Protococcus

Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + κόκκος (kókkos, “berry”)

but now regarded as a synonym of Chlamydomonas nivalis

for other genera see genus detail at Protococcus at AlgaeBase

Certain unicellular terrestrial green algae, including that causing watermelon snow

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Protococcaceae.

A taxonomic genus within the family Chlamydomonadaceae.


Secamone

A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – certain twining lianes, principally native to Africa and southeast Asia, but especially Madagascar.

for others see Secamone at The Plant List


Palapteryx

From Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós, “ancient”) + Apteryx (“kiwi”).

der

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Palapterygidae – birds, fossils found in New Zealand, now included in Dinornis (giant moas).


Asperitas

From Latin asperitās (“roughness, sharpness”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Dyakiidae – 14 species of land snails.


Lecanopsis

A taxonomic genus within the family Coccidae – certain soft scales.


Coniasaurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Dolichosauridae.


Dolichosauridae

A taxonomic family within the order Squamata – varanoid lizards.


Tanaidacea

A taxonomic order within the class Malacostraca – tanaids.


Mollienisia

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Poeciliidae – small fish of the coastal swamps of the southeastern US, now included in genus Poecilia as subgenus Poecilia (Mollienisia).


Ostreida

A taxonomic order within the class Bivalvia – oysters.


COR

Abbreviation of French Corée (“Korea”).. French is one of the official languages of the International Olympic Committee, and a source for many of its country codes.

abbreviation of

French <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">Corée</i> (“Korea”)

IOC Olympic team code for the United Koreas, a unified team for both North Korea and South Korea.

PRK

Democratic People's Republic of Korea; IOC Olympic team code for the country code of North Korea

KOR

Republic of Korea; IOC Olympic team code for the country of South Korea


Monostromataceae

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


Monostroma

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “single”) + στρῶμα (strôma, “layer”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Monostromataceae – the most widely cultivated green seaweed.


Noduliferola

A taxonomic genus within the family Tortricidae – certain tortrix moths, of eastern Asia and Polynesia.


Herochroma

A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain moths.


Tabulata

From Latin tabulāta (“floored”), after the well-developed horizontal internal partitions (tabulae) within each cell and reduced or absent vertical internal partitions (septa).

A taxonomic order within the class Anthozoa – tabulates: extinct corals that form colonies of individual hexagonal cells (corallites) forming a honeycomb skeleton.


Tryblidiida

A taxonomic order within the class Monoplacophora.


Thelazia gulosa

A taxonomic species within the family Thelaziidae – eyeworms, a spirurian nematode that infects the eyes of mammals, spread by Musca spp., such as the face fly.


Macrodontia

From Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “large”) + ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – very large beetles of Central and South America.


Gymnocladus

From Ancient Greek γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”) + κλάδος (kládos, “branch”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – coffeetrees.


Rhinichthys

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyprinidae – the riffle daces.


Rangia

From Rang, surname of a French conchologist.

A taxonomic genus within the family Mactridae – certain clams.


Scapanus

From Ancient Greek σκαπάνη (skapánē, “digging tool, spade, mattock”) + -us.

af

A taxonomic genus within the family Talpidae – certain moles of western North America.


Amblyopsis

From Ancient Greek ἀμβλύς (amblús, “dull”) + ὄψῐς (ópsis, “view, sight”), in reference to their blindness.

A taxonomic genus within the family Amblyopsidae – certain cavefishes.


Sapromyza

A taxonomic genus within the family Lauxaniidae – certain flies.


Ruppia

Named in honour of the German botanist Heinrich Bernhard Rupp (1688-1719).

A taxonomic genus within the family Ruppiaceae – widgeonweed, sole genus in the family.


Ensatina

From an adjectival form of Latin ēnsis (“sword”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Plethodontidae – ensatina, a salamander of western North America.


Gekko

From Dutch gekko, of unclear ultimate origin but widely considered to be from Malay. See the English entry for more.

A taxonomic genus within the family Gekkonidae – true geckos.


Gmelina

Named after Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin (1744-1774).

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – plants, principally of southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australia.

A taxonomic genus within the family Gammaridae – certain shrimp-like crustaceans.


Adeona

A taxonomic genus within the family Adeonidae – certain bryozoans.


Hemiramphidae

A taxonomic family within the order Beloniformes – halfbeaks.


Paliurus

From Latin paliurus, from Ancient Greek παλίουρος (palíouros, “Paliurus spina-christi”).

bor

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhamnaceae – small trees that are native to arid locations from the Mediterranean to Japan.


Garrulus glandarius

A taxonomic species within the family Corvidae – Eurasian jay.


Anodontostoma chacunda

Anondontostoma chacunda (canonical neuter)

A taxonomic species within the family Clupeidae – Chacunda gizzard shad, short-finned gizzard shed, found from the Persian Gulf to southeast Asia and beyond.


Konosirus punctatus

A taxonomic species within the family Clupeidae – Konoshiro gizzard shad or spotted sardine.


Cynipidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hymenoptera – gall wasps.


Anthropidae

(obsolete) A taxonomic family within the order Primates – humans only.


Anthropoidea

From Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos) + -oidea. Compare Anthropidae.

(archaic) A taxonomic suborder within the order Primates – simians (Simiiformes).


Graphis

Direct borrowing from Ancient Greek γρᾰφίς (graphís).

A taxonomic genus within the family Graphidaceae – script lichens.

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


Plantago major

A taxonomic species within the family Plantaginaceae – common plantain or greater plantain, of Eurasia.


Phyllanthus emblica

A taxonomic species within the family Phyllanthaceae – Indian gooseberry.


Ceiba pentandra

A taxonomic species within the family Malvaceae – kapok tree, silk-cotton tree, native from Mexico to northern South America.


Manihot esculenta

A taxonomic species within the family Euphorbiaceae – cassava, manioc, yuca, native to South America.

Manihot+esculenta at The Plant List for subspecies and varieties


Teredinidae

A taxonomic family within the order Myida – shipworms.

Bankia

(family): Bankiinae, Kuphinae, Teredininae - subfamilies


Marantaceae

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


Anguimorpha

A taxonomic suborder within the order Squamata.

Shinisauridae

(order): Paleoanguimorpha, Neoanguimorpha - infraorders


Oenomaus

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


Tetilla

A taxonomic genus within the family Francoaceae – a monotypic genus containing Tetilla hydrocotylifolia, an herb from Chile known as the bridal wreath, possibly an invalid name to be replaced by Dimorphopetalum.

A taxonomic genus within the family Tetillidae – certain golf ball sponges.


Tupanvirus

Tupan + -virus. The first element is from Guaraní Tupã (“Guaraní God of Thunder”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Mimiviridae.


Bacillariae

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Ochrophyta – Synonym of Bacillariophyta; certain diatoms.


Securigera

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – crownvetches.

Coronilla

genus from which Securigera was segregated


Bacillaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Bacillales.


Neobalanoformes

A taxonomic infraorder within the order Balanomorpha – certain acorn barnacles.


Balanoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Balanomorpha – certain acorn barnacles.


Mormo

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain moths.


Bartonellaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Rhizobiales – certain pathogenic bacteria.


Sapyga

A taxonomic genus within the family Sapygidae – certain wasps.


Beggiatoaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Beggiatoales – giant sulfur bacteria, large sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, often included in Thiotrichaceae (Thiotrichales).


Laniakea

From English Laniakea, from Hawaiian lani+ākea.

(astronomy) Laniakea: A galaxy supercluster in local Universe; The supercluster containing the Earth.


Uinta

A taxonomic genus within the family Pyralidae – only the single species of moth Uinta oreadella of Colorado in the United States.


Stephania

From Ancient Greek στεφανιον (stephanion, “diminutive of στέφανος (stéphanos, “crown, wreath”)”).

der

diminutive of <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">στέφανος</i> (stéphanos, “crown, wreath”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Menispermaceae.


Paliurus spina-christi

A taxonomic species within the family Rhamnaceae – Jerusalem thorn.


Khaya senegalensis

A taxonomic species within the family Meliaceae – African mahogany, used both for its wood and, traditionally, for the medicinal properties of its bark.


Microdesmidae

A taxonomic family within the order Gobiiformes.

A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes.


Ajellomycetaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Onygenales – certain fungi.


Blastocladiaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Blastocladiales – certain fungi.


Blastocladiella

A taxonomic genus within the family Blastocladiaceae – certain fungi.


Blastomyces

A taxonomic genus within the family Ajellomycetaceae – fungi that cause blastomycosis.


Lumbricus terrestris

A taxonomic species within the family Lumbricidae – the common earthworm, originally of Europe.


Sedentaria

A taxonomic subclass within the class Polychaeta – certain polychaete worms.


Percopsiformes

A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei – trout-perches and close relatives.

†Libotoniidae

(order): Percopsoidei, Aphredoderoidei - suborders


Lepisosteidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepisosteiformes – gars.


Reseda luteola

A taxonomic species within the family Resedaceae – dyer's rocket.


Siboglinidae

A taxonomic family within the order Sabellida – certain segmented worms; beardworms.


Engraulis encrasicolus

From Ancient Greek ἔγγραυλις (éngraulis) and ἐγκρᾱσῐ́χολος (enkrāsíkholos).

A taxonomic species within the family Engraulidae – European anchovy.


Santalum album

A taxonomic species within the family Santalaceae – Indian sandalwood.


Reseda odorata

A taxonomic species within the family Resedaceae – common mignonette.


Saprolegniidae

A taxonomic subclass within the class Oomycetes.


Ureaplasma urealyticum

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urinary tract infection

A taxonomic species within the family Mycoplasmataceae – a bacteria that can cause a urinary tract infection.


Hibiscus tiliaceus

Talipariti tiliaceum
Talipariti tiliaceum#Translingual

A taxonomic species within the family Malvaceae – Talipariti tiliaceum.


Tiliaceae

(dated) A taxonomic family within the order Malvales – linden family, now subfamily Tilioideae in family Malvaceae.


Bombacaceae

(dated) A taxonomic family within the order Malvales – genera now principally in subfamily Bombacoideae of family Malvaceae.


Pediculus humanus capitis

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Pediculidae – head louse.


Rhodocrinus

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“rose”) + Ancient Greek [Term?] (“lily”)

(possibly obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the order Encrinida – Paleozoic encrinites, fossil crinoids.


Caulimovirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Caulimoviridae – certain plant viruses.

Riboviria

(genus): Virus - kingdom; Group VII (dsDNA-RT) - group; Ortervirales - order; Caulimoviridae - family


Plataea

A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae.


Malinae

A taxonomic subtribe within the family Rosaceae – many well-known fruit trees, such as the apple, pear, quince, medlar, loquat, hawthorn, and their close relatives.


This

Ancient Greek θίς (thís, “seashore”). The entomologist MacAlpine, who described this fly, had a poster on his office door with an illustration of the fly and a quote below "Look at This!"

A taxonomic genus within the family Coelopidae – certain kelp flies.


Fulvia

A taxonomic genus within the family Cardiidae – certain cockles of Australia.


Erina

A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae – synonym of Candalides, butterflies of Australasia.


Bellerophon

From Ancient Greek Βελλεροφῶν, Βελλεροφόντης (Bellerophôn, Bellerophóntēs, “Bellerophon, a hero of Greek mythology”).

Βελλεροφῶν, Βελλεροφόντης

A taxonomic genus within the family Bellerophontidae – certain extinct molluscs.

For the numerous species see Bellerophon at Paleobiology Database


Spinoza

A taxonomic genus within the family Cleridae – certain checkered beetles.


Risa

A taxonomic genus within the family Ephydridae – certain shore flies or brine flies.


Rosetta

A taxonomic genus within the class Acantharea – certain chromists.


Polybius

From Ancient Greek Πολύβιος (Polúbios, “Many lives”).

Certain swimming crabs of the Atlantic and western Mediterranean:

A taxonomic genus within the family Polybiidae.

A taxonomic genus within the family Portunidae.


Gorgon

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – blue wildebeests, now Connochaetes taurinus.


Actaeon

A taxonomic genus within the family Ellobiidae – a synonym of Microtralia, the salt marsh snails.


Rhynchophorus

rhyncho- + -phorus, from Ancient Greek ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “bill, snout”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae.


Tremex

A taxonomic genus within the family Siricidae – certain woodwasps.


Vitrina

af

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Vitrinidae – typical glass snails.


Tragulina

A taxonomic infraorder within the order Artiodactyla – mouse deer being the sole extant members.


Schlumbergera

A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – crab cactuses, including the Christmas cactus or holiday cactus.

Schlumbergera gaertneri

(genus): Schlumbergera subg. Epiphyllanthus, Schlumbergera subg. Pseudozygocactus, Schlumbergera subg. Rhipsalidopsis, Schlumbergera subg. Schlumbergera - subgenera


Cytophagaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Cytophagales.


Badumna

A taxonomic genus within the family Desidae – spiders native to Australasia.


Rastrelliger

A taxonomic genus within the family Scombridae – certain mackerels.


Cytophagia

A taxonomic class within the phylum Bacteroidetes.


Cytophagales

A taxonomic order within the class Cytophagia – certain gliding bacteria.


Campylospermum

A taxonomic genus within the family Ochnaceae.

For species see Campylospermum at The Plant List


Pectinida

A taxonomic order within the class Bivalvia – scallops and close relatives.

Anomiidae

(order): Anomioidea, Dimyoidea, Pectinoidea, Plicatuloidea - extant superfamilies


Diphyllidea

A taxonomic order within the class Cestoda – tapeworms of elasmobranch fishes (sharks, rays, skates).


Neodermata

From Neoderma (Nominative singular neuter) - a Latinized Greek compound word (modern neologism) literally meaning "new skin" (νέον+δέρμα). In Latin it belongs to the 3rd declension consonant-stem class of nouns (stem ending with -t). Neodermata is Nominative plural.

(archaic) A taxonomic subclass within the class Neoophora – parasitic flatworms.


Anabantiformes

A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei – certain freshwater fish of Asia and Africa.

Anabantidae

(order): Anabantoidei, Channoidei, Nandoidei - suborders


Tubificida

A taxonomic order within the class Clitellata – certain annelid worms.


Daphnandra

A taxonomic genus within the family Atherospermataceae – socketwoods and close relatives, endemic to Australia.


Vespertilio

A taxonomic genus within the family Vespertilionidae – typical bats.


Tapiridae

A taxonomic family within the order Perissodactyla – tapirs and close extinct relatives.


Megascolecidae

A taxonomic family within the order Tubificida – certain earthworms.


Labriformes

A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei – wrasses and close relatives.


Gobiiformes

A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei – small, mainly marine, mainly benthic or sand-burrowing fish.


Bazinga

Identified in 2013 by Lisa-Ann Gershwin and Peter Davie, who based the name on bazinga, a catchphrase from the sitcom The Big Bang Theory used to indicate a trick or prank, because they presume the species Bazinga rieki had been mistaken for juveniles of other species. Bazinga is also the name of a seven-stringed harp that Gershwin and Davie suggest resembles the radial canals of the jellyfish.

A taxonomic genus within the family Bazingidae – a small jellyfish native to Australia.


Bazinga rieki

Identified in 2013 by Lisa-Ann Gershwin and Peter Davie. Genus name is from bazinga, a type of harp as well as an interjection indicating a trick or prank, because they presume it had been mistaken for juveniles of other species; see Bazinga. Species name acknowledges Denis Riek, who photographed specimens.

A taxonomic species within the family Bazingidae – a small jellyfish native to Australia.


Bazingidae

Bazinga rieki
Bazinga rieki#Translingual

A taxonomic family within the order Rhizostomeae – a single species of jellyfish Bazinga rieki.


Pterygotus

A taxonomic genus within the family Pterygotidae – an extinct large marine arthropod.


Lawsonia inermis

A taxonomic species within the family Lythraceae – henna tree, the leaves of which are the source of the dye henna.


Pediculus humanus

A taxonomic species within the family Pediculidae – human lice.


Microleon

A taxonomic genus within the family Limacodidae – certain moths.


Zygocactus

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – now Schlumbergera.


Cananga

A taxonomic genus within the family Annonaceae – certain trees.


Dipsas

From Ancient Greek διψάς (dipsás), from δίψα (dípsa, “thirst”), since its bite was believed to cause intense thirst.

A taxonomic genus within the family Dipsadidae – certain non-venomous New World snakes, called snail-eaters.


Iris cedreti

A taxonomic species within the family Iridaceae – an iris associated with the cedars of Lebanon.


Iris cedretii

misconstruction of cedretii as genitive of *cedretium (properly cedretum)


Lecanora tartarea

A taxonomic species within the family Ochrolechiaceae – Ochrolechia tartarea, cudbear, cudweed.


Polyzoa

From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) + ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).


Lophophorata

From Ancient Greek λόφος (lóphos, “crest”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”) + -ata.

A taxonomic clade within the superphylum Spiralia – the lophophorates.


Lacon

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Λάκων (Lákōn, “Laconian, inhabitant of Laconia”).

der

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


Rhizotrogus

From Ancient Greek ῥίζα (rhíza, “root”) + τρώγω (trṓgō, “to gnaw”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Scarabaeidae – scarab beetles and June beetles.


Mimusops elengi

A taxonomic species within the family Sapotaceae – a tropical fruit tree called Spanish cherry, medlar, and bulletwood.


Stellaria media

A taxonomic species within the family Caryophyllaceae – common chickweed, little mouse-ear chickweed.


Combretum indicum

A taxonomic species within the family Combretaceae – Rangoon creeper or Chinese honeysuckle.


Kubrick Mons

Kubrick Mons. Named in honour of film director Stanley Kubrick, who directed the iconic epic 2001: A Space Odyssey.

(astronomy, geology, Charon) A mountain on Charon, the moon or binary companion of the dwarf planet Pluto.

2001: A Space Odyssey
en:Stanley Kubrick


Clarke Montes

Clarke Montes. Named in honour of scientist and author Sir Arthur C. Clarke.


Mandjet Chasma

Mandjet + chasma, from Egyptian mꜥnḏt (“the boat of the Sun that carries the Sun God, Ra (Re), across the sky each day”).

(astronomy, geology, Charon) A canyon on Charon, the moon or binary companion of the dwarf planet Pluto.


Argo Chasma

Argo Chasma. Named after the mythological Greek ship Argo, from the tale of Jason and the Argonauts.


Caleuche Chasma

Caleuche Chasma. Named after the legendary ghost ship Caleuche of Chiloé Island.


Butler Mons

Butler Mons. Named in honour of science fiction author Octavia E. Butler.


Syzygium samarangense

A taxonomic species within the family Myrtaceae – wax apple or Javan rose apple.


Tectona grandis

A taxonomic species within the family Lamiaceae – teak.


Liberalia Mons

Liberalia + mons. Named in after Liberalia, the Ancient Roman festival honouring the vine deities Liber and Libera.

(geology, astronomy) A mountain on Ceres, a dwarf planet found in the Main Asteroid Belt.

en:Liber
en:Libera (mythology)
en:Liberalia


Ysolo

(geography, geology, astronomy, obsolete) Ellipsis of Ysolo Mons. Former name of Yamor Mons.


Ahuna Mons

Ahuna + mons. Named in after Ahuna, the harvest festival of the Sumi tribe from northeast India.

(geology, astronomy) A mountain on Ceres, a dwarf planet found in the Main Asteroid Belt. It is the tallest mountain on Ceres.


Yamor Mons

Yamor + mons. Named in after Yamor, the Ecuadorian maize festival.

(geology, planetology) A mountain on Ceres, a dwarf planet found in the Main Asteroid Belt.


Ysolo Mons

Ysolo + mons. Erroneously named after an internet hoax (a fake Albanian eggplant festival) which fooled the astronomers looking for names of festivals, following the naming directive to name features on Ceres after world festivals.

(geology, astronomy, obsolete) Former name of Yamor Mons. (2015-2017), a mountain on Ceres, a dwarf planet found in the Main Asteroid Belt.


Nix Olympica

Coined by Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli in 1879, who first observed the surface feature, from Latin nix (“snow”) and olympicus (“Olympic”), meaning “Olympic Snow, Snow of Olympus”, from the feature appearing whitish against the generally reddish planet.

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Der größte Krater war der Nix Olympica: viermal so hoch wie der Kilimandscharo, hatte er einen Durchmesser von achthundert Kilometern.

1978, “Erbe des Tba”, in Perry Rhodan, number 881 (quotation in German; overall work in German):

Der Riesenvulkan Nix Olympica auf Mars wurde erst von Mariner 9 als solcher erkannt. […] Das auf dem Ausschnitt gekennzeichnete Telebild zeigt einen Teil des sehr rauhen Abhangs von Nix Olympica, hier ist ein Gebiet von 43 × 55 km erfaßt.

1984, Wolfgang Engelhardt, Planeten Monde Ringsysteme: Kamerasonden erforschen unser Sonnensystem (quotation in German; overall work in German), page 129:

[…] Nix Olympica had been known to Earth-bound astronomers since Schiaparelli in 1879. […] The improved coverage of Nix Olympica by Mariner 7 showed a concentric ring-like surface structure. By the time Mariner 9 approached Mars, Nix Olympica had already been reinterpreted as a gigantic impact crater […]

2004, Jeffrey S. Kargel, Mars - A Warmer, Wetter Planet (quotation in English; overall work in English), page 48:

(planetology, astronomy, historical) Former name of Olympus Mons. (19th c. — 20th c.) (an albedo feature on the planet Mars, now known to be the tallest mountain, but without a snowcap)


Euplexoptera

(obsolete) The taxonomic order containing earwigs (now Dermaptera).


Rhipidoglossa

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“fan”) + [Term?] (“tongue”)

(obsolete) A taxonomic division within the class Gastropoda – prosobranchiate gasteropods, some now in subclasses Neritimorpha and Vetigastropoda.


Harpalus

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


Trimera

(obsolete) A taxonomic division within the order Coleoptera – beetles with three-jointed tarsi.

(obsolete) A taxonomic section within the family Chalcididae – in subfamily Trichogramminae.


Todarodes

A taxonomic genus within the family Ommastrephidae – certain flying squid.


Teuthis

From Ancient Greek τευθίς (teuthís, “small squid”), from Pre-Greek.

bor

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Loliginidae – Loligo, certain squid.

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Siganidae – now genus Siganus.

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthuridae – Acanthurus.


Canarium

A taxonomic genus within the family Burseraceae – various nut-bearing trees of Old World tropics and subtropics.

A taxonomic genus within the family Strombidae – certain true conchs.


Myopsida

Alternative form of Myopsina, a suborder including many squid


Sepioteuthis

A taxonomic genus within the family Loliginidae – reef squid or oval squid.


Sepioteuthis sepioidea

A taxonomic species within the family Loliginidae – Caribbean reef squid.


Loliginidae

A taxonomic family within the order Teuthida – pencil squids.


Dudleya

After William Russel Dudley, a founder of California botany, + -a

A taxonomic genus within the family Crassulaceae – succulent plants of the arid American West, some called liveforevers.

Dudleya lanceolata

(genus): Dudleya subg. Dudleya, Dudleya subg. Hasseanthus, Dudleya subg. Stylophyllum – subgenera


Sepioteuthis lessoniana

A taxonomic species within the family Loliginidae – oval squid or bigfin reef squid.


Cydnus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῡδνός m (kūdnós, “glorious, honored”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cydnidae – certain burrowing bugs.


Demodecidae

From Demodex + -idae (taxonomic suffix).

A taxonomic family within the order Trombidiformes – very small parasitic mites, follicle mites.


Helicidae

A taxonomic family within the order Stylommatophora – typical snails.


Rhizota

(obsolete) A taxonomic order within the phylum Rotifera..


Caryophyllineae

A taxonomic suborder within the order Caryophyllales – very many herbs and shrubs including the pinks, carnations and campions.

Macarthuria

(suborder): Microteaceae, (Caryophyllaceae, Amaranthaceae, Achatocarpaceae), Limeaceae, Stegnospermataceae, (Lophiocarpaceae, Aizoaceae, Barbeuiaceae, (Phytolaccaceae, Sarcobataceae, Petiveriaceae, Nyctaginaceae, Gisekiaceae)), (Molluginaceae, Montiaceae, Halophytaceae, Didiereaceae, Basellaceae), (Portulaceae, Cactaceae, Talinaceae, Anacampserotaceae) – families


Pelias

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Viperidae – Vipera (Pelias), formerly a genus.


Atascosa

A taxonomic genus within the family Pyralidae – certain snout moths.


Wintera

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Winteraceae – now perhaps Drimys, except for Wintera axillaris, now a synonym of Pseudowintera axillaris.


Handroanthus

A taxonomic genus within the family Bignoniaceae – ipe, of Latin America, formerly included in Tabebuia.


Asteliaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Asparagales.


Rubecula

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Turdidae – now Erithacus in Muscicapidae, including the European robin, formerly including species now in Larvivora (Muscicapidae).


Vellozia

Named after Vellozo, a Brazilian botanist.

A taxonomic genus within the family Velloziaceae – plants of South America, especially Brazil.


Natalidae

A taxonomic family within the order Chiroptera – the funnel-eared bats.


Tinuviel

Named by Leigh Van Valen from Sindarin tinúviel (“nightingale”), an epithet of the character Lúthien in Tolkien's legendarium.

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


Earendil

Named by Leigh Van Valen after the character Eärendil in Tolkien's legendarium, which is in turn from Quenya eärë (“sea”) + -ndil (“lover”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Periptychidae – an extinct condylarth mammal from the Paleocene, synonymized with Mimatuta.


Ankalagon

From Ancalagon the Black, a dragon in Tolkien's legendarium, formed from Sindarin anc (“jaw”) + alag (“impetuous”). The respelling was necessary due to the prior assignment of the genus Ancalagon to a priapulid worm.

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


Thangorodrim

Named by Leigh Van Valen after the fortress Thangorodrim in Tolkien's legendarium, which is in turn from Sindarin thang (“oppression”) + orodrim (“mountain chain”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Arctocyonidae – an extinct condylarth mammal from the Paleocene, synonymized with Oxyclaenus.


Fimbrethil

Named by Leigh Van Valen after the character Fimbrethil in Tolkien's legendarium, which is in turn from Sindarin fim (“slender”) + brethil (“beech”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Periptychidae – an extinct condylarth mammal from the Paleocene, synonymized with Oxyacodon.


Mimatuta

Named by Leigh Van Valen by blending the following elements: Sindarin mîr (“jewel”), Matuta (a Roman goddess), a claimed Latin word *mius ("imitator"), Latin tuta (“safe”), and Mîm (a dwarf in the Silmarillion).

Leigh Van Valen
Mater Matuta
Middle-earth dwarf characters#Mîm
Silmarillion


Mithrandir

Named by Leigh Van Valen, originally as a subgenus, after the Elvish name of the character Gandalf in Tolkien's legendarium, which is in turn from Sindarin mith (“grey”) + randir (“pilgrim”).


Bomburia

Named after Old Norse Bombur, a dwarf in Norse mythology.

A taxonomic genus within the family Pteromalidae – a parasitoid wasp.


Bomburia

Leigh Van Valen
Middle-earth dwarf characters#Bombur

Named by Leigh Van Valen after the character Bombur in Tolkien's legendarium, named in turn after the dwarf in Norse mythology. The genus was renamed due to the wasp having been named first.


Pithecellobium

Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos, “monkey, ape”) + ἐλλόβιον (ellóbion, “earrings”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – blackbeads.


Pithecellobium dulce

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – the camachile plant.


Indigofera hirsuta

A taxonomic species within the family Leguminosae – hairy indigo.


Citrus microcarpa

Latin Citrus (“citrus”) + microcarpus (“small fruit”).

A taxonomic species within the family Rutaceae – now most commonly Citrus × microcarpa; calamondins, calamansi, etc.


Muntingia calabura

A taxonomic species within the family Muntingiaceae – calabur tree.


Pterocarpus indicus

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – Burmese rosewood, found from southeastern Asia to northern Australia, the Solomon Islands, and the Ryukyu Islands.


Acanthuriformes

A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei – surgeonfishes, ponyfishes.


Lithistida

A taxonomic order within the class Demospongiae – certain demosponges.


Carangiformes

A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei.


Spariformes

→ Chinese: 鯛形／鲷形 (diāoxíng) (calque)

A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei – porgies and their close relatives.


Oannes

A taxonomic genus within the family Coreidae – certain insects.


Littorinimorpha

A taxonomic order within the class Gastropoda – a wide variety of snails.

Amnicolidae

(order): Calyptraeoidea, Capuloidea, Cingulopsoidea, Cypraeoidea, Ficoidea, Laubierinoidea, Littorinoidea, Naticoidea, Pterotracheoidea, Rissooidea, Stromboidea, Tonnoidea, Vanikoroidea, Velutinoidea, Vermetoidea, Xenophoroidea - superfamilies


Holophagales

A taxonomic order within the class Holophagae.


Porellales

A taxonomic order within the class Jungermanniopsida – many liverworts.

Frullaniaceae

(order): Jubulineae, Porellineae, Radulineae - suborders


Dilleniales

core eudicots
core eudicots#Translingual

A taxonomic order within the clade core eudicots – tropical shrubs.


Lepisosteiformes

A taxonomic order within the class Holostei – garfishes or garpikes, of eastern North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.


Dictyoceratida

A taxonomic order within the class Demospongiae – some of the horny sponges.


Halichondrida

A taxonomic order within the class Demospongiae – a likely polyphyletic grouping of sponges.


Podalia

A taxonomic genus within the family Megalopygidae – certain moths.


Psammomys

From Ancient Greek ψάμμος (psámmos, “sand”) + μῦς (mûs, “mouse, rat”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Muridae – sand rats.


Illawarra

A taxonomic genus within the family Atracidae – a single species of Australian funnel-web spiders.


Tanna

A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadidae – cicadas of Asia.

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Salticidae – certain jumping spiders, renamed in 2006 to Araneotanna.


Eumenes

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Eumeninae – certain wasps.


Zamioculcas

A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae – the emerald palm, Zamioculcas zamiifolia.


Catostomus rimiculus

Klamath smallscale sucker
Klamath smallscale sucker

A taxonomic species within the family Catostomidae – Klamath smallscale sucker or Jenny creek sucker.


Bubo philippensis

A taxonomic species within the family Strigidae – the Philippine eagle owl.


Trichoplax adhaerens

A taxonomic species within the family Trichoplacidae – considered the simplest species in Animalia, so distinct from other animals as to require its own phylum, Placozoa.


Margaritaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Phyllanthaceae – tropical plants that have distinctive iridescent seeds.


Solanum virginianum

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A taxonomic species within the family Solanaceae – yellow-fruit nightshade.

Surattense nightshade

(species): Solanum mairei, Solanum xanthocarpum


Scaridae

A taxonomic family within the order Labriformes – parrotfishes.

Bolbometopon

(family): Scarinae, Sparisomatinae – subfamilies


Tatera

(sensu stricto) A taxonomic genus within the family Muridae – Indian gerbil.

(sensu lato) A taxonomic genus within the family Muridae – African and Asian gerbils, all but T. indica now in Gerbilliscus.


Iassus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadellidae – certain leafhoppers.


Gerbillinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Muridae – gerbils, sand rats, and jirds.


Gasosaurus

A taxonomic genus within the order Saurischia – a carnivorous theropod.


Ursinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Ursidae – sole extant subfamily of Ursidae, consisting solely of genus Ursus (bears).


Crabro

A taxonomic genus within the family Crabronidae – certain wasps.


Myzontes

(obsolete) A class of vertebrates with an incomplete cartilaginous skull, no lower jaw, and pouch-like gills, including the lampreys and hagfishes.


Cyclopidae

A taxonomic family within the order Cyclopoida.

(family): Cyclopinae, Eucyclopinae, Euryteinae, Halicyclopinae - subfamilies

For genera see Cyclopidae at World Register of Marine Species


Pentzia

Named after Swedish plant collector Hendrik Christian Pentz (1738–1803).

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – native to Africa, related to chamomille.


Monopnoa

(taxonomy, obsolete) A class of reptiles that breathe in one way only, that is, with lungs, not gills.


Anomalocaris

→ Chinese: 奇蝦／奇虾 (qíxiā) (calque)

From Ancient Greek ἀνώμᾰλος (anṓmalos, “unusual, anomalous”) + καρίς (karís, “shrimp”), in reference to the mouthparts, which were originally discovered disarticulated and misidentified as relatives of shrimp.

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Anomalocarididae – large Cambrian predators.


Haemaphysalis longicornis

A taxonomic species within the family Ixodidae – a tick, native to the Old World, a disease vector among many mammals.


Ceresium

Borrowed from Late Latin ceresium (“cherry (fruit)”).

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


Detarioideae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Fabaceae – tamarind and related plants, now often tribe Detarieae.


Peltogyne

A taxonomic genus within the order Fabaceae – purpleheart, amendoim or amaranth.


Hoplomys

Ancient Greek ὅπλον (hóplon, “armor”) + Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “rat”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Echimyidae – the armored rat.


Anomaluridae

A taxonomic family within the order Rodentia – anomalures or scaly-tailed squirrels.

Anomalurus

(family): Anomalurinae, Zenkerellinae - families

Ididurus

genus; long-eared scaly-tailed flying squirrel


Macroscelididae

A taxonomic family within the order Macroscelidea – the elephant shrews.

Elephantulus

(family): Macroscelidinae, Rhynchocyoninae - subfamilies


Anthoathecata

A taxonomic order within the class Hydrozoa – a variety of hydrozoans, including medusas that capture their prey, fire corals and hydras.

Acaulidae

(order): Aplanulata, Capitata, Filifera - suborders


Meles meles

A taxonomic species within the family Mustelidae – European badger.


Cuon alpinus

A taxonomic species within the family Canidae – dhole, a dog-like carnivore of alpine and cool regions of Asia.


Caligula

A taxonomic genus within the family Saturniidae – moths of east Asia.


Hemidactylus frenatus

A taxonomic species within the family Gekkonidae – common house gecko, principally of south and southeast Asia.


Seisura

New Latin from the 19th century, from Ancient Greek σείειν (seíein, “to shake”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”). See Seisura inquieta (Myiagra inquieta) (water wagtail or restless flycatcher).

(obsolete) A former genus of Australian flycatchers, now in the genus Myiagra.


Scapharca

Latin scapha (“a skiff”) + Arca (“type genus of Arcidae (ark clams)”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Arcidae – certain ark clams, now Anadara.


Arcidae

A taxonomic family within the order Arcida – ark clams or ark shells.


Arcida

A taxonomic order within the class Bivalvia.

Arcidae

(order): Arcoidea, †Glyptarcoidea, Limopsoidea - superfamilies


Atreus

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Buthidae – Tityrus (Atreus), certain scorpions.


Gorgonia

A taxonomic genus within the family Gorgoniidae – certain soft corals.


Attenborites

Attenborough + -ites. Named in honour of British naturalist Sir David Attenborough.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Attenborites.

A taxonomic genus within the kingdom Animalia – extinct Ediacaran ovoid raisin-shaped animals.


Dickinsonia

English: dickinsoniamorph

Dickinson + -ia. From being named in honour of Australian government official of South Australia, Ben Dickinson.

A genus of uncertain taxonomic placement, extinct oval quilt-like Ediacaran animals.


Obamus

Obama + -us. From being named in honor of U.S. President Barack Obama.

TB-ARB contains eight specimens of the rare, newly named Obamus coronatus.

2018 May 23, S. D. Evans et al., “You can get anything you want from Alice's Restaurant Bed: exceptional preservation and an unusual fossil assemblage from a newly excavated bed (Ediacara Member, Nilpena, South Australia)”, in Australian Journal of Earth Sciences (in English), →DOI:

A genus of uncertain taxonomic position, of Ediacaran ring-shaped animals, known only from fossils.


Meles

A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – badgers.


Salda

A taxonomic genus within the family Saldidae – typical shore bugs.


Viburnum lantana

A taxonomic species within the family Adoxaceae – wayfaring-tree or hoarwithy.


Annona muricata

A taxonomic species within the family Annonaceae – custard apple.


Arachis hypogaea

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – peanut, a groundnut.

and forms see Arachis hypogaea at Tropicos


Lagerstroemia indica

A taxonomic species within the family Lythraceae – crape myrtle.


Scelio

New Latin, from Latin scelion-, scelio (“scoundrel”), from scelus (“crime”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Scelionidae – parasitic wasps.


Spilotes

A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – two species of nonvenomous New World snakes.


Telerpeton

From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “far”) + ἑρπετόν (herpetón, “serpent, creeping animal, reptile”).

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Procolophonidae – now Leptopleuron.


Semotilus

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“mark”) + Ancient Greek [Term?] (“feather”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyprinidae – the creek chubs.


Villarsia

Named after the French botanist Dominique Villars (1745-1814).

A taxonomic genus within the family Menyanthaceae – aquatic plants, principally found in Australia and South Africa.


Zelkova serrata

A taxonomic species within the family Ulmaceae – Japanese zelkova.


Agkistrodon contortrix

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A taxonomic species within the family Viperidae – the copperhead of North America.


Vipera berus

common European adder
common European adder

A taxonomic species within the family Viperidae – common European adder.


Schizonemertea

(obsolete) A taxonomic division within the phylum Nemertea – certain marine worms having the head fissured.


Rhynchites

Ancient Greek ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”) + -ites

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Attelabidae – certain weevils.


Sparganium

From Ancient Greek σπαργάνιον (spargánion, “bur-reed”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Typhaceae – the bur-reeds.


Gratiola

A taxonomic genus within the family Plantaginaceae – the hedgehyssops.

Gratiola officinalis

common hedgehyssop, gratiole, herb of grace


Trachinidae

A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes – the weevers, principally of the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.


Trypeta

From Ancient Greek τρῡπητής (trūpētḗs, “a borer”), from τρῡπάω (trūpáō, “to bore, to pierce”).

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


Lepismatidae

A taxonomic family within the order Zygentoma – primitive wingless insects, principally the silverfishes.


Rhapidophyllum

From Ancient Greek ῥαφίς (rhaphís, “needle”) and Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – needle palm.


Gorgonops

A taxonomic genus within the family Gorgonopsidae – extinct therapsids, thought to be saber-toothed.


Cichliformes

A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei – the cichlids.


Reduvius

Borrowed from Latin reduvia (“a remainder, remnant, fragment”), describing the habit of the nymph of the type species Reduvius personatus camouflaging itself with small pieces of debris.

bor

A taxonomic genus within the family Reduviidae – typical assassin bugs.


Iolaus

A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae – certain butterflies, African sapphires.


Spermacoceae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Rubiaceae – more than 1,200 species in about 60 genera of tropical and subtropical flowering plants.


Hedyotis

From Ancient Greek ἡδύς (hēdús, “sweet”) + οὖς (oûs, “ear”), stem ωτ- (ōt-), + -ις (-is, feminine suffix).

A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – starviolets.

including species now placed in other genera see Hedyotis at The Plant List


Panagrolaimida

A taxonomic order within the class Chromadorea – certain nematodes.


Apina

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – the pasture day moth.


Pottiales

A taxonomic order within the class Bryopsida – certain mosses.


Thecacera

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


Pediculus

From Latin pedīculus (“louse”), diminutive of pedis (“louse”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Pediculidae – certain sucking lice.


Scindapsus

From Ancient Greek σκινδαψός (skindapsós), from the name of an Indian musical instrument used in taming wild elephants.

A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae – found from southeast Asia to Queensland and islands of the western Pacific.


Raphia

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain moths.

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – raffia palms.


Mormoops

Ancient Greek Μορμώ (Mormṓ, “a hideous she-monster, a bugbear”) + -ops

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Mormoopidae – ghost-faced bats.


Scolecophagus

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“worm”) + [Term?] (“eat”)

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Icteridae – birds including the maggot-eater or Brewer's blackbird and the rusty grackle or rusty blackbird, now genus Euphagus..


Scalaria

(obsolete) A former genus of ladder-shells or wentletraps.


Pyrola

Diminutive form of Latin pirus (“pear tree”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – native to northern temperate and Arctic regions, among genera called wintergreens.


Lygodium

From Ancient Greek λύγος (lúgos, “willow-like tree”) + Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos, “appearance”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Lygodiaceae – climbing ferns.


Saltatoria

(obsolete) A former division of orthopterous insects including grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets; now Orthoptera.


Rhabdostyla

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“rod”) + [Term?] (“pillar”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Epistylididae – peritrichous ciliate infusorians.

For species see Rhabdostyla at World Register of Marine Species


Abrictosaurus

From Ancient Greek ἄβρικτος (ábriktos, “wakeful”) + -saurus, named by James Hopson in 1975 in opposition to a hypothesis that heterodontosaurids aestivated.

A taxonomic genus within the family †Heterodontosauridae – an ornithischian dinosaur from the Jurassic of South Africa and Lesotho.


Achelousaurus

From Ancient Greek Ἀχελῷος (Akhelôios, “Achelous, a Greek shapeshifting deity”) + -saurus, named by Scott Sampson in 1994 in reference to its transitional combination of nasal boss and frill horns, reminiscent of a myth where Achelous transformed into a bull and had his horn broken off by Hercules.

A taxonomic genus within the family Ceratopsidae – a ceratopsian dinosaur from the Cretaceous of North America.


Acristavus

From a- (“not”) + Latin crista (“crest”) + avus (“grandfather”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Hadrosauridae – a saurolophine dinosaur from the Cretaceous of the United States.


Megalosaurus

From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “large”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”), coined by William Conybeare as a translation of his original 1821 English name for it, "Huge Lizard". The genus name was formally announced in 1824 by William Buckland. Although it predated (and in large part inspired) the use of the suffix -saurus for dinosaur genera, it can be analysed as megalo- + -saurus.

A taxonomic genus within the family Megalosauridae – a theropod dinosaur from the Jurassic of England.

William Buckland
William Conybeare (geologist)
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Achillobator

From Latin Achilles (from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús)) + Mongolian баатар (baatar, “hero”), named by Altangerel Perle in 1999 in reference to the Achilles tendon, which powered its sickle-shaped claws.

A taxonomic genus within the family Dromaeosauridae – a theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Mongolia.


Acanthopholis

From Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”) + φολίς (pholís, “scale”), named by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1867 in reference to its armor.

A taxonomic genus within the family Nodosauridae – an ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Cretaceous of England.


Abydosaurus

From Abydos, Egypt and + -saurus, named in reference to how only the head and neck were found, analogous to a myth about the Egyptian god Osiris, whose head and neck were buried at Abydos.

A taxonomic genus within the clade Saurischia – a macronarian dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Utah.


Achillesaurus

From Latin Achilles (from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús)) + -saurus, named by Agustín Martinelli and Ezequiel Vera in 2007 in reference to the Achilles heel, because the diagnostic features were found on the heel.

A taxonomic genus within the family Alvarezsauridae – a theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Argentina.


Rajasaurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Abelisauridae.


Globigerina

A taxonomic genus within the family Globigerinidae – plankton that have apparently been in existence since the mid-Jurassic, used to infer paleoclimatic conditions.

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


Scytalina

A taxonomic genus within the family Scytalinidae – the graveldiver.


Pterichthys

A taxonomic genus within the family Pterichthyodidae – antiarch placoderm fishes from the Devonian period.


Scarus

A taxonomic genus within the family Scaridae – certain parrotfishes.


Satureia

A taxonomic genus within the family Encyrtidae – certain parasitic chalcid wasps.

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – the savories, now Satureja.


Monodelphia

(archaic) A taxonomic subclass within the class Mammalia – the placental mammals.


Solaster

A taxonomic genus within the family Solasteridae.


Sarciophorus

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Charadriidae – spur-winged plovers, including the crested wattled lapwings, etc., now Vanellus species.

Sarciophorus tectus

now Vanellus tectus, black-headed lapwing or black-headed plover


Syllidae

A taxonomic family within the order Phyllodocida – certain marine polychaete worms.


Scyllidae

Scyllium ("former name of Scyliorhinus") + -idae

(obsolete) A taxonomic family within the order Carcharhiniformes – catsharks, now family Scyliorhinidae.


Saussurea

After Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure (taxonomist and entomologist) + -a

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – some called saw-worts.


Sepsis

A taxonomic genus within the family Sepsidae – ensign flies.


Scorpionida

(possibly obsolete) An order of Arachnida, containing the Scorpiones or true scorpions.


Sciara

A taxonomic genus within the family Sciaridae – certain fungus gnats, found in most of western Europe.


Trachinus

A taxonomic genus within the family Trachinidae – typical weevers.


Rhynchosia

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – the snoutbean.


Rhinae

Latin rhina (“a type of shark”), from Ancient Greek [Term?] (“a file”).


Silpha

Ancient Greek σίλφη (sílphē, “cockroach”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Staphylinidae – carrion beetles.


Saccata

(in italics) A taxonomic section within the family Orchidaceae – Stanhopea sect. Saccata, a group of orchids.


Tussilago

Latin tussis (“cough”) + ago (“to act on”), from its use in folk medicine.

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – coltsfoot.


Rhamphastidae

Alternative spelling of Ramphastidae ("toucans")


Crotalidae

(archaic) A taxonomic family within the order Ophidia – venomous snakes, certain pit vipers, including rattlesnakes, copperheads, etc., now subfamily Crotalinae in family Viperidae.


Scopelidae

(obsolete) A taxonomic family within the order Teleostei – certin deep-water teleostean fishes, the type genus now synonymised with genus Myctophum and most species in Scopelidae now in family Myctophidae (lanternfishes).


Carapa

Likely of native origin, possibly from Kari'na carapa, a plant of the cinnamon family found in the Antilles. Associated with crab by folk etymology.

A taxonomic genus within the family Meliaceae – tropical plants, sometimes called crabwoods.


Rosmarus

New Latin, Latinized from Old Norse rosmhvalr (“walrus”), from rosm (“red, red-brown”) + hvalr (“whale”). For the first element see Proto-Germanic *rustaz, though likely influenced by hross (“horse”); alternatively, from Finnish mursu.

(obsolete) A former genus containing the walruses (now in genus Odobenus).


Haemaphysalis

From Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) +
 φυσαλλίς (phusallís, “bladder”), from φυσιόω (phusióō, “to puff up, blow up”), φυσώ (phusṓ).

A taxonomic genus within the family Ixodidae – small eyeless ticks, some of which are disease carriers.


Scytosiphon

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


Rhinophylla

A taxonomic genus within the family Phyllostomidae – little fruit bats, fruit bats of South American.


Rhacochilus

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“rag”) + [Term?] (“lip”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Embiotocidae – surfperches.


Megalichthys

A taxonomic genus within the family †Megalichthyidae – certain extinct lobe-finned fishes.


Rhipsalis

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ῥίψ (rhíps, “wickerwork”) + Latin -alis (“-al”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – mistletoe cacti.


Sageretia

Named after the French botanist Augustin Sageret

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhamnaceae – mock buckthorns.


Sarcostemma

From Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) + στέμμα (stémma, “garland”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – climbing milkweeds.


Scorpiurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – plants call scorpion's tails.

A taxonomic genus within the family Dolichopodidae – certain flies native to New Zealand.


Schizodon

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“cleave”) + [Term?] (“tooth”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Anostomidae – certain headstanders of South America.


Sapium

A taxonomic genus within the family Euphorbiaceae – milktrees, of the tropical and subtropical Americas.


Retinospora

(obsolete) Retinispora, a former genus of coniferous trees, now in genus Chamaecyparis, some species included in Thuja and Platycladus.


Retinispora

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – synonymized with Chamaecyparis, all species now included in genera Chamaecyparis, Thuja, and Platycladus.


Trisetum

Latin tri- (“three”) + setum (“bristle”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – one of the genera of grasses called oatgrasses.


Scoliodon

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“oblique”) + [Term?] (“tooth”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Carcharhinidae – spadenose sharks of the tropical Indo-Pacific.


Eretmochelys imbricata

hawksbill sea turtle
hawksbill sea turtle

A taxonomic species within the family Cheloniidae – hawksbill sea turtle, of tropical and subtropical seas.


Rhizomys

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“root”) + [Term?] (“mouse”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Spalacidae – most bamboo rats.


Rhodothamnus

Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) + θάμνος (thámnos, “bush”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – certain small alpine shrubs of Europe.


Polianthes

Ancient Greek πολιός (poliós, “white”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”)

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – now included in Agave subg. Manfreda.

for others see Polianthes at The Plant List


Saproharpages

Ancient Greek σαπρός (saprós, “rotten, putrid”) + ἅρπαξ (hárpax, “robber, grappling iron, kind of wolf”)

(obsolete) A taxonomic group of Old World vultures.


Cursores

(obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Aves – a polyphyletic taxon including various ratites: namely, the ostrich, emu, rhea, cassowary, and kiwi.


Scaphirhynchus

From Ancient Greek σκᾰ́φη f (skáphē, “boat”) + Ancient Greek ῥῠ́γχος n (rhúnkhos, “snout”), literally “boat-snout”

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A taxonomic genus within the family Acipenseridae – certain sturgeons of North America.


Chlamys

From Ancient Greek χλᾰμῠ́ς (khlamús, “mantle”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Pectinidae – small scallops; many species formerly included in Chlamys are now in other genera in Pectinidae.

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Chrysomelidae – warty leaf beetles, now Neochlamisus.


Semnopithecinae

(obsolete) A taxonomic subfamily within the family Cercopithecidae – certain catarrhine monkeys, now Colobinae.


Nardus

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – matgrass (Nardus stricta).


Ichthyornis

From Ancient Greek ἰχθύς (ikhthús, “fish”) and ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”).

A taxonomic genus within the subclass Ornithurae – an extinct flying reptile.


Furcifer

A taxonomic genus within the family Chamaeleonidae.

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Cervidae – South American deer with furcate antlers, now Hippocamelus.


Schrankia

Former plant genus: named from the German naturalist F. von Paula Schrank (1747-1835).

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain moths.

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – certain American leguminous plants, including the sensitive briar.


Rhipidopterygia

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“fan”) + [Term?] (“wing”)

(obsolete) A superorder of teleostomous fishes.


Rhynchota

(obsolete) An order of true hexapod insects, now Hemiptera.


Scyphomedusae

A taxonomic class within the phylum Cnidaria – Scyphozoa, true jellyfish.


Saurognathae

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

(obsolete) A family of birds containing the woodpeckers and their allies.


Rhinocheilus

Ancient Greek ῥῑ́ς (rhī́s, “nose”) + Ancient Greek χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – long-nosed snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei), of the western United States.


Cetiosaurus

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“whale”) + [Term?] (“lizard”)

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Cetiosauridae – a large dinosaurian reptile belonging to the Jurassic system.


Rhyssodes

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“wrinkled”) + [Term?] (“form”)

Alternative form of Rhysodes; A taxonomic genus within the family Carabidae – certain wrinkled bark beetles.


Rhysodes

Ancient Greek ῥνσσός (rhnssós, “wrinkled”) + εἶδος (eîdos, “form”)

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Carabidae – certain wrinkled bark beetles.


Sarcocephalus

A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – African trees which bear edible fruit.


Schlegelia

Named after the German ornithologist Hermann Schlegel (1804-84).

Wilson's bird of paradise
Wilson's bird of paradise

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Paradisaeidae – Wilson's bird of paradise.

A taxonomic genus within the family Schlegeliaceae – plants of the New World tropics.


Scissurella

New Latin scissura (“a cleft”) + -ella (“diminutive”)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Scissurellidae – small slit snails.


Sphecius

A taxonomic genus within the family Crabronidae – cicada killer wasps.


Sorastrum

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“heap”) + [Term?] (“star”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Hydrodictyaceae – certain green algae, with cells of a radiating structure.


Rhinopoma

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“nose”) + [Term?] (“cover”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhinopomatidae – the mouse-tailed bats.


Sarcostigma

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“flesh”) + [Term?] (“point”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Icacinaceae.


Scardafella

A taxonomic genus within the family Columbidae – scaled doves, an American ground dove, now often included in genus Columbina.


Securipalpi

(obsolete) A group of beetles, principally consisting of the family Melandryidae, of false darkling beetles


Discophora

From Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disc”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – duffer butterflies of Asia.

A taxonomic genus within the family Stemonuraceae – trees of the New World tropics.


Discophora

(obsolete) A taxonomic class within the phylum Cnidaria – a taxon broadly equivalent to modern Scyphozoa.

(obsolete) A taxonomic subclass within the class Scyphozoa – a paraphyletic taxon of varying composition, but usually Semaeostomeae and Rhizostomae.


Synancia

Misspelling of Synanceia. A taxonomic genus within the family Synanceiidae – fishes with spines and poison-glands.


Solpuga

A taxonomic genus within the family Solpugidae – typical sun spiders.


Adiaphanida

A taxonomic infraclass within the class Neoophora.


Eulecithophora

A taxonomic subclass within the class Neoophora.


Monogenea

A taxonomic class within the phylum Platyhelminthes – ectoparasites of fish.


Irregularia

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


Samia

A taxonomic genus within the family Saturniidae.


Rosula

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the class Ophiuroidea – certain brittle stars.

Ophiocoma rosula

syn. Ophiothrix fragilis (common brittle star)


Roccus

New Latin, suggested by English rockfish.

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Serranidae – including rockfish or striped bass of the United States, now genus Morone.


Actinozoa

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“ray”) + [Term?] (“animals”)

(obsolete) The class of animals whose organs are disposed radially about a centre, long considered an accidental grouping.


Septaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Neritidae – certain snails of fresh and brackish waters of the Indo-Pacific.


Sarcopsylla

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“flesh”) + [Term?] (“flea”)

A genus of American insects, including the jigger or chigoe.


Roridula

Latin roridus (“dewy”) (from ros (“dew”)) + -ula

A taxonomic genus within the family Roridulaceae – of South Africa.


Schweinitzia

Named after the American botanist Lewis David de Schweinitz (1780-1834).

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – a single species of gamopetalous plant of the Indian pipe subfamily, the sweet pinesap or Carolina beechdrops, now Monotropsis odorata.


Rhagodia

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Amaranthaceae – Australian plants called saloop, bluebush, redberry, and seaberry, now included in Chenopodium.


Austrobaileyanae

A taxonomic superorder within the clade angiosperms.


Caryophyllanae

Caryophyllus (“former genus name, now mostly in Dianthus”) + -anae

A taxonomic superorder within the class Magnoliopsida.


Amborellanae

A taxonomic superorder within the clade angiosperms – part of the basal angiosperms, consisting of a single species of shrub from New Caledonia, sister to all other flowering plants.


Magnolianae

A taxonomic superorder within the class Magnoliopsida – magnoliids.


Rosanae

Vitales

(superorder): Brassicales, Celastrales, Crossosomatales, Cucurbitales, Fabales, Fagales, Geraniales, Huerteales, Malpighiales, Malvales, Myrtales, Oxalidales, Picramniales, Rosales, Sapindales, Vitales, Zygophyllales - orders


Lilianae

A taxonomic superorder within the class Magnoliopsida – monocots.


nitrogen-fixing clade

From the phylogenetically distinguishing feature of the constituent orders.

A taxonomic clade within the clade fabids.


basal eudicots

A taxonomic group within the clade eudicots – a paraphyletic group of early-diverging orders of eudicots.


Sauvagesia

Named after the French botanist P. A. Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages (1710-95) + -ia

A taxonomic genus within the family Ochnaceae – rosids of the Neotropics.


Rutela

Misspelling of Latin rutila, fem. of rutilus (“red”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Scarabaeidae – certain beetles.


Pinguipedidae

A taxonomic family within the order Uranoscopiformes – sandperches, grubfish, weavers, etc.


Sarsia

Named after Professor Sars of Christiania.

A taxonomic genus within the family Corynidae – certain hydrozoans.


Scytodes

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“skin”) + [Term?] (“form”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Scytodidae – certain spiders.


Caenolestidae

A taxonomic family within the order Paucituberculata – shrew opossums, of the Andes.


Sacodes

A taxonomic genus within the family Scirtidae – marsh beetles.


Icacinaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Icacinales – a morphologically diverse group of mostly tropical plants.


Synotus

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“together”) + [Term?] (“ear”)

A genus of long-eared bats having the rim of the ear produced in front of the eye, including the European barbastel.


Ichthyosporea

English: ichthyosporean

A taxonomic class within the phylum Choanozoa – certain protozoan parasites of fish.


Equus asinus

A taxonomic species within the family Equidae – donkeys or asses, often domesticated.

A taxonomic species within the family Equidae – African wild asses and the domesticated asses believed derived from them or from a close extinct relative.


Saperda

From Latin sāperda (“inferior kind of salt fish”), from Ancient Greek σᾱπέρδης (sāpérdēs).

der

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


Gardenia jasminoides

A taxonomic species within the family Rubiaceae – gardenia, an Old World subtropical and warm temperate flowering plant, now cultivated worldwide.


Poa pratensis

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – bluegrass, Kentucky bluegrass.


Bombax ceiba

A taxonomic species within the family Malvaceae – red silk-cotton tree.


Vibrio cholerae

A taxonomic species within the family Vibrionaceae – the bacterium with strains that are the agents of cholera.

For some of the numerous strains see Vibrio cholerae at National Center for Biotechnology Information


Hemerobiiformia

A taxonomic suborder within the order Neuroptera – certain lacewing insects, now thought to be a paraphyletic group in its traditional circumscription.


Vipera ammodytes

From Latin, ammŏdytēs (“a serpent of Africa”), from Ancient Greek ἀμμοδύτης (ammodútēs, “sand burrower”).

A taxonomic species within the family Viperidae – sand viper or horned viper, found from Austria and northern Italy to the Caucasus.


Bidens pilosa

A taxonomic species within the family Asteraceae – beggarticks or bur marigold.

For subordinate tax see Bidens pilosa at Tropicos


Amaranthus tricolor

A taxonomic species within the family Amaranthaceae – edible amaranth.

(species): Chinese spinach, Joseph's coat, Chinese amaranth, Ganges amaranth, tampala; willow-leaf amaranth - English

For taxonomic synonyms see Amaranthus tricolor at Plants of the World Online

For subspecies and varieties see Amaranthus tricolor at Tropicos


Bombus (Psithyrus)

Bombus (canonical masculine)
Psithyrus (alternative)

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Apidae – cuckoo-bumblebees.


Psithyrus

From Ancient Greek ψίθυρος (psíthuros, “whispering, slanderous”).

Cuckoo bees, which take over the nests of 'true' bumblebee queens and use the remaining workers to raise their offspring treated taxonomically as:

A taxonomic genus within the family Apidae., or

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Apidae – Bombus (Psithyrus)., or, formerly

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Apidae.


Schaefferia

German Schäffer (after 18th century botanist, entomologist, cleric, and polymath Jacob Christian Schäffer) + Translingual -ia

A taxonomic genus within the family Celastraceae.

A taxonomic genus within the family Hypogastruridae – certain springtails.


Thous

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Canidae – African jackals and wild dogs.


Saurus

From Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “horse mackerel”).

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Synodontidae – now Synodus; certain lizardfishes, species now assigned to genera Synodus, Trachinocephalus, and Saurida.

For species and currently accepted names see Saurus at World Register of Marine Species


Diospyros blancoi

A taxonomic species within the family Ebenaceae – velvet apple or mabolo, native to the Philippines and Taiwan, introduced elsewhere.


Diospyros discolor

A taxonomic species within the family Ebenaceae – Diospyros blancoi.


Romulea

→ Russian: рому́лея (romúleja)

A taxonomic genus within the family Iridaceae – certain flowers.


Borago officinalis

A taxonomic species within the family Boraginaceae – borage or starflower.


Loa loa

From an African language, literally “worm worm”.

A taxonomic species within the family Onchocercidae – a filarial nematode capable of causing filariasis (loiasis), characteristically in the eyes.


Agabus

A taxonomic genus within the family Dytiscidae – predatory aquatic beetles.


Rhynchocyonidae

A taxonomic family within the order Macroscelidea – small insectivorous mammals, native to eastern Africa; checkered elephant shrews, now treated as subfamily Rhynchocyoninae of Macroscelididae.


Rhynchocyon

Ancient Greek ῥῠ́γχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”) + κῠ́ων (kúōn, “dog”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Macroscelididae – checkered elephant shrews.

For species and subspecies see Rhynchocyon in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell..


Simorhynchus

Ancient Greek σιμός (simós, “snub-nosed”) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Alcidae – the snubnosed auklets, now in the genus Aethia.


Rhynchospora

From Ancient Greek ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”) + σπορά (sporá, “seed”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyperaceae – beak sedges or beak rushes.


Dytiscus

Ancient Greek δυτικός (dutikós, “able to dive”) + -ίσκος (-ískos, “diminutive suffix”)

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


Scalops

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“mole”) + [Term?] (“to dig”)

Synonym of Scalopus; the common mole of North America.


Rivina

Named in honour of German botanist Augustus Quirinus Rivinus (1652-1723).

A taxonomic genus within the family Petiveriaceae – including the pigeonberry.


Leuciscus leuciscus

A taxonomic species within the family Cyprinidae – the common dace or Eurasian dace, common in England and Wales.


Mellivora capensis

A taxonomic species within the family Mustelidae – honey badgers or ratels.


superrosids

A taxonomic clade within the clade core eudicots.


Spondias dulcis

A taxonomic species within the family Anacardiaceae – golden apple, native to Polynesia and Melanesia, widely cultivated.


Tagetes erecta

A taxonomic species within the family Asteraceae – Mexican marigold, native to northeastern and central Mexico.


Aspergillus oryzae

A taxonomic species within the family Aspergillaceae – koji, a mold used in east Asia in the preparation of foods derived from soy, rice, other grains, and potatoes.

For varieties and forms see Aspergillus oryzae at MycoBank


Neoclinus blanchardi

sarcastic fringehead
sarcastic fringehead

A taxonomic species within the family Chaenopsidae – sarcastic fringehead, of the Pacific coast of California and Baja California.


Proctucha

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“anus”) + [Term?] (“to have”)

(obsolete) A taxonomic division within the class Turbellaria – those flatworms that have an intestine terminating posteriorly at an anus.


Cocculus

A taxonomic genus within the family Menispermaceae – certain of the moonseeds, some called coralbeads.


Seps

A former genus of scincoid lizards, now Tetradactylus.


Rhizocrinus

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“root”) + [Term?] (“lily”)

(archaic) Certain comatulid crinoids, species of which are now in genera Conocrinus or Democrinus

A taxonomic genus within the family Bathycrinidae.

A taxonomic genus within the family Bourgueticrinidae.


Specularia

From Latin speculum ("mirror, looking-glass") + -aria.

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Campanulaceae – certain bellworts, species of which are now principally included in genera Legousia and Triodanis, and also in Campanula and Heterocodon.


Caducibranchiata

(obsolete) A taxonomic suborder within the order Caudata – caducibranchiate amphibians, principally the salamanders.


Scyphidium

From Ancient Greek σκύφος (skúphos, “cup”) + -idium.

A taxonomic genus within the family Rossellidae – certain glass sponges.


Sertularia

A taxonomic genus within the family Sertulariidae – certain plant-like hydrozoa, such as the air ferns and hydrozoan sea mosses.


Aspergillum

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Penicillidae – watering-pot shells, certain boring lamellibranch mollusks, in which the shell has the form of an elongated cone, terminating at the lower end in a disc, pierced by numerous small tubular holes, now in several genera Brechites, Verpa, Foegia, Dianadema, Humpreya, and Nipponoclava.


Campanularia

A taxonomic genus within the family Campanulariidae – certain aquatic plant-like hydrozoa.


Tarantula

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Lycosidae – a disused grouping of spiders, sometimes a subgenus of Lycosa, now in other genera of Lycosidae.


Rhodeina

A taxonomic suborder within the order Cypriniformes..


Pyralis

Latin pyralis (“a winged insect that was supposed to live in fire”)

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Instead, the tubes contained caterpillars of a Pyralis species (Lepidoptera) (pl. 13: 1), and only one tube was built by a Drosochrus species.

1975, L. Schulze, J. M. M. Brown, A Review of Silk Production and Spinning Activities in Arthropoda (in English):

A taxonomic genus within the family Pyralidae – certain snout moths.


Rhabdophora

(obsolete, †Rhabdophora) A taxonomic division within the class Hydrozoa – now considered a synonym of †Graptolithina, certain of the Hemichordata, known only from fossils.

A taxonomic infraphylum within the phylum Ciliophora – certain protists.


Rhinophis

Ancient Greek ῥινός (rhinós, “nose”) + ὄφις (óphis, “snake”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Uropeltidae – certain shieldtail snakes.


Buphaga

From Ancient Greek [Term?] (“ox”) + [Term?] (“eat”).

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Buphagidae – oxpeckers; synonym of Buphagus.


Scaphander

A taxonomic genus within the family Scaphandridae – certain of the canoe bubbles, a type of sea snail.


Schizoneura

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“cleave”) + [Term?] (“nerve”)

Synonym of Erythroglossum; certain red algae.

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Aphididae – Eriosoma (Schizoneura), certain plant lice.


Zelkova carpinifolia

A taxonomic species within the family Ulmaceae – Caucasian zelkova or Caucasian elm.


Dryas octopetala

A taxonomic species within the family Rosaceae – mountain avens, a low flowering plant of alpine and arctic environments.


Anthriscus sylvestris

A taxonomic species within the family Apiaceae – wild chervil or cow parsley.


Catharanthus roseus

French: catharanthe rose

Madagascar periwinkle
Madagascar periwinkle

A taxonomic species within the family Apocynaceae – rosy periwinkle or Madagascar periwinkle, widely cultivated, formerly Vinca rosea.


Cephaloptera

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“head”) + [Term?] (“wings”)

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the order Myliobatiformes – certain rays, now in genus Mobula.


Rimula

A taxonomic genus within the order Helotiales.

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


Corystes

A taxonomic genus within the family Corystidae – the masked crab, helmet crab, sand crab.


Cellulares

(obsolete) The cryptogams, properly only the mosses and lower cryptogams.


Trigla

A taxonomic genus within the family Triglidae – now only the piper gurnard, formerly many of the species in Triglidae.


Sagra

A taxonomic genus within the family Chrysomelidae – frog-legged beetles or kangaroo beetles, of tropical Asia and Australia and parts of Africa.

Sagra femorata

(genus): Sagra subg. Prosagra, Sagra subg. Sagra, Sagra subg. Tinosagra - subgenera


Chenopodium quinoa

A taxonomic species within the family Amaranthaceae – quinoa, a plant that is not a grass that bears cereal-like seeds that are gluten-free and more nutritious than wheat.

For subspecific taxa see Chenopodium+quinoa at The Plant List


Avemetatarsalia

From Latin avis (“bird”) + New Latin metatarsus.

A taxonomic clade within the clade Archosauria – archosaurs, including birds, dinosaurs, and extinct close relatives, but excluding crocodilians.


Trichas

Ancient Greek τριχάς (trikhás, “song thrush”)

der

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Pycnonotidae – Criniger (certain greenbuls).

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Parulidae – Geothlypis (yellowthroats).


Gloriosa

A taxonomic genus within the family Colchicaceae – climbing lilies.


Heptagynia

(obsolete, historical) A taxonomic order within the kingdom Plantae – plants having seven styles or stigmas in a taxonomic plant classification system of Linnaeus.

Gymnospermia

(order): Monogynia, Digynia, Trigynia, Tetragynia, Pentagynia, Hexagynia, Heptagynia, Octagynia, Enneagynia, Decagynia, Dodecagynia, Icosandria, Polygynia – orders of plants classified by number of styles or stigmas in Linnaeus's system

Polygamia superflua

orders of plants classified by other characters in Linnaeus's system


Rhaphiodon

A taxonomic genus within the family Cynodontidae – Rhaphiodon vulpinus (biara, vampire characin), a freshwater fish of tropical South America.

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – Rhaphiodon echinus, a plant of eastern Brazil.


Leuciscus idus

A taxonomic species within the family Cyprinidae – ide, a freshwater fish native to northern Europe and cool-temperate western Asia.


Hoya carnosa

A taxonomic species within the family Apocynaceae – porcelainflower or wax plant, native to eastern Asia and Australia.


Selinum

Catalan: selí

French: sélin

From Classical Latin selinum/selinon, from Ancient Greek σέλινον (sélinon).

A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae.


Squalius cephalus

A taxonomic species within the family Cyprinidae – European chub, a common freshwater fish of rivers in northern Eurasia.


Scolytus

A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae – typical bark beetles, many of which carry agents, often fungal, of tree diseases.


Scymnidae

(obsolete) A taxonomic family within the order Squaliformes – sleeper sharks, now family Somniosidae.


Digynia

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“twice”) + Ancient Greek [Term?] (“woman”)

(archaic except historical) Any order of plants within a Linnaean class having in the flower two styles or a deeply cleft style.


Dolichus

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Carabidae – Calathus (Dolichus), certain ground beetles.


Rhabdonema

From Ancient Greek ῥάβδος (rhábdos, “rod”) + νῆμα (nêma, “thread”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhabdonemataceae – certain diatoms.

Partial synonym of Strongyloides (genus of nematodes).


Dolichos

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – certain plants of Africa and Asia, hyacinth beans.

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Carabidae – now subgenus Calathus (Dolichus), certain ground beetles.


Sanguisuga

A taxonomic genus within the family Hirudinidae – leeches, now Hirudo.


Diaprioidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the superorder Apocrita – certain small wasps.


Diapriidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hymenoptera – some 4,000 species of small parasitoid wasps, many undescribed.


Xenomorphia

xenomorph + -ia. From Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos) + μορφή (morphḗ) + -ία (-ía).
Named in honor of the Xenomorphs, fictional aliens from the Alien science fiction horror franchise.

A taxonomic genus within the family Diapriidae – extinct parasitoid wasps.

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en:Xenomorph (Alien franchise)


Phoxinus phoxinus

A taxonomic species within the family Cyprinidae – Eurasian minnow or common minnow, of the cool, fresh waters of Eurasia.


Pagellus bogaraveo

bogaraveo from Italian boga ravaglio, Spanish bogarrabella, or French bogueravelle

A taxonomic species within the family Sparidae – blackspot sea bream, of the western Mediterranean and eastern North Atlantic.

Sparus bogaraveo

(species): gunner, common sea bream, gilled sea bream, red bream, red seabream


Asclepias viridiflora

A taxonomic species within the family Apocynaceae – green milkweed, green comet milkweed, or green-flower milkweed, native to North America east of the continental divide.


Periophthalmus

A taxonomic genus within the family Gobiidae – the mudskippers.


Osteolepis

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Osteolepidae – certain lobe-finned fish from the Devonian period.


Saurotherinae

(archaic) A taxonomic subfamily within the family Cuculidae – certain cuckoos, of the New World, now usually family Coccyzidae.


Ammi majus

A taxonomic species within the family Apiaceae – bishop's weed.


Talpa

A taxonomic genus within the family Talpidae – insectivore mammals; typical moles.


Scandix

From Latin scandix, from Ancient Greek σκάνδιξ (skándix).

A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – shepherd's needles.


Rhodymenia

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“rose”) + [Term?] (“membrane”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhodymeniaceae – certain red algae, including dulse.


Rhinobatus

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


Solenostomus

From soleno- + -stomus, from Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Solenostomidae – ghost pipefishes.

Solenostomus paradoxus

ornate ghost pipefish, harlequin ghost pipefish


Rhinobatos

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhinobatidae – wedgefishes, guitarfishes, and shark-rays.


Viscum album

A taxonomic species within the family Santalaceae – European mistletoe, a photosynthetic plant that parasitically obtains water and minerals from trees to which its seeds attach.


Sarcobatus

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“flesh”) + [Term?] (“samphire”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Sarcobataceae – greasewoods.


Sarda

A taxonomic genus within the family Scombridae – bonitos.


Scoria

A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain moths now in genus Siona.

A taxonomic genus within the family Juglandaceae – certain hickory trees, now in genus Carya.


Bubalis

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – hartebeests.


Cecidomyia

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


Callirhoe

A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – poppy mallows.


Saturniinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Saturniidae – some 70 genera of saturniine moths, including some of those called silkmoths, emperor moths, and moon moths.


Carduinae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Asteraceae – many of the thistles.


Dalbergieae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Fabaceae.

Adesmia

(tribe): Adesmia clade, Dalbergia clade, Pterocarpus clade – clades


Scandiceae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Apiaceae.

Ammodaucus

(tribe): Daucinae, Ferulinae, Scandicinae, Torilidinae - subtribe


Mustela sibirica

A taxonomic species within the family Mustelidae – Siberian weasel.


Cassiduloida

A taxonomic order within the class Echinoidea – certain sea urchins, most extinct since the Mesozoic.


Conchifera

(archaic) A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Mollusca.


Passeres

From Latin passerēs, plural of passer (“sparrow”).

(archaic) An order of birds otherwise called Insessores, comprising more than half of all the birds; songbirds.


superasterids

A taxonomic clade within the clade core eudicots – (Berberidopsidales (Santalales (Caryophyllales + asterids))).


Leefructus

A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – among the first of the eudicots, existing during the early Cretaceous, found in the Yixian formation in China.


Chlamyphoridae

Calyptophractus retusus

greater fairy armadillo, syn. Chlamyphorus retusus

pink fairy armadillo
pink fairy armadillo

(sensu stricto) A taxonomic family within the order Cingulata – the cingulates in genus Chlamyphorus. (pichiciegos, truncated armadillos, pink fairy armadillos) and sometimes Calyptophractus retusus (greater fairy armadillos)

family sensu lato

Cabassous, Calyptophractus, Chaetophractus, Chlamyphorus, Euphractus, Priodontes, Tolypeutes, Zaedyus

(sensu lato) A taxonomic family within the order Cingulata – all cingulates except those in genus Dasypus.


Dytiscidae

A taxonomic family within the order Coleoptera – predaceous diving beetles, the larva of which are called water tigers.


Scutibranchiata

(obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Gastropoda – certain molluscs now placed in various orders in subclass Vetigastropoda.


Schizaea

A taxonomic genus within the family Schizaeaceae – certain ferns, including curlygrass ferns, comb ferns, and fan ferns.


Ochnaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Malpighiales – tropical trees and shrubs, sometimes called ochnoids.

Medusagyne

(family): Medusagynoideae, Ochnoideae, Quiinoideae - subfamilies


Pediculidae

A taxonomic family within the order Psocodea – body lice.


Platycladus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – Oriental arborvitae, native to parts of eastern Asia, naturalized in many parts of Asia, and cultivated elsewhere.


Tropiduridae

A taxonomic family within the order Iguania – neotropical ground lizards, some called iguanas.


Gerridae

A taxonomic family within the order Hemiptera – water striders, true bugs that walk on water and prey on other invertebrates.

Amemboides

(family): Charmatometrinae, Cylindrostethinae, Eotrechinae, Gerrinae, Halobatinae, Ptilomerinae, Rhagadotarsinae, Trepobatinae - subfamilies


Uranoscopidae

A taxonomic family within the order Uranoscopiformes – stargazers, fish with their eyes located on the top of their head.


Limacidae

A taxonomic family within the order Stylommatophora – keelback slugs, large terrestrial, air-breathing slugs.

Limax

(family): Limacinae, Eumilacinae - subfamilies


Embiotocidae

A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes – surfperches, of the northeast Pacific.


Hexagrammidae

A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes – greenlings.


Sertulariidae

A taxonomic family within the order Leptothecata.


Entomostomata

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“cut into”) + [Term?] (“mouth”), coined by Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville

(obsolete) A group of siphonobranchiate gastropods, having the lip of the shell notched, the members of which are now included in subclass Caenogastropoda.

Cassididae

now Cassidae; now in order Littorinimorpha


Rhinophryne

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“nose”) + [Term?] (“toad”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhinophrynidae – certain spade-footed toads, now genus Rhinophrynus.

Notaden

genus that includes Australian spadefoot


Juncus effusus

A taxonomic species within the family Juncaceae – soft rushes.


Sarcodes

A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – Sarcodes sanguinea, a parasitic plant of the northwestern US, commonly called the snow plant or snow flower.


Rubia tinctorum

A taxonomic species within the family Rubiaceae – dyer's madder.


Leucaena leucocephala

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – white leadtree.


Trichoda

A taxonomic genus within the family Holostichidae – certain ciliate infusorians, species of which are now assigned to other genera.


Subungulata

(obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – the subungulates, a paraphyletic group constituted by those ungulates which are not artiodactyls or perissodactyls.


Micropoda

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(obsolete) In some systems a division of monomyarian bivalves with rudimentary feet, including oysters etc.


Charax

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χάραξ m or f (khárax).

A taxonomic genus within the family Characidae.


Cunninghamia

A Latinized form of the Scottish surname Cunningham; the genus name Cunninghamia honours Dr. James Cunningham, a British doctor who introduced this species into cultivation in 1702 and botanist Allan Cunningham.

A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – china firs, tall, ornamental evergreens of east Asia.

Cunninghamia konishii

other species accepted by some authorities


Docimastes

(obsolete) Former genus of the sword-billed hummingbird (now Ensifera).


Retitelae

(archaic) An informal taxonomic group of spiders that spin irregular webs, line-weavers.


Rusa

A taxonomic genus within the family Cervidae – sambars and similar deer of southeast Asia.


Rhachianectes

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“rocky shore”) + [Term?] (“swimmer”)

Eschrichtius robustus
Eschrichtius robustus#Translingual

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Balaenidae – the grey whale, of the North Pacific, now Eschrichtius robustus in family Eschrichtiidae.


Psittaci

(archaic) A taxonomic order within the subclass Aves – parrots, now order Psittaciformes.


Scapus

From Latin scapus (“stem, stalk, shaft”).

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the order Leptothecata – proposed due to a misidentification of the reproductive zooids of a hydrozoan in the family Zygophylacidae as a separate organism.


Ligiidae

A taxonomic family within the order Isopoda – certain wood lice, ligiids.


Duplex

A taxonomic genus within the family Micronoctuidae – moths of southern and eastern Asia.


Rhopalodinidae

A taxonomic family within the order Dendrochirotida – certain sea cucumbers.


Spergula

Latin spargo (“to scatter or sow”), for its seed dispersal mechanism

A taxonomic genus within the family Caryophyllaceae – spurries.


Balaenidae

A taxonomic family within the infraorder Cetacea.


Sebastidae

A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes – fish called rockfishes, rockcods, and thornyheads.


Cupressales

A taxonomic order within the class Pinopsida.


Rhizophydium

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“root”) + [Term?] (“sparing”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhizophydiaceae.

For species see Rhizophydium at MycoBank


Sericocarpus

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – whitetop asters.


Scorpaena

A taxonomic genus within the family Scorpaenidae.


Sericostoma

A taxonomic genus within the family Sericostomatidae – typical bushtailed caddisflies.

A taxonomic genus within the family Boraginaceae.


Trochodendrales

A taxonomic order within the class Magnoliopsida – plants of southeast Asia which have secondary xylem without vessel elements, which suggests primitiveness, attracting much taxonomic attention.

Tetracentron sinense

Tetracentron, Trochodendron - extant genera; †Nordenskioldia, †Zizyphoides - extinct genera


Dracocephalum

→ English: dragonhead (calque)

Ancient Greek δρᾰ́κων m (drákōn, “dragon”) + -cephalum n (“head”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – dragonheads.


Sicyos

From Ancient Greek σίκυος (síkuos, “cucumber”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae – the bur cucumbers.


Haplosclerida

A taxonomic order within the class Demospongiae.


Icacinales

A taxonomic order within the clade lamiids – certain tropical evergreen trees.


Bartramiales

A taxonomic order within the class Bryopsida – certain mosses.


Chlamydomonadales

A taxonomic order within the class Chlorophyceae – synonym of Volvocales, certain green algae.


Vampyromorphida

A taxonomic order within the class Cephalopoda – vampire squids.


Scaphium

From Latin scaphium (“boat-shaped receptacle”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – nut trees of southeast Asia.

A taxonomic genus within the family Staphylinidae.


Spumellaria

A taxonomic order within the class Polycystina – having a spherical body plan with cytoplasmic projections radiating, often with high symmetry, from the surface of the central capsule.


Bruniales

euasterids II
euasterids II#Translingual

A taxonomic order within the clade euasterids II – of the Andes and south Africa.


Perittia

A taxonomic genus within the family Elachistidae – certain moths.


Cestracion

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Heterodontidae – horn sharks, now included in genus Heterodontus.

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Sphyrnidae – hammerhead sharks, synonym of Sphyrna.


Limax

From Latin limax, from Ancient Greek λεῖμαξ (leîmax).

A taxonomic genus within the family Limacidae – typical keelback slugs.


Diplostomida

A taxonomic order within the class Neoophora – certain trematodes.

Brachylaimidae

Brachylaimoidea, Diplostomoidea, Schistosomatoidea (blood fluke) - superfamilies


Hymenophyllaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Hymenophyllales – filmy ferns, including bristle ferns.

Hymenophyllum

(family): Hymenophylloideae, Trichomanoideae – subfamilies


Hymenophyllales

A taxonomic order within the class Polypodiopsida – filmy ferns, including bristle ferns.


Berberidopsidales

A taxonomic order within the clade core eudicots – certain woody plants of the Southern Hemisphere.


Macrodasyida

A taxonomic order within the phylum Gastrotricha – certain gastrotrichs.


Petrosaviales

A taxonomic order within the clade monocots – of mountain environments in southeast and eastern Asia.


Salviniales

A taxonomic order within the class Polypodiopsida – water ferns.


Osmundales

A taxonomic order within the class Polypodiopsida – flowering ferns.


Schizaeales

A taxonomic order within the class Polypodiopsida – certain ferns.


Paracryphiales

A taxonomic order within the clade euasterids II – woody shrubs and trees of Australia and southeast Asia.


Cyatheales

A taxonomic order within the class Polypodiopsida – tree ferns.


Gunnerales

A taxonomic order within the clade eudicots – two families of very different-looking plants recently found to be each others closest surviving relatives.


Chlorococcales

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


Hydrodamalis

A taxonomic genus within the family Dugongidae – marine mammals, similar to dugongs and manatees, extinct since the 19th century.


Sepiidae

A taxonomic family within the order Sepiida.


Sepiadarium

A taxonomic genus within the family Sepiadariidae – certain cuttlefishes.


Squilla

A taxonomic genus within the family Squillidae – certain mantis shrimps.


Coniocybe

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


Pedobacter

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphingobacteriaceae – certain soil bacteria.


Enypniastes eximia

A taxonomic species within the family Pelagothuriidae – a deep-sea-dwelling swimming sea cucumber, known as the headless chicken fish and the headless chicken monster.


Spirometra mansonoides

Named for Patrick Manson, Scottish parasitologist.

A taxonomic species within the family Diphyllobothriidae – an infectious flatworm which in humans can cause sparganosis.


Scymnus

→ Russian: сци́мнус (scímnus)

A taxonomic genus within the family Coccinellidae – certain ladybugs.

Scymnus nigrinus

(genus): Scymnus (Caledonus), Scymnus (Canalipullus), Scymnus (Didion), Scymnus (Keiscymnus), Scymnus (Mimopullus), Scymnus (Neopullus), Scymnus (Orthoscymnus), Scymnus (Parapullus), Scymnus (Pullus), Scymnus (Scymnus) – subgenera


Dipsacaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Dipsacales – the teasels and close relatives; often treated as subfamily Dispacoideae in family Caprifoliaceae.


Ilex aquifolium

A taxonomic species within the family Aquifoliaceae – European holly, common holly.


Diplozoon

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“double”) + [Term?] (“animal”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Diplozoidae – monogenean parasite on the gills of freshwater fish; the bodies of the two hermaphroditic members of a couple are permanently fused for life.


Ichthyosaurus

→ English: ichthyosaur, ichthyosaurus

From ichthyo- (“fish”) + -saurus (“lizard”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Ichthyosauridae – large, extinct marine reptiles.


Oroxylum indicum

A taxonomic species within the family Bignoniaceae – midnight horror.


Serrasalmo

A former piranha genus, now classified under Pygocentrus.


Spirophyton

A former ichnogenus belonging to the Zoophycos.


Satyrium

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→ Malayalam: → സാറ്റിറിയം (sāṟṟiṟiyaṁ) (transliteration)

A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae – certain butterflies.

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – certain orchids, principally of sub-Saharan Africa.


Satyrus

Borrowed from Latin satyrus (“satyr”), from Ancient Greek σᾰ́τῠρος (sáturos, “satyr”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – certain butterflies of Europe and North Africa.


Palaeotherium

A taxonomic genus within the family Palaeotheriidae – primitive perissodactyl ungulates.


Scoparia

for other species see Scoparia at The Plant List

A taxonomic genus within the family Plantaginaceae – licorice weed and close relatives.

A taxonomic genus within the family Crambidae – certain moths.


Azolla

A taxonomic genus within the family Salviniaceae – atypical ferns resembling duckweeds.

Azolla caroliniana

fairy-moss, mosquito fern, mosquito-plant, eastern mosquito fern, Carolinian mosquito fern

Azolla pinnata

ferny azolla, Pacific azolla, feathered mosquito fern


Sargus

A taxonomic genus within the family Stratiomyidae – soldier flies.

Diplodus (Sparidae)
Wikispecies:Diplodus (Sparidae)


Satureja

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – savory and close relatives.


Orthoceras

From Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós, “straight”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).

A taxonomic genus within the family †Orthoceratidae – formerly including many extinct nautiloid cephalopods with straight shells,now only †Orthoceras regulare.

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae.


Scytonema

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“skin”) + [Term?] (“thread”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Scytonemataceae – photosynthetic cyanobacteria, some of which are a component of lichens.


Maranta arundinacea

A taxonomic species within the family Marantaceae – arrowroot, native to the tropical and subtropical New World, now widely cultivated and naturalized worldwide.


Rhabdopleura

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“rod”) + [Term?] (“rib”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhabdopleuridae.

For species see Rhabdopleura at World Register of Marine Species


Sphaceloma

A taxonomic genus within the family Elsinoaceae – certain fungi that are plant pathogens.


Trachelium

A taxonomic genus within the family Alydidae – certain broad-headed bugs.

A taxonomic genus within the family Campanulaceae.


Didynamia

From di- + δύναμις (dúnamis, “strength”) + -ia.

(obsolete) A taxonomic class within the kingdom Plantae – a polyphyletic taxon comprising all didynamous plants (those having two long stamens and two short stamens in each flower).


Scaphites

A taxonomic genus within the family †Scaphitidae – of the extinct subclass Ammonoidea of cephalopods.


Scleranthus

French: scléranthe

From Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Caryophyllaceae – the knawels.

Scleranthus annuus

annual knawel, German knotweed, German moss


Encephalartos

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энцефаля́ртос

→ Russian: энцефаля́ртос (encefaljártos), энцефала́рт (encefalárt)

A taxonomic genus within the family Zamiaceae – cycads native to Africa, used for food.


Mentha pulegium

A taxonomic species within the family Lamiaceae – European pennyroyal.


Rumex acetosella

A taxonomic species within the family Polygonaceae – sheep sorrel, red sorrel, common sorrel.


Rostellaria

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Strombidae – certain sea snails; synonym of Tibia.

A taxonomic section within the family Acanthaceae – Justicia sect. Rostellaria.

A taxonomic subsection within the family Acanthaceae – Justicia subsect. Rostellaria.

A taxonomic genus within the family Sapotaceae – now Sideroxylon.


Asphodelaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Asparagales.

Aloe

(family): Asphodeloideae, Xanthorrhoeoideae, Hemerocallidoideae - subfamilies


Alhagi

Introduced as a genus name by Abraham Gagnebin in 1755, rarely circulating before as a transcription of the Arabic حَاج (ḥāj) or more specifically vulgar pronunciation of its singulative, with prepended article, الْحَاجَة (al-ḥāja), this plant name deriving from Aramaic חָגָּה / ܚ̈ܵܓܸܐ (ḥāggā, “Alhagi”), from Akkadian 𒂊𒄖𒌋 (egû, a thorny plant, possibly Alhagi).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – camelthorns, manna trees.


Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Amaranthaceae – descended from Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima, the cultivars of which yield chard, beetroot, beet sugar, and other food and fodder.


Acanthizinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Pardalotidae – Australasian warblers, often treated as a family: Acanthizidae.


Rumex sanguineus

A taxonomic species within the family Polygonaceae – bloody dock, red-vein dock.


Silphium

From Latin silphium, from Ancient Greek σίλφιον (sílphion, “laserwort”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – rosinweed.


Parabadiella

A taxonomic genus within the family Abadiellidae – subsumed into genus Abadiella; certain trilobites that lived in the early Cambrian.


Lamellicornes

(obsolete) Alternative form of Lamellicornia