined by French botanist Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle in 1788 from Ancient Greek εὐ- (eu-, “well”) + Ancient Greek καλυπτός (kaluptós, “covered”). The name refers to the operculum of the flower bud, which protects the developing flower parts as the flower develops and is shed by the pressure of the emerging stamens at flowering.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Myrtaceae – a group of trees native to and widespread in Australia, also native to nearby islands, as far north as the Philippines.

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Myrtaceae – Eucalyptus subg. Eucalyptus.

A taxonomic section within the subgenus Eucalyptus – Eucalyptus sect. Eucalyptus.

A taxonomic series within the section Eucalyptus – Eucalyptus ser. Eucalyptus.


Mesostigmata

From meso- (“medium-sized; middle”) + Latin stigmata, plural of stigma (“a mark or brand”).

affix

A taxonomic order within the class Arachnida – very many mites.


Plantagineae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Plantaginaceae – the plantains.


Pulex

A taxonomic genus within the family Pulicidae – the human flea, Pulex irritans, and related fleas of cold climates.


Pulicini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Pulicidae – various fleas, including the human flea.


Echeneis

From Ancient Greek ἐχενηΐς (ekhenēḯs, “ship-detaining”); see also Remora.

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Echeneidae – the suckerfishes.


Plumbaginoideae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Plumbaginaceae – the leadwort and related plants.


Polygalaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Fabales – milkworts etc.

Acanthocladus

family): Carpolobieae, Moutabeae, Polygaleae, Xanthophylleae (tribes


Portunoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Decapoda – portunid crabs etc.


Toxicodendron vernix

A taxonomic species within the family Anacardiaceae – poison sumac; a tall shrub or a small tree, from 2–7 m tall, bearing leaves with 7–13 untoothed leaflets in a feather-compound arrangement, found in swampy, open areas. Like poison ivy it causes urushiol-induced contact dermatitis. It is considered the most toxic plant species in the United States.


Portunidae

A taxonomic family within the order Decapoda – swimming crabs.

Acanthoportunus

family): Achelous, Arenaeus, Atoportunus, Callinectes, Caphyra, Carcinus, Carupa, Carupella, Catoptrus, Cavoportunus, Charybdis, Coelocarcinus, Cronius, Cycloachelous, Echinolatus, Euphylax, Gonioinfradens, Kume, Laleonectes, Libystes, Liocarcinus, Lissocarcinus, Lupella, Lupocyclus, Nectocarcinus, Neptunus, Ovalipes, Pele, Podophthalmus, Portumnus, Portunus, Richerellus, Sanquerus, Scylla, Thalamita, Thalamitoides, Xaiva (genera


Apini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Apidae – honeybees.


Musteloidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Carnivora – many carnivorous mammals.

Mustelidae

family; otter, badger, ratel, weasel, mink, etc


Ailuridae

→ English: ailurid

From Ailurus (“taxonomic genus”) + -idae.

A taxonomic family within the order Carnivora – red panda and its extinct relatives.


Flavobacteriaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Flavobacteriales – many bacteria.


Toxicodendron radicans

A taxonomic species within the family Anacardiaceae – eastern poison ivy; a poisonous North American plant that is well known for its production of urushiol, a clear liquid compound found within the sap of the plant that causes an itching, irritation and sometimes painful rash in most people who touch it.


Neuropteris

A taxonomic genus within the family Neurodontopteridaceae – fossil ferns, of which species have been found from the Devonian to the Triassic formation.


Lycosa

New Latin, from Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos, “wolf", "a kind of spider”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Lycosidae – certain large wolf spiders.


Portunus

After Latin Portunus (Portunes, Portumnes), the Roman god of harbors and ports.

A taxonomic genus within the family Portunidae – certain swimming crabs.

Portunus sanguinolentus

three-spot swimming crab, blood-spotted swimming crab, red-spotted swimming crab


Xanthidium

A taxonomic genus within the family Desmidiaceae – several algae.


Desmidiaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Zygnematales – many desmid algae.


Xanthium

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – cockleburs.


Cicuta

A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – four similar species of highly toxic plants, the water hemlocks, easily confused with edible plants.


commelinids

A taxonomic clade within the clade monocots – grasses and closely related monocots.


Ptilocercidae

pen-tailed treeshrew
pen-tailed treeshrew

A taxonomic family within the order Scandentia – pen-tailed treeshrew.


Ptilocercus

French: ptilocerque

Latin ptilo- (“feather”) + Ancient Greek κέρκος f (kérkos, “tail”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Ptilocercidae – the pen-tailed treeshrew.


Oenothera

→ Ido: enotero

→ Russian: эноте́ра (enotéra)

From Latin oenothera (“a soporific plant”) or onothera; adopted by Carolus Linnaeus in Systema Naturae, written 1735 C.E..

A taxonomic genus within the family Onagraceae – New World plants, including evening primrose, suncups, and sundrops.

Carolus Linnaeus
Oenothera
Systema Naturae

Oenothera biennis

(genus): Oenothera sect. Anogra, Oenothera sect. Calylophus, Oenothera sect. Contortae, Oenothera sect. Eremia, Oenothera sect. Gaura, Oenothera sect. Gauropsis, Oenothera sect. Hartmannia, Oenothera sect. Kleinia, Oenothera sect. Kneiffia, Oenothera sect. Lavauxia, Oenothera sect. Leucocoryne, Oenothera sect. Megapterium, Oenothera sect. Oenothera, Oenothera sect. Pachylophus, Oenothera sect. Paradoxus, Oenothera sect. Peniophyllum, Oenothera sect. Ravenia, Oenothera sect. Xanthocoryne - selected sections


Caytoniales

A taxonomic order within the class Ginkgoopsida – extinct seed-bearing, fern-like plants.


Spermatophyta

From Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”) + φυτά (phutá, “plants”).

A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Plantae – plants that produce seeds.

Spermatophytina, a subphylum in Tracheophyta.


Marattiopsida

A taxonomic class within the division Pteridophyta – certain tropical ferns.


Peltaspermales

A taxonomic order within the division Pteridospermatophyta – certain extinct seed ferns.


Dinokaryota

From dino- (“whirling, rotation”) + karyon + -ota (“having”).

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A taxonomic superclass within the phylum Dinoflagellata – most dinoflagellates.

Dinophycidae

(superclass): Noctilucea, Peridinea, Sulcodinea - classes


Suessiales

A taxonomic order within the superclass Dinokaryota.

OR

(order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Alveolata - superphylum; Dinophyta - phylum; Dinophyceae - class


Callosciurinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Sciuridae – striped ground squirrels of Southeast Asia.


Funambulus

From Latin fūnambulus (“tightrope walker”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Sciuridae – palm squirrels of southern Asia.


Lariscus

New Latin, probably Latin lar (“protective spirit of a place”) + -iscus + [Term?] (diminutive)

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Sciuridae – striped ground squirrels of Southeast Asia.


Dinoflagellata

From dino- (“whirling, rotation”) + Latin flagellum + -ata (“having”).

af

Many single-cell eukaryotes, with two dissimilar flagella and nuclei unlike those of other eukaryotes, lacking histones and nucleosomes

A taxonomic superclass within the phylum Miozoa.

A taxonomic parvphylum within the phylum Miozoa.


Xanthomonas

A taxonomic genus within the family Xanthomonadaceae – proteobacteria, many of which cause plant diseases.


Sterculia

From Latin Sterculius (“Roman god of manure”).

der

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


Sterculioideae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Malvaceae – certain tropical trees and shrubs.

†Florissantia

subfamily): Acropogon, Brachychiton, Cola, Firmiana, Franciscodendron, Heritiera, Hildegardia, Octolobus, Pterocymbium, Pterygota, Scaphium, Sterculia (genera


Xanthorhiza

From Ancient Greek ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”) + ῥίζα (rhíza, “root”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – yellowroots.


Polytrichopsida

A taxonomic class within the phylum Bryophyta – mosses with a thickened central stem and a rhizome.


Diphysciidae

A taxonomic subclass within the class Bryopsida – several small mosses.


Andreaeobryales

A taxonomic order within the class Andreaeobryopsida – Alaskan mosses.


Andreaeobryopsida

A taxonomic class within the division Bryophyta – an Alaskan moss.


Takakiopsida

A taxonomic class within the phylum Bryophyta – two species of mosses.


Sphagnopsida

A taxonomic class within the division Bryophyta.

A taxonomic class within the phylum Bryophyta.


Charophyceae

A taxonomic class within the division Charophyta – many green algae.


Dicranidae

A taxonomic subclass within the class Bryopsida – many mosses.


Andreaeales

A taxonomic order within the class Andreaeopsida – granite mosses.


Andreaeaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Andreaeales – granite mosses.


Andreaea

A taxonomic genus within the family Andreaeaceae – the very numerous species of granite mosses.

Andreaea on Wikispecies for the very many species


Vicugna pacos

A taxonomic species within the family Camelidae – the alpaca, domesticated species of South American camelid, resembling a small llama in appearance.


Vicugna

From Spanish vicuña, from Quechua wik'uña.

A taxonomic genus within the family Camelidae – the vicunas.


Tupaia belangeri

A taxonomic species within the family Tupaiidae – northern tree shrew.


Felis catus

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – domestic cats.


Sorex araneus

A taxonomic species within the family Soricidae – common shrew or Eurasian shrew, one of the most common mammals.


Sorex vulgaris

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Soricidae – the common shrew, Sorex araneus.


Soricomorpha

A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia.

A taxonomic suborder within the order Eulipotyphla.


Macaca mulatta

A taxonomic species within the family Cercopithecidae – rhesus macaque, widespread in Asia.


Carlito

A taxonomic genus within the family Tarsiidae – a genus of tarsiers recently split from Tarsius, consisting solely of the Philippine tarsier.


Ailuropoda

From Ancient Greek αἴλουρος (aílouros, “domestic cat”) + -poda.

A taxonomic genus within the family Ursidae – the pandas.


Tursiops truncatus

A taxonomic species within the family Delphinidae – common bottlenose dolphin, one of three identified species of bottlenose dolphins.


Tarsius syrichta

A taxonomic species within the family Tarsiidae – the Philippine tarsier, now treated as Carlito syrichta, part of a different genus.


Carlito syrichta

A taxonomic species within the family Tarsiidae – the Philippine tarsier, formerly treated as Tarsius syrichta, part of another genus of Tarsiidae.


Myotis lucifugus

A taxonomic species within the family Vespertilionidae – little brown bat, a model organism for the study of bats.


Ailuropoda melanoleuca

A taxonomic species within the family Ursidae – giant panda.


Myotis

New Latin, from Ancient Greek stem of μυός (muós, “mouse”) + ὠτ- (ōt-), stem of οὖς (oûs, “ear”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Vespertilionidae – the mouse-eared bats.

Myotis abei

genus): Myotis myotis (= Vespertilio myotis (greater mouse-eared bat)) (type species


Bos grunniens mutus

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Bovidae – the wild yak.


Bos grunniens

A taxonomic species within the family Bovidae – domesticated yak.

A taxonomic species within the family Bovidae – all yaks.


Bos grunniens grunniens

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Bovidae – domesticated yak.


Zebrina pendula

Tradescantia zebrina
Tradescantia zebrina#Translingual

(archaic) Tradescantia zebrina, the Wandering Jew or inch plant.


Tradescantia

A taxonomic genus within the family Commelinaceae – the spiderworts.

for the numerous other species see Tradescantia


Tradescantia zebrina

Tradescantia f + Latin zebrina f (“zebrine”, adjective)

affix

A taxonomic species within the family Commelinaceae – wandering Jew or inch plant.


Commelinaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Commelinales – spiderworts or dayflowers.


Ena

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


Otolemur

thick-tailed bushbabies
thick-tailed bushbaby

A taxonomic genus within the family Galagidae – the thick-tailed bushbabies.


Microcebus

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


Microcebus murinus

A taxonomic species within the family Cheirogaleidae – the gray mouse lemur.


Otolemur garnettii

northern greater galago
northern greater galago

A taxonomic species within the family Galagidae – northern greater galago.


Tinea

A taxonomic genus within the family Tineidae – clothes moths.


Quercus alba

A taxonomic species within the family Fagaceae – the white oak.


Enidae

A taxonomic family within the order Stylommatophora – numerous species of air-breathing land snails.

For the genera

(family): Buliminusinae, Eninae - subfamilies


Filoviridae

From Latin filum (“thread", "filament”) + -viridae or blend of Filovirus + -viridae.

A taxonomic family within the order Mononegavirales – filoviridas.

Riboviria

(family): Virus - kingdom; Mononegavirales - order


Sarcophilus harrisii

A taxonomic species within the family Dasyuridae – Tasmanian devil, the largest living carnivorous marsupial.


Oryctolagus

From Ancient Greek ὀρυκτός (oruktós, “dug up”) + -lagus from λαγώς (lagṓs, “hare”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Leporidae – the European rabbit.


Equus ferus caballus

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Equidae – the domesticated horse.


Oryctolagus cuniculus

A taxonomic species within the family Leporidae – the European rabbit.


Sarcophilus

From New Latin, from sarco-, from Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”), + -philus, from Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “lover”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Dasyuridae – the Tasmanian devil.


Choloepus

A taxonomic genus within the family Choloepodidae – two-toed sloths.


Heteromyidae

A taxonomic family within the order Rodentia – kangaroo rats and similar rodents.


Dipodomyinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Heteromyidae – kangaroo rats and kangaroo mice.


Caviinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Caviidae – guinea pigs and related rodents.


Geomyoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Rodentia – kangaroo rats and many related rodents.

†Eomyidae

(superfamily): Geomyidae, Heteromyidae - extant families


Caviidae

A taxonomic family within the order Rodentia – guinea pigs and capybaras.


Cavia

From obsolete Portuguese çavia (“the spiny rat, Makalata armate, Echimys armata”) (> modern sauiá), from Old Tupi saujá.

A taxonomic genus within the family Caviidae – guinea pigs.


Erinaceus

A taxonomic genus within the family Erinaceidae – hedgehogs.


Erinaceus europaeus

A taxonomic species within the family Erinaceidae – European hedgehog or common hedgehog.


Echinops

From Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog”) + ὄψ (óps, “face”) or Echinus + -ops.

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – globe thistles.

A taxonomic genus within the family Tenrecidae – lesser hedgehog tenrecs (Echinops telfairi), of Madagascar.


Dipodomys

di- (“two”) + podo- (“foot”) + Ancient Greek μῦς m (mûs, “mouse”), literally “two-footed mouse”.

affix

A taxonomic genus within the family Heteromyidae – kangaroo rats.


Geothrix

A taxonomic genus within the family Holophagaceae – acidophilic bacteria.


Procaviidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hyracoidea – the hyraxes.


Procavia

From Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before”) + Cavia.

A taxonomic genus within the family Procaviidae – the rock hyrax.


Acidimicrobium

A taxonomic genus within the family Acidimicrobiaceae.


Acidimicrobiales

A taxonomic order within the subclass Acidimicrobidae.


Cavia porcellus

A taxonomic species within the family Caviidae – guinea pig.


Glycomycineae

A taxonomic suborder within the order Actinomycetales.


Acidobacterium

From New Latin acidus (“acid”) + bacterium.

A taxonomic genus within the family Acidobacteriaceae – certain acidophilic bacteria.


Ochotona

From earlier Ogotona, commonly explained as deriving from Mongolian огдой (ogdoj, “pika”), however the form of the word resembles оготно (ogotno, “field mouse”) more.

A taxonomic genus within the family Ochotonidae – the pikas.


Coriobacteridae

A taxonomic subclass within the class Actinobacteria.


Holophaga

A taxonomic genus within the family Holophagaceae – certain acidophilic bacteria.


Micrococcineae

(archaic) A taxonomic suborder within the order Actinomycetales.

Microbacteriaceae (incl. }, Micrococcaceae


Myroidaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Flavobacteriales – usually included in family Flavobacteriaceae.


Aquificales

A taxonomic order within the class Aquificae.


Bifidobacteriales

A taxonomic order within the subclass Actinobacteridae – very many of the species found in human gut flora or intestinal flora.


Pteropus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + πούς (poús, “foot”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Pteropodidae – most of the flying foxes.


Bacteroidales

A taxonomic order within the class Bacteroidetes.


Stigonematales

(archaic) A taxonomic order within the class Hormogoneae – filamentous blue-green algae, now treated as family Stigonemataceae.


Acidimicrobiaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Acidimicrobiales.


Bacteroidaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Bacteroidales.


Bacteroides

New Latin, from Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría, “staff, cane”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”).

af

A taxonomic genus within the family Bacteroidaceae – gram-negative anaerobic bacteria that have rounded ends, produce no endospores and no pigment, and that occur usually in the normal intestinal flora.


Spermophilus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, semen”) + φίλος (phílos, “fond of”).

der

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

Callospermophilus

genera comprising species previously in Spermophilus


Gulo gulo

A taxonomic species within the family Mustelidae – wolverine.


Cactus

From Latin cactus (“a spiny plant, possibly the cardoon”), from Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos).

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – original Linnean genus of cactus, rejected in 1905.

Cactus mammillaris

now Mammillaria mammillaris, woolly nipple cactus


Actinomycineae

A taxonomic suborder within the order Actinomycetales – synonym of Actinomycetineae.


Didelphis

New Latin, from Ancient Greek δι- (di-, “two”) + δελφύς (delphús, “womb”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Didelphidae – large American opossums.


Hexactinellida

A taxonomic class within the phylum Porifera – glass sponges.


Eurypterida

A taxonomic class within the subphylum Chelicerata – eurypterids.


Sclerospongiae

From Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”) + σπογγιά (spongiá, “sponge”).

A taxonomic class within the phylum Porifera – coralline sponges.


Platypus

From Ancient Greek πλατύπους (platúpous, “flat-footed”), from πλατύς (platús, “flat”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae – certain weevils.


Archiacanthocephala

A taxonomic class within the phylum Acanthocephala – parasitic worms.


Isoptera

A compound of the Ancient Greek roots ἴσος (ísos) + πτερά (pterá).

A taxonomic clade within the order Blattodea.

A taxonomic epifamily within the order Blattodea.


Lingulata

A taxonomic class within the subphylum Linguliformea – lingulate brachiopods.


Mantodea

A taxonomic order within the class Insecta – mantises.


Cercopithecus

From Ancient Greek κερκοπῐ́θηκος (kerkopíthēkos, “longtailed ape”).

κερκοπῐ́θηκος

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – guenons.


Linguliformea

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Brachiopoda – lingulate brachiopods.


Acanthurus

/æˌkænˈθʊ.ɹəs/

/æˌkænˈθjʊ.ɹəs/

Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”) + New Latin urus (“tail”), from Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthuridae – surgeonfish and certain tangs.


Hibiscus esculentus

Abelmoschus esculentus
Abelmoschus esculentus

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Malvaceae – early species name for okra, now Abelmoschus esculentus.


Cardiidae

A taxonomic family within the order Venerida – the cockles.


Eobrontosaurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Diplodocidae.

For the numerous species see Eobrontosaurus


Tetraoninae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Phasianidae – grouses.


Emydidae

A taxonomic family within the order Testudines – pond turtles or marsh turtles.

Emydidae on Wikispecies. and Emydidae on Wikipedia. for members.


Agromyzidae

A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – leaf miner flies.

Agromyza

(family): Agromyzinae, Phytomyzinae – subfamilies


Echinochloa

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – barnyard grasses, barnyard millets, or billion-dollar grass.

Echinochloa crus-galli

(genus): Echinochloa sect. Echinochloa, Echinochloa sect. Hispidulae, Echinochloa Phyllopogon, Echinochloa sect. Utiles - sections

for the numerous other species see Echinochloa


Cyclocosmia

A taxonomic genus within the family Ctenizidae – the trapdoor spiders.


Camarasaurus

From Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “chamber”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “reptile”), in reference to the air-filled chambers in its vertebrae.

A taxonomic genus within the family Camarasauridae – the most common of the giant sauropods whose remains are found in North America.

For the numerous species see Camarasaurus


Characidae

A taxonomic family within the order Characiformes – the characids, freshwater tropical and subtropical fish, including the tetras.

Agoniates

(family): Agoniatinae, Aphyocharacinae, Aphyoditeinae, Characinae, Cheirodontinae, Pristellinae, Pseudochalceinae, Rhoadsiinae, Stethaprioninae, Stevardiinae, Tetragonopterinae - subfamilies

Characidae on Wikipedia and Characidae on Wikispecies for other genera


Clypeasteroida

A taxonomic order within the class Echinoidea – sand dollars.

Astriclypeidae

order): Clypeasterina, Laganina, Rotulina, Scutellina (suborders


Callithrix jacchus

A taxonomic species within the family Callitrichidae – common marmoset or white-tufted-ear marmoset.


Chrysomelidae

A taxonomic family within the order Coleoptera – leaf beetles.

Acanthoscelides

(family): Bruchinae (bean weevil, seed beetle), Cassidinae (toroise beetle), Chrysomelinae (broad-bodied leaf beetle), Criocerinae (asparagus beetle, lily beetle, etc.), Cryptocephalinae (cylindrical leaf beetle, warty leaf beetle), Donaciinae (long-gorned leaf beetle), Eumolpinae (oval leaf beetle), Galerucinae, Lamprosomatinae, Sagrinae (frog-legged beetle, kangaroo beetle), Spilopyrinae, Synetinae – subfamilies


Dasyurus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús, “hairy, shaggy, dense”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Dasyuridae – quolls of Australia and New Guinea.


Saprospira

New Latin, from Ancient Greek σαπρός (saprós, “rotten”) and Latin spira (“coil”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Saprospiraceae – Gram-negative gliding bacteria that form helical, multicellular filaments.


Callithrix

From Latin callĭthrix, from Ancient Greek καλλίθριξ (kallíthrix).

A taxonomic genus within the family Callitrichidae – Atlantic marmosets, of the Atlantic Forest of southern and eastern Brazil, Paraguay, and far northern Argentina.


Cephalophinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Bovidae – the duikers.


Ammotragus lervia

A taxonomic species within the family Bovidae – Barbary sheep.


Ammotragus

From Ancient Greek ἄμμος (ámmos, “sand”) + τράγος (trágos, “he-goat”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – the Barbary sheep.

For the subspecies see Ammotragus on Wikipedia..


Apodemus

From Ancient Greek ἀπόδημος (apódēmos, “having gone abroad, away from home”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Muridae – Eurasian field mice.


Acanthocephalus

From Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – aster-like plants native to Central Asia.

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


Araucaria araucana

A binomial name first used by German botanist Karl Koch in 1873; the specific epithet from New Latin araucāna (“Araucanian”), originally used by Giovanni Ignazio Molina in 1782 in the binomial Pinus Araucana.

A taxonomic species within the family Araucariaceae – monkey puzzle, a conifer native to Chile.

Giovanni Ignazio Molina
Karl Koch (botanist)


Monodelphis domestica

gray short-tailed opossum
gray short-tailed opossum

A taxonomic species within the family Didelphidae – gray short-tailed opossum.


Macrophthalmidae

A taxonomic family within the order Decapoda – very many crabs.


Macrophthalmus

From Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “large”) + ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós, “eye”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Macrophthalmidae – many crabs.


Herpestis

A taxonomic genus within the family Plantaginaceae – most of the species of which are now in genera Bacopa and Mecardonia.


Catostomus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “down”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Catostomidae – the suckers.


Chironomus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek χειρονόμος (kheironómos, “a pantomimist”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Chironomidae – some of the non-biting midges.


Herpestes

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἑρπηστής (herpēstḗs, “creeping”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Herpestidae – African mongooses.


Petromyzon

Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “stone, rock”) + the present participial stem of μύζω (múzō, “suckle”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Petromyzontidae – certain lampreys.


Adoxa

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) + δόξα (dóxa)

A taxonomic genus within the family Adoxaceae – hollowroot.

Adoxa moschatellina

moschatel, five-faced bishop, hollowroot, muskroot, townhall clock, tuberous crowfoot


Actinia

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀκτίς, ἀκτῖν- (aktís, aktîn-, “ray”)

ἀκτίς, ἀκτῖν-

A taxonomic genus within the family Actiniidae – certain sea anemones.


Glycymeris

New Latin, from Ancient Greek [Term?] (a word recorded in only one work, possibly from γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”) and μέρος (méros, “part”))

A taxonomic genus within the family Glycymerididae – the bittersweet clams.


Oestrus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros, “gadfly”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Oestridae – the gadflies.


Perca

New Latin, from Latin perca (“fish”), from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē).

A taxonomic genus within the family Percidae – yellow perches.


Cœlenterata

Cœlenterata.—The Cœlenterata consist of somewhat numerous orders and families, all of which are aquatic animals and all except a few inconspicuous forms are denizens of saline waters.

1893, Charles A. White, “The Relation of Biology to Geological Investigation”, in United States Congressional Serial Set (in English), page 259:


Pompilus

Latin pompilus (“pilot fish”), from Ancient Greek πομπίλος (pompílos).

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


Myrmecobius

From Ancient Greek μύρμηκος (múrmēkos, “ant’s”), genitive of μύρμηξ (múrmēx, “ant”), + βίος (bíos, “life, living”) (hence "living off ants").

Myrmecobius fasciatus
Myrmecobius fasciatus#Translingual

A taxonomic genus within the family Myrmecobiidae – marsupial numbat of Australia (Myrmecobius fasciatus).


Genisteae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Fabaceae – broom and related plants.


Acrochaetium

From Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “furthermost point, end”) + χαίτη (khaítē, “long, flowing hair”)

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


Genista

Latin genista, alternative form of genesta (“broom (plant)”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – broom.

Genista tinctoria

dyer's greenweed, woadwaxen, dyer's broom

Genista monspessulana

French broom, Cape broom, Montpellier broom

for others see Genista at The Plant List


Parabasalia

A taxonomic class within the phylum Metamonada – many flagellated protists.


Trichomonadida

A taxonomic order within the class Parabasalia.

A taxonomic order within the class Trichomonadea.


Metamonada

Very many flagellate amitochondriate protozoa:

A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Eozoa.

A taxonomic phylum within the infrakingdom Excavata.


Trichomonas

New Latin, from Ancient Greek θρίξ (thríx, “hair”) + μονάς (monás, “unit”).

af

A taxonomic genus within the family Trichomonadidae – flagellated protozoans parasitic in many animals.


Excavata

Certain unicellular eukaryotes, excavates, that lack typical mitochondria:

A taxonomic clade within the supergroup Bikonta.

A taxonomic infrakingdom within the subkingdom Eozoa.


Dimya

A taxonomic genus within the family Dimyidae – very small clams.


Eozoa

A taxonomic superphylum within the clade Excavata.

Euglenozoa

(subkingdom): Euglenozoa, Excavata - infrakingdom

A taxonomic subkingdom within the kingdom Protozoa.


Strigeidida

A taxonomic order within the class Neoophora – Diplostomida.


Digenea

A taxonomic subclass within the class Trematoda – very many parasitic flatworms, flukes.


Schistosomatidae

From Schistosoma + -idae (taxonomic suffix).

Slender elongated digenetic trematodes in which the sexes are separate and in which marked sexual dimorphism is usually present:

A taxonomic family within the order Diplostomida.

A taxonomic family within the order Strigeidida.


Schistosoma

→ English: schistosome

New Latin, from Ancient Greek σχιστός (skhistós, “cloven, divided”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”), from σχίζω (skhízō, “to split, to cleave”) + -τος (-tos, “able to”), referring to the gynecophoric canal on the dorsal surface of the adult male.

A taxonomic genus within the family Schistosomatidae – schistosomes, blood flukes, parasitic flatworms.


Leiognathidae

A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes – ponyfishes.


Cabassous

A taxonomic genus within the family Dasypodidae – xenurine armadillos.


Lymnaea

A taxonomic genus within the family Lymnaeidae – the pond snails, large-sized air-breathing freshwater snails.


Heterotremata

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros) + τρῆμα (trêma, “aperture, orifice”)

A taxonomic subsection within the order Decapoda – crabs in which the genital openings are on the sternum in females, but on the legs in males.


Ensete ventricosum

A taxonomic species within the family Musaceae – false banana of eastern Africa, a drought-tolerant plant, the root of which is used for food and other purposes.


Monophlebidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hemiptera – many scale insects.


Zygoptera

From Ancient Greek ζυγός (zugós, “even”) + πτερά (pterá, “plural of πτερόν, wing”); the front and hind wings are essentially of the same shape, differently from the related dragonflies.

A taxonomic suborder within the order Odonata – damselflies.


Euplectella

Venus's flower basket
Venus's flower basket

A taxonomic genus within the family Euplectellidae – certain glassy sponges, including Venus's flower basket.


Alouatta

From Kari'na arawata (“Venezuelan red howler”). The French influence on the spelling is due to Bernard Germain de Lacépède, who erected the genus name.

der

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


Echinostomida

A taxonomic order within the subclass Digenea – many flatworms that inhabit the bile ducts of herbivores, now suborder Echinostomata in order Plagiorchiida.


Cremastogyne

From Ancient Greek κρεμαστός (kremastós, “hung, suspended”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “female (ovary)”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Betulaceae – Alnus.


Palaeechinoidea

(archaic) A taxonomic subclass within the class Echinoidea – extinct Paleozoic sea urchins.


Bos primigenius

A taxonomic species within the family Bovidae – aurochs, sometimes considered the ancestor of most domestic cattle.


Bos primigenius taurus

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Bovidae – most domestic cattle.


Halicore

From Late Latin, from Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “sea”) + κόρη (kórē, “girl, maiden”).

1871, Edward Balfour, “Dugong”, entry in Cyclopaedia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Volume 2, 2nd Editiom, page 158,

Professor Owen denominated the Dugong of the archipelago, Halicore indicus, in distinction from that of the northern coast of Australia at a time when the former had not been ascertained to frequent (as a Dugong of some kind is now known to do) the Malabar coast and Gulf of Calpentyn in Ceylon; […] .

(obsolete) Synonym of Dugong (taxonomic genus).


Linyphiidae

A taxonomic family within the order Araneae – very many tiny spiders called sheetweb spiders.

Linyphia

(family): Dubiaraneinae, Erigoninae, Ipainae, Linyphiinae, Micronetinae, Mynogleninae, Stemonyphantinae - subfamilies


Anopheles

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀνωφελής (anōphelḗs, “unprofitable, useless”), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) + ὄφελος (óphelos, “advantage, help”) + -ης (-ēs, adjective suffix).

af

A taxonomic genus within the family Culicidae – mosquitos that spread malaria.


Florinda

A taxonomic genus within the family Linyphiidae – blacktailed red sheetweaver spider.


Sordariales

A taxonomic order within the class Sordariomycetes – many fungi.


Guilliermondia

Probably after Alexandre Guilliermond + -ia

A taxonomic genus within the family Sordariaceae – certain fungi.


Granofilosea

A taxonomic class within the phylum Cercozoa – naked amoeboflagellates.


Sordariaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Sordariales – perithecial fungi.


Sordariomycetes

A taxonomic class within the subdivision Pezizomycotina – very many fungi.

Coronophorales

(class): Hypocreomycetidae. Sordariomycetidae, Xylariomycetidae - subclasses

Trichosphaeriales - orders incertae sedis


Porter

Earth-Moon System
Earth-Moon System#English

A crater in Clavius, LQ26 quadrangle, Moon, Earth-Moon System, Solar System

A crater in Thaumasia Quadrangle, Aonia Terra, Mars, Solar System


EOR

(sports) Abbreviation of French équipe olympique des réfugiés (“Olympic Team of Refugees”).; an International Olympic Committee country code.


Apatosaurus

From Ancient Greek ἀπάτη (apátē, “trick, deception”) + -saurus, due to initial confusion over the analysis of the vertebral elements.

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Diplodocidae.


Brontosaurus

From Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”) + -saurus.

A taxonomic genus within the family Diplodocidae – certain large long-necked sauropods; formerly merged into Apatosaurus.

†Brontosaurus yahnahpin

genus): †Brontosaurus excelsus (type species


Multituberculata

A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – extinct rodent-like mammals.


Myxinidae

A taxonomic family within the order Myxiniformes – hagfishes.


Megatherium

A taxonomic genus within the family Megatheriidae – megatheres, giant ground sloths.


Madtsoiidae

A taxonomic family within the order Squamata – extinct snakes of the early Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) to late Pleistocene in what is now South America, Africa, India, Australia and southern Europe.


Mantidae

A taxonomic family within the order Mantodea – a family of praying mantises.


Myopus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cricetidae – wood lemming.


Elopiformes

A taxonomic order within the class Actinopterygii – ray-finned fish including tarpons, tenpounders, and ladyfish.


Myliobatiformes

A taxonomic order within the superorder Batoidea – an order of rays.


Monarda

After Nicolás Monardes, author of a 1560s-era book on New World botany.

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – bee balm and other flowering plants native to North America.

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphingidae – Monarda onyx, a moth of Mexico.


Myrmeleontidae

A taxonomic family within the order Neuroptera – antlions.

Myrmeleon

(family): Ascalaphinae, Dendroleontinae, Myrmeleontinae, Nemoleontinae – subfamilies


Myocastoridae

A taxonomic family within the order Rodentia – the coypus.


Mydaus

A taxonomic genus within the family Mephitidae – the stink badgers of Indonesia, Malaya, etc.


Megalopidae

A taxonomic family within the order Elopiformes – tarpons.


Monodontidae

A taxonomic family within the infraorder Cetacea – the beluga and the narwhal.

†Bohaskaia

family): Delphinapterus, Monodon (genera


Myocastor

From Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “rat, mouse”) + κάστωρ (kástōr, “beaver”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Myocastoridae – the coypu, river rat or nutria.


Mecoptera

From Ancient Greek μῆκος (mêkos, “length, long”) and πτερόν (pterón, “wings”).

A taxonomic order within the class Insecta – scorpionflies.


Macropodus

A taxonomic genus within the family Osphronemidae – certain paradise fishes, Chinese bettas.


Myctophidae

A taxonomic family within the order Myctophiformes – lanternfishes.


Spirulina

Spirula + -ina, after the spiral-shaped bacteria Arthrospira.

(Spirulina f) A taxonomic genus within the family Pseudanabaenaceae – certain cyanobacteria.

A taxonomic suborder within the order Spirulida – certain molluscs, with only Spirula spirula being extant.


Melampyrum

A taxonomic genus within the family Orobanchaceae – a genus of cow-wheats.


Lycidae

A taxonomic family within the order Coleoptera – the net-winged beetles.


Candidatus

(bacteriology) A taxonomic name component, usually forming an extended genus or species name, used as an interim status for a bacterium not yet cultured in a laboratory.


Rupicapra

Latin from rupes (“cliff”) + capra (“goat”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – the chamois.


Adiantum incisum

A taxonomic species within the family Pteridaceae – a medicinal maidenhair fern from Bangladesh.


Absidia

Borrowed from New Latin, from Latin absis (“vault, arch”) + -ia.

A taxonomic genus within the family Mucoraceae – certain pathogenic fungi.


Salamis

From Ancient Greek Σαλαμίς (Salamís, “a nymph in Greek mythology”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – mother-of-pearl butterflies.


Saccharum

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – sugar canes.


Salamandra

Latin, from Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα (salamándra)

A taxonomic genus within the family Salamandridae – several Old World salamanders, including the fire salamander.


Sahelanthropus

From English Sahel + Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “human”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – an extinct hominid known only from a skull found in northern Chad.


Abudefduf

From Arabic أَبُو دَفْدُوف (ʔabū dafdūf).

أَبُو دَفْدُوف

Arabic أَبُو دَفْدُوف (ʔabū dafdūf)

A taxonomic genus within the family Pomacentridae – the sergeant fish.


Garcinia cambogia

Garcinia gummi-gutta
Garcinia gummi-gutta#Translingual

(obsolete) A taxonomic species within the family Clusiaceae – now Garcinia gummi-gutta.


Glomus claroideum

A taxonomic species within the family Glomeraceae – a fungus found in soil around the root system of soybeans.


Garcinia gummi-gutta

A taxonomic species within the family Clusiaceae – a subtropical plant native to Indonesia bearing a pumpkin-shaped yellowish fruit, the gambooge.


Glomus etunicatum

A taxonomic species within the family Glomeraceae – an arbuscular mycorhizal fungus, now treated as Claroideoglomus etunicatum.


Abuta

A taxonomic genus within the family Menispermaceae – certain woody plants, mostly vines, from the tropical Americas.


Mesophoyx

A taxonomic genus within the family Ardeidae – including the intermediate egret (Ardea intermedia).


Agapornis cana

Agapornis canus
Agapornis canus#Translingual


Solamen

A taxonomic genus within the family Mytilidae – certain mussels found off Victoria, Australia.


Trypanosoma equiperdum

A taxonomic species within the family Trypanosomatidae – a unicellular organism that causes Dourine, or covering sickness. in many equids.


Streptomyces griseochromogenes

A taxonomic species within the family Streptomycetaceae.


Streptomyces hygroscopicus

A taxonomic species within the family Streptomycetaceae – an organism whose cultures produce useful chemical agents.


Ligusticum

A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – licorice roots and certain lovages.


Methanothermobacter

A taxonomic genus within the family Methanobacteriaceae.

For the numerous species see Methanothermobacter


Phocaena

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Delphinidae – synonym of Pseudorca.


Phocoena

A taxonomic genus within the family Phocoenidae – the porpoises.


Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus

A taxonomic species within the family Methanobacteriaceae – formerly Methanothermobacterium thermautotrophicus, found in sewage-treatment sludge.


Euglossa bazinga

Previously misidentified as Euglossa ignita in 1874, Euglossa bazinga was identified as a distinct species in 2012 by Brazilian entomologist André Nemésio. Nemésio named the species after bazinga, a catchphrase that the character Sheldon Cooper on the sitcom The Big Bang Theory uses when playing a trick, because he felt the species had "tricked" scientists with its similarity to E. ignita.

A taxonomic species within the family Apidae – a recently identified orchid bee, native to Brazil.

Euglossa bazinga
Sheldon Cooper
The Big Bang Theory


Clostridium pasteurianum

A taxonomic species within the family Clostridiaceae – one of the butyric acid clostridia.


Dermatophagoides

A taxonomic genus within the family Pyroglyphidae – the house dust mites.


Miscanthus sacchariflorus

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – Amur silver-grass.


Pinus roxburghii

A taxonomic species within the family Pinaceae – chir pine, native to the Himalayas.


Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus

A taxonomic species within the family Pyroglyphidae – house dust mites.


Agrobacterium rhizogenes

A taxonomic species within the family Rhizobiaceae – a soil bacterium that causes hairy root disease.


Perisporiopsis

A taxonomic genus within the family Parodiopsidaceae – certain fungal plant pathogens.


Discosporangium

A taxonomic genus within the family Choristocarpaceae – a kind of brown algae.


Perisporiopsis melioloides

A taxonomic species within the family Parodiopsidaceae – a plant fungus.


Galleria

A taxonomic genus within the family Pyralidae – only the greater wax moth.


Discosporangium mesarthrocarpum

A taxonomic species within the family Choristocarpaceae – one of the brown algae.


Buccochromis lepturus

A taxonomic species within the family Cichlidae – the slendertail hap, a freshwater fish of Malawi.


Galleria mellonella

A taxonomic species within the family Pyralidae – greater wax moth or honeycomb moth, whose caterpillar digests plastic.


Buccochromis

A taxonomic genus within the family Cichlidae – haps or haplochromine chiclids.


Medicago arborea

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – tree medick or shrub medick.


Laburnum vulgare

Laburnum anagyroides
Laburnum anagyroides

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – the laburnum now treated as Laburnum anagyroides.


Laburnum anagyroides

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – the common laburnum.


Helleborine

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – a formerly recognized genus of flowering plants, now absorbed into Epipactis and Calopogon.


Watsonia

A taxonomic genus within the family Iridaceae – the bugle lilies, of South Africa.


Soda

A taxonomic genus within the family Amaranthaceae.

Soda inermis

opposite-leaved saltwort, opposite-leaf Russian thistle, barilla plant


Abies alba

A taxonomic species within the family Pinaceae – silver fir; the type species of the genus Abies.


Carcharodontosaurus

From Ancient Greek κάρχαρος (kárkharos, “sharp, jagged”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”) + -saurus.

A taxonomic genus within the family Carcharodontosauridae – carcharodontosaurid dinosaurs.


Bdellovibrio

Ancient Greek βδέλλα (bdélla, “leech”) + Vibrio

A taxonomic genus within the family Bdellovibrionaceae. Gram-negative, obligate aerobic bacteria.


Ziziphus zizyphus

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Rhamnaceae – jujube, now Ziziphus jujuba.


Acaena

Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἄκαινα (ákaina, “spike”), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – herbs and shrubs native to southern temperate zones.


Acalyptratae

A taxonomic subsection within the order Diptera – acalyptrates.


Acalepha

(obsolete) A taxonomic class within the division Radiata – a group of coelenterates including the jellyfish and sea nettles.

(italicized) (†Acalepha f) A taxonomic genus within the subclass Hexacorallia – certain extinct corals.


Acalypha

→ Russian: ака́лифа (akálifa)

Borrowed from Latin akalypha, from Ancient Greek ἀκαλύφη (akalúphē), from ἀκαλήφη (akalḗphē, “nettle”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Euphorbiaceae – many herbs and shrubs that grow in temperate zones.

references for the numerous other species


Sapindus

From Latin sapo indicus, "soap of India."

A taxonomic genus within the family Sapindaceae – the soapberries or soapnuts.


Siphonophorae

From siphono- + -phorae, variant of -phora.

A taxonomic order within the class Hydrozoa – siphonophores, formerly Siphonophora.

Abylidae

(order): Calycophorae, Cystonectae, Physonectae - suborders


Acanthamoeba

A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthamoebidae – common single-celled eukaryotes including at least on that is involved in enhancing the virulence of MRSA; brain-eating amoebae.


Lucanus

Coined by Tyrolean physician and naturalist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1763. Possibly from Latin lucanus (“stag beetle”).

coin

A taxonomic genus within the family Lucanidae – stag beetles.


Acanthodei

(zoology) Alternative form of Acanthodii


Acanthocephali

(zoology) Alternative form of Acanthocephala, A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Platyzoa.


Acanthocheilonema

From Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”) + χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”) + νῆμᾰ (nêma, “thread”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Onchocercidae – tropical parasitic worms.


Acanthodes

Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀκανθώδης (akanthṓdēs, “spiny, thorny”), from ἄκανθα (ákantha) + -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “resembling”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthodidae – an extinct spiny shark from the Permian.


Acanthocybium

From Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”) + Latin cybium (“tunny”), from Ancient Greek κύβιον (kúbion, “flesh of the young tunny”), from κύβος (kúbos, “piece of salted fish”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Scombridae – consists of the wahoo.


Acanthocereus

From Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”) + Latin cereus (“candle”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – tropical cacti with nocturnal flowers and three angled stems.


Ziziphus

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhamnaceae – various species in the buckthorn family, including the jujube.

for the numerous other species see Ziziphus


Acantholimon

desc

акантоли́мон

→ Russian: акантоли́мон (akantolímon)

A taxonomic genus within the family Plumbaginaceae – prickly thrift, mostly oriental herbs with white or red flowers.


Acanthophis

From Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”) + Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis, “snake”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Elapidae – venomous Australian snakes, including the death adder.


Acanthopanax

From Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”) + Panax (“ginseng”).

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Araliaceae – a group of Asian shrubs and trees that produce green flowers, now called Eleutherococcus, but with many species in other genera related to Panax.


Acanthopteri

Borrowed from New Latin Acanthopterygii.

(archaic) A taxonomic order within the class Actinopterygii – the Perciformes.


Acanthoscelides

From Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”) + Ancient Greek σκέλος (skélos, “leg”) + -ides.

A taxonomic genus within the family Chrysomelidae – weevils including the bean weevil.


Puna

A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – now Maihueniopsis.


Hapale

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἁπαλός (hapalós, “soft, tender”)

der

(historical) Callithrix, certain marmosets


Hapale vulgaris

Callithrix jacchus
Callithrix jacchus#Translingual


Anogeissus

A taxonomic genus within the family Combretaceae – trees found in some rocky, tropical habitats in the Old World.


Diota

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


Wedelia

New Latin, after Georg Wolfgang Wedel + -ia

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – flowering plants; creeping-oxeyes.


Helix

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


core eudicots

(botany) A taxonomic clade within the clade eudicots – a monophyletic group of eudicots that includes many familiar plants.

superasterids

Berberidopsidales, Santalales, Caryophyllales - basal orders in superasterids; asterids

superrosids

Saxifragales - basal order in superrosids; rosids (Vitales - basal order in rosids; fabids; malvids)

Dilleniales - basal orders in core eudicots


Smilodon

From Ancient Greek σμίλη (smílē, “knife”) + -odon.

A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – certain extinct saber-toothed cats.


Azotobacter

New Latin, from French azote (“nitrogen”) + Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría, “rod, staff”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Pseudomonadaceae – nitrogen-binding bacteria.


Katablepharis

From Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “downwards”) and βλεφαρίς (blepharís, “eyelash”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Katablepharidaceae – heterotrophic flagellates which have been classed among the cryptomonads.


Callyspongia abnormis

A taxonomic species within the family Callyspongiidae – a Kenyan marine sponge.


Ilex verticillata

American winterberry
American winterberry

A taxonomic species within the family Aquifoliaceae – American winterberry, a species of holly native to eastern North America.


Potentilla

From New Latin potentilla, from Latin potēns (“powerful”) + Latin -illa (a diminutive) -- "small but mighty", referring to its supposed medicinal value.

A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – cinquefoils.


Phlegra

A taxonomic genus within the family Salticidae – jumping spiders.


Deidamia

From Ancient Greek Δηϊδάμεια (Dēïdámeia).

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphingidae – Deidamia inscriptum.

A taxonomic genus within the family Passifloraceae.


Gorgone

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain moths.


Semele

A taxonomic genus within the family Semelidae – numerous species of venus shells.

A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – of the Canary Islands and Madeira.


Meloidogyne

A taxonomic genus within the family Heteroderidae – root-knot nematodes.


Sicarius

A taxonomic genus within the family Sicariidae – certain recluse spiders.

A taxonomic genus within the family Habronematidae – certain nematodes; Synonym of Lispirurus.


Delphinus delphis

A taxonomic species within the family Delphinidae – short-beaked common dolphin.


Lagorchestes

A taxonomic genus within the family Macropodidae – species of hare-wallaby.

†Lagorchestes asomatus

(genus): Lagorchestes conspicillatus (spectacled hare-wallaby), Lagorchestes hirsutus (Rufous hare-wallaby) - extant species


Dynastinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Scarabaeidae – rhinoceros beetles.

For tribes and genera see Dynastinae on Wikipedia. and Dynastinae


Tabanidae

A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – bloodsucking flies variously known as horseflies, clegs etc.

For subfamilies and genera see Tabanidae on Wikipedia and Tabanidae


Merica

A taxonomic genus within the family Cancellariidae – nutmeg snails.


Holoptychius

...fish have been found abundantly, and have been referred to Holoptychius nobilissimus...

1896. Charles Lyell and John Wesley Judd. The Student's Lyell: A Manual of Elementary Geology., page 389

A taxonomic genus within the family Holoptychiidae – not extant since the Devonian period.


Apion

A taxonomic genus within the family Brentidae.


Urva

Urva vitticollis

(genus): Urva urva (syn. Herpestes urva; crab-eating mongoose) - type species

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Herpestidae – Herpestes — formerly the sole mongoose genus.

A taxonomic genus within the family Herpestidae – Asian mongooses.


Coronavirus

Middle East respiratory syndrome
Middle East respiratory syndrome

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Coronaviridae – extraordinarily large RNA viruses including Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), now superseded by the coronavirus genera in Coronavirinae.

Riboviria

(genus): Virus - kingdom; Nidovirales - order; Coronaviridae - family

Porcine hemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus

Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus


Banksia aquilonia

A taxonomic species within the family Proteaceae – northern banksia, a tree native to northern Queensland, Australia.


Dimorphodontidae

A taxonomic family within the order Pterosauria – early rhamphorhynchoid pterosaurs that lived in the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic.


Cicadoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Hemiptera – all cicadas.


Cicadidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hemiptera – most Eurasian and American cicadas, true cicadas.


Cicada

A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadidae – certain European cicadas.


Cercopoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Hemiptera – froghoppers.


Bostrichidae

A taxonomic family within the order Coleoptera – auger beetles.


Hepatica

From Ancient Greek ἡπατικός (hēpatikós, “liver-like”), from ἧπαρ ("liver"), because the rounded-triangular lobes of the plant's leaves were thought to resemble the human liver.

The liverworts, taxonomically treated either as

A taxonomic section within the family Ranunculaceae – Anemone sect. Hepatica. or

A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae.

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain moths.


Lepas

From Latin lepas (“a limpet”), from Ancient Greek λεπάς (lepás).

A taxonomic genus within the family Lepadidae – certain goose barnacles.


Legionella

Named after American Legion + -ella (taxonomic suffix), referring to an outbreak of pneumonia among those attending an American Legion convention first brought the legionella organisms to scientific attention.

Legionnaires' disease
Legionnaires' disease

A taxonomic genus within the family Legionellaceae – gram-negative bacteria, including the species that causes Legionnaires' disease.


Emeus

A taxonomic genus within the family Emeidae – the eastern moa, extinct since 1500.


Eleusine

From Ancient Greek Ἐλευσίς (Eleusís, “Eleusis”), after the ancient Greek town associated with the Eleusinian Mysteries, the initiation rites to the cult of Demeter and Persephone, which is believed to have been based on an older agrarian cult.

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – goosegrasses.

(genus): Eleusine coracana (finger millet) - type species; Eleusine floccifolia, Eleusine indica (Indian goosegrass), Eleusine jaegeri, Eleusine multiflora (fat-spike yard grass), Eleusine tristachya (American crowfoot grass) - selected other species

For numerous additional species see Eleusine


Hyla

New Latin, after Hylas, companion of Hercules

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

Argenteohyla

syn. of Nyctimantis, brown-eyed treefrog


Yersinia pestis

A taxonomic species within the family Enterobacteriaceae – plague bacillus, causative agent of the bubonic plague.


Zea mays

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – maize or corn (US), domesticated in Central America, now grown worldwide.


Yersinia

Named after French physician and bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin (1863–1943) for the bacteria; named after Swiss entomologist Alexander Yersin (1825–1863) for the mantis.

named-after

A taxonomic genus within the family Enterobacteriaceae – certain bacteria hosted especially by rodents, some pathogenic to humans.

A taxonomic genus within the family Mantidae – the single species Yersinia mexicana.


Crataegus heldreichii

A taxonomic species within the family Rosaceae – a hawthorn native to the Balkans.


Zootoca

A taxonomic genus within the family Lacertidae – the common lizard or viviparous lizard.


Adansonia

After Michel Adanson, a botanist whose works include one on Adansonia digitata + -ia

A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – baobabs, of Africa, Madagascar, and Australia.


Amorpha

From Ancient Greek ἄμορφος (ámorphos, “shapeless, deformed”), because the flowers have only one petal rather than the three of other genera in the subfamily Faboideae.

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – false indigos, plants whose flowers lack the wing and keel petals typical of other members of the Faboideae.

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphingidae – certain moths.


Zootoca vivipara

A taxonomic species within the family Lacertidae – viviparous lizard or common lizard.


Lacertinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Lacertidae – numerous lizards.


Atropa belladonna

A taxonomic species within the family Solanaceae – deadly nightshade, used a medicine, cosmetic, and poison; native to Europe and western Asia.


Coronavirinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Coronaviridae – superseded by Orthocoronavirinae.


Coronaviridae

New Latin, from corona (“solar corona”) + -viridae.

A taxonomic family within the order Nidovirales.

Alphacoronavirus

(family): Orthocoronavirinae, Letovirinae - subfamilies


Deltacoronavirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Coronaviridae.

Wigeon coronavirus HKU20

(genus): Andecovirus, Buldecovirus. Herdecovirus - subgenera


Gammacoronavirus

Goose coronavirus CB17

(genus): Brangacovirus, Cegacovirus, Igacovirus - subgenera


Betacoronavirus

Murine coronavirus

(genus): Embecovirus, Hibecovirus, Merbecovirus, Nobecovirus, Sarbecovirus - subgenera

Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus


Alphacoronavirus

Alphacoronavirus 1

(genus): Colacovirus, Decacovirus, Duvinacovirus, Luchacovirus, Minacovirus, Minunacovirus, Myotacovirus, Nyctacovirus, Pedacovirus, Rhinacovirus, Setracovirus, Soracovirus, Sunacovirus, Tegacovirus - subgenera

Rhinolophus ferrumequinum alphacoronavirus HuB-2013

Myotis ricketti alphacoronavirus Sax-2011

Nyctalus velutinus alphacoronavirus SC-2013

NL-63-related bat coronavirus strain BtKYNL63-9b


MERS-CoV

From MERS + CoV.
From English Middle East respiratory syndrome (“MERS”) and Coronavirus (“CoV”).
From New Latin coronavirus, from Latin corona and Latin virus.
From Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē).

Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus; the virus that causes MERS.


Scorpaenidae

A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes – the scorpionfishes.

Brachypterois

(family): Pteroinae, Scorpaeninae, Tetraroginae - subfamilies


Vipera

A taxonomic genus within the family Viperidae – some of the venomous vipers, palearctic vipers.


Macadamia

Named after Australian chemist John Macadam.

A taxonomic genus within the family Proteaceae – type genus of macadamia trees.

Macadamia on Wikipedia for the species included in narrower circumscriptions of the genus and Macadamia on Wikispecies for additional species that have been included


Mantis

New Latin, from Ancient Greek μάντις (mántis, “soothsayer”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Mantidae – type genus of the order Mantodea of mantises.

for other species see Mantis on Wikispecies..


Melaleuca

→ English: melaleuca

New Latin, from Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas) + λευκός (leukós)

A taxonomic genus within the family Myrtaceae – certain tea trees, honey myrtles, and paperbarks.


Holostei

Bony fish with primitive characteristics; the bowfin and the gars

A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Neopterygii.

A taxonomic class within the superclass Actinopterygii.


Neopterygii

New Latin neo- (“new”) + Ancient Greek πτέρυξ (ptérux, “wing, fins”)

A taxonomic clade within the superclass Actinopterygii – a monophyletic group that includes most modern fish.


Mycobacterium

→ English: mycobacterium

New Latin, from Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”) + βακτήριον (baktḗrion, “small staff, small cane”).

af

A taxonomic genus within the family Mycobacteriaceae – certain rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria, that cause diseases such as tuberculosis and leprosy.


Clupea

A taxonomic genus within the family Clupeidae – the herring, plankton-eating forage fish that are an important food, found in temperate waters.


Cereus

Cactus subg. Oblongicarpi

subgenera. See Cereus on Wikispecies for the very numerous species.

A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – certain columnar cactuses.

A taxonomic genus within the family Sagartiidae – certain sea anemones.


Papio anubis

A taxonomic species within the family Cercopithecidae – olive baboon or Anubis baboon native to east Africa, formerly in obsolete genus Anubis.


Peptostreptococcus

A taxonomic genus within the family Peptostreptococcaceae.

Peptostreptococcus on Wikipedia. for some of the species.


Penicillium

From Latin pēnicillum (“painter's brush”) + -ium (taxonomic suffix), referring to the chains of conidia that resemble a broom.

A taxonomic genus within the family Aspergillaceae – many economically important soil fungi and molds, widespread in cool and temperate climates.

Penicillium expansum (apple rot fungus) - type species; Penecillium chrysogenum (source of penicillin) - selected species

Penicillium on Wikispecies for the numerous other species


Peptococcus

A taxonomic genus within the family Peptococcaceae.

Peptococcus on Wikispecies for the numerous species


Fusobacterium

A taxonomic genus within the family Fusobacteriaceae.


Eubacterium

A taxonomic genus within the family Eubacteriaceae.


Ruminococcus

A taxonomic genus within the family Lachnospiraceae – anaerobic gut microbes.


Digitalideae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Plantaginaceae.


Digitalis

A taxonomic genus within the family Plantaginaceae – foxglove and similar plants.

Digitalis purpurea

(genus): Digitalis sect. Digitalis, Digitalis sect. Frutescentes, Digitalis sect. Grandiflorae, Digitalis sect. Globiflorae, Digitalis sect. Isoplexis, Digitalis sect. Tubiflorae - sections

for other species see Digitalis at The Plant List


Raphanus

From Latin raphanus, raphanos (“radish”), from Ancient Greek ῥάφανος (rháphanos), ῥαφανίς (rhaphanís, “radish”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – radishes, native to Asia.

Raphanus sativus

syn. Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, garden radish


Archicebidae

A taxonomic family within the order Primates – small, extinct primates.


Archicebus

archi- (“old, oldest”) + Cebus (“a capuchin monkey genus”) First attested in 2013.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Archicebidae.


Eruca

A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – rocket and closely related plants.

A taxonomic genus within the family Saturniidae – certain saturniid moths.


Aeolis Palus

Aeolis + palus.
Named in May 2012 by the International Astronomical Union as a major plain in the Aeolis quadrangle on the planet Mars Aeolis (“Aeolis quadrangle”).

(planetology) The central plain within Gale Crater on the planet Mars.

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Labiatae

New Latin, nominative feminine plural of labiatus (“having lips”); from Latin labia + -tus

(now chiefly informal) A taxonomic family within the order Lamiales – Lamiaceae, formerly sometimes considered an order.


Aeolis Mons

Aeolis + Mons.
Named in May 2012 by the International Astronomical Union as a major mountain in the Aeolis quadrangle on the planet Mars Aeolis (“Aeolis quadrangle”).

(planetology) The central mountain peak within Gale Crater on the planet Mars.

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Siganidae

A taxonomic family within the order Acanthuroidei – the rabbitfishes.


Fulgur

(obsolete) A genus of whelks, including the lightning whelk, the species now distributed in the Busyconinae.


Hoolock

From English hoolock, a borrowing from Assamese হলৌ (holou) or a kindred Eastern Indo-Aryan language.

A taxonomic genus within the family Hylobatidae – hoolocks or langurs, large gibbons.


Commelina

Named by Linnaeus for Dutch botanists Jan Commelin (Commelijn) and his nephew, Caspar.

A taxonomic genus within the family Commelinaceae – dayflowers.


Nepeta

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – catnips.

Nepeta cataria

(genus): Nepeta sect. Capituliferae, Nepeta sect. Cataria, Nepeta sect. Macronepeta, Nepeta sect. Micranthae, Nepeta sect. Nepeta, Nepeta sect. Orthonepeta, Nepeta sect. Oxynepeta, Nepeta sect. Psilonepeta, Nepeta sect. Pycnonepeta, Nepeta sect. Schizocalyx, Nepeta sect. Setanepeta, Nepeta sect. Spartonepeta, Nepeta sect. Spicatae, Nepeta sect. Stenostegiae, Nepeta sect. Subinterruptae - sections


Sapajus

Borrowed from French sapajou. Coined by Scottish scientific writer and translator Robert Kerr in 1792.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Cebidae – certain capuchin monkeys, species of Cebus, some formerly subspecies of Cebus apella.


Paleognathae

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

A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Aves – birds that excel in running rather than flying, such as ostriches, emus, rheas, and the tinamous (which can fly).


Agapanthus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀγάπη (agápē, “love”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “blossom”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Amaryllidaceae – certain flowering plants of South Africa, some called African lily or lily of the Nile.

Agapanthus africanus

(genus): Agapanthus sect. Agapanthus, Agapanthus sect. Lilacinipollini - sections


Carinatae

From Latin carinatus (“shaped like a keel, having a keel-shaped ridge”).

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(dated) A taxonomic subclass within the class Aves – Birds having a pronounced keel-like sternum, to which muscles used in flight attach.

A taxonomic clade within the subclass Aves – Birds descended from a certain common ancestral type of bird, possibly having a keel-like sternum and other bone-structure characteristics.


Abies balsamea

A taxonomic species within the family Pinaceae – the balsam firs.


Abelmoschus esculentus

A taxonomic species within the family Malvaceae – okra.


Abelmoschus moschatus

A taxonomic species within the family Malvaceae – abelmosk, annual hibiscus, musk mallow.


Aegolius funereus

A taxonomic species within the family Strigidae – boreal owl.


Sapota

Borrowed from Spanish zapote, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *ȼapotl.

Manilkara zapota
Manilkara zapota#Translingual

(obsolete) A polyphyletic genus of fruit-bearing tropical and semi-tropical trees, the type species of which, sapodilla, is now called Manilkara zapota; some, but by no means all, of the other species at now assigned to other genera in family Sapotaceae.


Praeanthropus

A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – certain extinct hominins.


Paguridae

A taxonomic family within the order Decapoda – hermit crabs.

Paguridae on Wikipedia and Paguridae on Wikispecies for members


Paguroidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Decapoda – the hermit crabs.

Paguroidea on Wikipedia and Paguroidea on Wikispecies for members


Pericopsis

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – certain timber trees of Africa.


Pagurus

Latin pagurus (“a kind of crab-fish”), from Ancient Greek πάγουρος (págouros, “a crab”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Paguridae.


Orrorin

A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – one species, the extinct hominin Orrorin tugenensis.


Myinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Myidae – many clams.


Philonesia

A taxonomic genus within the family Euconulidae – air-breathing land snails, sometimes placed in family Helicarionidae.


Myidae

A taxonomic family within the order Myida – many clams.

Cryptomya

(family): Cryptomyinae, Myinae – subfamilies


Helicarionidae

A taxonomic family within the order Stylommatophora.

Philonesia

(family): Durgellinae, Helicarioninae - subfamilies

for tribes and other genera see Helicarionidae at World Register of Marine Species


Acacieae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Fabaceae – acacias.


Neornithes

From Ancient Greek prefix νεο- (neo-), from νέος (néos, “new, young”) and ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”).

A taxonomic clade within the subclass Aves – all modern birds, characterized by many adaptations for flight, such as a four-chambered heart and feathers, and differentiated from other, older birds by having a beak with no teeth.


Acetobacteraceae

A taxonomic family within the order Rhodospirillales.


Hormaphis

A taxonomic genus within the family Aphididae.


Hormaphis hamamelidis

witch-hazel cone gall aphid
witch-hazel cone gall aphid

A taxonomic species within the family Aphididae – witch-hazel cone gall aphid.


Armoracia

Latin armŏrăcĭa, from Ancient Greek ἀρμορακία (armorakía)

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

Armoracia sisymbroides

syn. Armoracia brassicoides; Siberian horseradish

Armoracia lacustris

syn. of Rorippa aquatica, lake cress, lake watercress


Myristica

New Latin, from Ancient Greek μυριστικός (muristikós, “fragrant”), from μύρον (múron, “sweet oil, perfume”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Myristicaceae – nutmegs.


Herpesviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Herpesvirales – herpesviruses, which are double-stranded DNA viruses, responsible for recurring latent infections due their mode of replication.

Duplodnaviria

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

Iguanid herpesvirus

(family): Alphaherpesvirinae, Betaherpesvirinae, Gammaherpesvirinae - subfamilies


Herpesvirales

A taxonomic order within the class Herviviricetes – viruses having a capsid structure that consists of a DNA core surrounded by an icosahedral capsid consisting of 12 pentavalent and 150 hexavalent capsomeres.

Duplodnaviria

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


rosids

A taxonomic clade within the clade superrosids – a modern monophyletic groupings of flowering plants such as the rose.


Picramniales

A taxonomic order within the clade malvids.


Huerteales

A taxonomic order within the clade malvids – an imperfectly understood grouping of woody tropical plants.

Dipentodon

(order): Dipentodontaceae, Gerrardinaceae, Petenaeaceae, Tapisciaceae - families


Noctoraptor

The nominate subgenus differs from the cleptoparasitic species of Noctoraptor by the presence of scopal hairs, a basitibial plate, and the normally developed mandibles.

2000, Michael S. Engel, Classification of the bee tribe Augochlorini (Hymenoptera:Halictidae) (in English), page 41:

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Halictidae – certain bees, Megalopta (Noctoraptor).


Cuon

From Ancient Greek κύων (kúōn, “dog”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

A taxonomic genus within the family Canidae – the single species Cuon alpinus (dhole), native to south and southeastern Asia.


Utahraptor

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→ Chinese: 猶他盜龍／犹他盗龙 (Yóutā dàolóng) (calque)

From English Utah (“state of the United States”) + Latin raptor (“thief, abductor”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Dromaeosauridae – theropod dinosaurs, including the largest of the family, thought to reach 8 meters in length.


Inia

A taxonomic genus within the family Iniidae – South American river dolphins.


Iniidae

A taxonomic family within the infraorder Cetacea – the single extant genus Inia – Amazonian dolphins.


Phleum

New Latin, from Ancient Greek φλέως (phléōs, “wool-tufted reed”), Saccharum ravennae ( <= Erianthus ravennae )

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A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – tufted grasses growing to 20-150 cm tall, with cylindrical flowerheads with densely packed spikelets, called timothy and certain catstails.


Andropogon gerardi

The specific epithet from New Latin Gerardi was used by the Italian botanist Fulgenzio Vitman in 1792, honoring French botanist Louis Gérard who had first described the plant.

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – big bluestem.


Andropogon

From Ancient Greek ἀνδρο- (andro-, combining form of ἀνήρ) + πώγων (pṓgōn, “beard”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – the bluestems and similar grasses.


Andropogon virginicus

New Latin virginicum (“of Virginia”) was used as the epithet by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – broomsedge bluestem, yellowsedge bluestem, a tall grass native to the southeastern United States.


Andropogon ternarius

The specific epithet ternarium (“arranged in threes”) was used by André Michaux in 1803, probably a reference to the ears (“plerisque tristachyis”) or flower stamens (“floribus triandris”) of the plant.

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – paintbrush bluestem, a tall grass native to the southeastern US, north to New Jersey, west to Texas.


Panicum

From Latin panicum (“Setaria italica, Italian panic grass”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – including millets, witchgrass, barnyard grass, and hundreds of other species.


Alytes

A taxonomic genus within the family Alytidae – the midwife toads.


Alytidae

A taxonomic family within the order Anura – certain primitive frogs.


Archaeobatrachia

A taxonomic suborder within the order Anura – various primitive frogs.


Pachysandra

A taxonomic genus within the family Buxaceae – four or five species of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs, related to the boxwoods used ornamentally as groundcover.


Discoglossus

From Latin disco (“disc”) + glossa (“tongue”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Alytidae – the disc-tongued frogs.


Myrmecobius fasciatus

A taxonomic species within the family Myrmecobiidae – numbat.


Potorous

A taxonomic genus within the family Potoroidae – potoroo.


Thylacinidae

Thylacinus cynocephalus
Thylacinus cynocephalus

A taxonomic family within the order Dasyuromorphia – only extinct species of marsupials, including the recently extinct †Thylacinus cynocephalus (thylacine).


Thylacinus cynocephalus

†Thylacinus cynocephalus (canonical masculine)

A taxonomic species within the family Thylacinidae – (extinct) thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger.


Bettongia penicillata

A taxonomic species within the family Potoroidae – woylie.


Thylacinus

θύλακος + -inus,
from Ancient Greek θύλακος (thúlakos, “pouch, sack”) + Latin suffix -inus

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θύλακος + -inus

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A taxonomic genus within the family Thylacinidae – only extinct species, including Thylacinus cynocephalus (thylacine).


Bettongia gaimardi

A taxonomic species within the family Potoroidae – Tasmanian bettong or eastern bettong.


Potoroidae

A taxonomic family within the order Diprodontia – various rabbit-sized, jumping marsupials.

†Caloprymnus

family): Aepyprymnus, Bettongia, Potorous (genera


Lespedeza

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – bush clovers.


Lespedeza capitata

round-headed bush clover
round-headed bush clover

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – round-headed bush clover, native to the eastern United States and some adjoining parts of Canada.


Alopecurus

From Latin ălōpĕcūros, from Ancient Greek ἀλωπέκουρος (alōpékouros, “fox-tail”), conjectured to be Imperata cylindrica.

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – the foxtails.

for more see Alopecurus at The Plant List


Impatiens capensis

spotted touch-me-not
spotted touch-me-not

A taxonomic species within the family Balsaminaceae – orange jewelweed, common jewelweed, spotted jewelweed, spotted touch-me-not, or orange balsam, native to North America, naturalized elsewhere.


Impatiens pallida

A taxonomic species within the family Balsaminaceae – pale jewelweed, snapweed, pale touch-me-not, native to temperate eastern North America.


Anthoxanthum

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – hornworts, vernal grasses.


Calamagrostis

Published in 1763 by Michel Adanson, from Ancient Greek καλαμάγρωστις (kalamágrōstis, “a grass, probably Dactyloctenium aegyptium”), from κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed”) + ἄγρωστις (ágrōstis, “a grass, probably bermudagrass”)

καλαμάγρωστις

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – temperate grasses often called small reeds, reedgrasses.

For the numerous species see Calamagrostis


Ammophila

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἄμμος (ámmos, “sand”) + φίλος (phílos, “friendly”)

native to coasts of Europe and northwest Africa

between Ammophila arenaria and Calamagrostis epigeios. The hybrid occurs in parts of northern Europe

mainly from the Baltic Sea west to eastern England

native to coasts of eastern North America

native to shores of Lake Ontario and Lake Champlain

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – many beachgrasses.

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphecidae – some sand wasps and others.


Katsuwonus

A taxonomic genus within the family Scombridae – skipjack tuna.


Lagenaria

From Latin lagena or lagoena, a sort of bottle

A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae – certain gourds.


Brassica rapa

A taxonomic species within the family Brassicaceae – including the turnip, Chinese cabbage, rapini, and other food plants.

Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis

celery cabbage, Chinese cabbage, Peking cabbage


Cucurbita pepo

A taxonomic species within the family Cucurbitaceae – many varieties of winter squash, pumpkin, and especially summer squash, of very diverse appearance.


Nauplius

→ English: nauplius

From Latin nauplius (“argonaut, paper nautilus (genus Argonauta)”), from Ancient Greek ναύπλιος (naúplios, “type of shellfish”); compare Latin Nauplius (“mythological king of Euboea”), from Ancient Greek Ναύπλιος (Naúplios, “mythological founder of the city of Nauplia (Nafplio), a son of Poseidon and Amymone”).

cog

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyclopidae – certain crustaceans, sometimes placed within Cyclops.

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – certain flowering plants, sometimes included in Asteriscus.


Setifer

A taxonomic genus within the family Tenrecidae – greater hedgehog tenrec.


Dasogale fontoynonti

Setifer setosus
Setifer setosus#Translingual

(obsolete) A taxonomic species within the family Tenrecidae – species name based on juvenile specimen of Setifer setosus.


Setifer setosus

A taxonomic species within the family Tenrecidae – the greater hedgehog tenrec.


Urocteidae

A taxonomic family within the order Araneae – solely Uroctea, which is sometimes placed in Oecobiidae.


Oryzorictinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Tenrecidae – some of the tenrecs.


Geogalinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Tenrecidae – a single species Geogale aurita (large-eared tenrec).


Rhus toxicodendron

Toxicodendron vernix
Toxicodendron vernix

A taxonomic species within the family Anacardiaceae – Toxicodendron vernix, poison sumac.


Dasogale

New Latin 1930, apparently from Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús, “shaggy”) + γαλῆ (galê), γαλέη (galéē, “weasel, ferret, and similar animals”)

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Tenrecidae – former name of Setifer.


Tettigoniidae

long-horned grasshopper
long-horned grasshopper

A taxonomic family within the order Orthoptera – katydids, long-horned grasshoppers and bushcrickets.


Morinda

A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – woody tropical plants with fruit resembling large mulberries.


Unionidae

A taxonomic family within the order Unionida – the river mussels.

Unio

(family): See Unionidae on Wikipedia. for the numerous genera.


Potamogalinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Potamogalidae – otter shrews.


Aptostichus

wafer trapdoor spider
wafer trapdoor spider

A taxonomic genus within the family Euctenizidae – some wafer trapdoor spiders.


Cyrtaucheniidae

Cyrtauchenius, from the Greek κυρτός (kurtós, “arched, bent, swollen”) and αὐχήν (aukhḗn, “neck, throat”) to produce the meaning "arched neck" + -idae

A taxonomic family within the order Araneae – the wafer trapdoor spiders.


Ctenizidae

A taxonomic family within the order Araneae – the trapdoor spiders.


Ctenizoidea

New Latin Cteniza (from irregular Ancient Greek κτενιζειν (ktenizein, “comb”) from κτείς (kteís, “a comb”) + -oidea

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A taxonomic superfamily within the order Araneae – the trapdoor spiders.


Cyrtauchenioidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Araneae – the wafer trapdoor spiders.


Abutilon theophrasti

A taxonomic species within the family Malvaceae – velvetleaf and many others.


Achillea millefolium

A taxonomic species within the family Asteraceae – common yarrow, widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere.


Millefolium

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Compositae – now Achillea, also used as a specific epithet.


Terebellidae

A taxonomic family within the order Terebellida – various polychaete worms.


Rhus radicans

Toxicodendron radicans
Toxicodendron radicans

A taxonomic species within the family Anacardiaceae – Toxicodendron radicans.