Biology:List of taxa named by anagrams
In the biological nomenclature codes, an anagram can be used to name a new taxon.
Wordplays are one source of inspiration allowing organisms to receive scientific names.[1] In the binomial nomenclature, as scientists have latitude in naming genera and species, a taxon name can therefore be an anagram, provided it remains pronounceable.[2] For example, in the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, a new generic name can be taken from the name of a person by using an anagram or abbreviation of it.[3]
William Elford Leach was among the first naturalists to use taxonomic anagrams, and, in 1818, he described several isopod genera that were each other's anagrams of 'Caroline' : Conilera, Lironeca, Nerocila, Olencira, and Rocinela.[1]
List in botany
Initial taxon name | Initial authority | Taxonomic anagram | Anagram authority | Etymology or namesake | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Albizia | Durazz. 1772 | Balizia | Barneby & J.W.Grimes 1996 | Filippo degli Albizzi (1724 - 1789) | [4] |
Alciope | DC. 1836 | Capelio [lower-alpha 1] | B.Nord. 2002 | Alciope, a nymph | [4] |
Alibertia | A.Rich. ex DC. 1830 | Ibetralia | Bremek. 1934 | Jean-Louis-Marc Alibert (1768 - 1837) | [4] |
Allium | L. 1753 | Muilla [lower-alpha 2] | S.Watson ex Benth. 1833 | Latin word for garlic | [5] |
Alsomitra | (Blume) M.Roem., 1846 | Siolmatra | Baill., 1885 | — | [6] |
Baldellia | Parl. 1854 | Albidella | Pichon 1946 | Bartolomeo Bartolini-Baldelli (1804 - 1868) | [4] |
Bartsia | L. 1753 | Starbia | Thouars 1806 | Johann Bartsch (1709 - 1738) | [4] |
Beilschmiedia | Nees 1831 | Bielschmeidia | Pancher & Sebert 1874 | Carl Traugott Beilschmied (1793 - 1848) | [4] |
Berardia | Brongn. 1826 | Diberara | Baill. 1881 | Jacques Étienne Bérard (1789 - 1869) | [4] |
Berteroa | DC. 1821 | Terobera | Steud. 1855 | Carlo Luigi Giuseppe Bertero (1789 - 1831) | [4] |
Bobea | A.Rich. 1830 | Obbea [lower-alpha 1] | Hook.f. 1870 | Jean-Baptiste Bobe-Moreau (1761 - 1849) | [4] |
Bouchea | Cham. 1832 | Ubochea | Baill. 1891 | Peter Friedrich Bouché (1785 - 1856) | [4] |
Bullockia | (Bridson) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer 2009 | Buckollia | Venter & R.L.Verh. 1994 | Arthur Allman Bullock (1906 - 1980) | [4] |
Burmannia | L. 1753 | Maburnia [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 3] | Thouars 1806 | Johannes Burman (1706 - 1779) | [4] |
Danthonia | DC. 1805 | Thonandia | H.P.Linder 1996 | Étienne Danthoine (1739 - 1794) | [4] |
Ekmania | Gleason 1919 | Manekia | Trel. 1927 | Erik Leonard Ekman (1883 - 1931) | [4] |
Fuchsia | Plum. ex L. | Schufia [lower-alpha 1] | Spach | Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566) | [4] |
Gerardia | L. 1753 | Dargeria | Decne. 1844 | John Gerard (1545 - 1612) | [4] |
Gerardia | L. 1753 | Graderia | Benth. 1846 | John Gerard (1545 - 1612) | [4] |
Goldfussia | Nees 1832 | Diflugossa [lower-alpha 1] | Bremek. 1944 | Georg August Goldfuss (1782 - 1848) | [4] |
Grazielia | R.M.King & H.Rob. 1972 | Algrizea [lower-alpha 3] | Proença & NicLugh. 2006 | Graziela Maciel Barroso (1912 - 2003) | [4] |
Hariota | DC. 1834 | Hatiora [lower-alpha 1] | Britton & Rose 1915 | Thomas Harriot (ca. 1560 - 1621) | [4] |
Hermannia | L. 1753 | Mahernia [lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 3] | L. 1767 | Paul Hermann (1646 - 1695) | [4] |
Hottonia | L. 1753 | Honottia | Rchb. 1828 | Pieter Hotton (1648 - 1709) | [4] |
Huberia | DC. 1828 | Behuria | Cham. 1834 | François Huber (1750 - 1831) | [4] |
Joannesia | Vell. 1798 | Annesijoa | Pax & K.Hoffm. 1919 | John VI of Portugal (1767 - 1826) | [4] |
Kailarsenia | Tirveng. 1983 | Larsenaikia | Tirveng. 1993 | Kai Larsen (1926 - 2012) | [4] |
Lawrencia | Hook. 1840 | Wrenciala | A.Gray 1854 | Robert William Lawrence (1807 - 1833) | [4] |
Lechlera | Griseb. 1857 | Relchela | Steud. 1854 | Willibald Lechler (1814 - 1856) | [4] |
Lespedeza | Michx. 1803 | Despeleza [lower-alpha 1] | Nieuwl. 1914 | Vicente Manuel de Céspedes (1721 ? - 1794) | [4] |
Letestua | Lecomte 1920 | Tulestea | Aubrév. & Pellegr. 1961 | Georges Le Testu (1877 - 1967) | [4] |
Lobelia | L. 1753 | Bolelia [lower-alpha 1] | Raf. 1832 | Matthias de l'Obel (1538 - 1616) | [4] |
Mikania | F.W.Schmidt 1795 | Kanimia [lower-alpha 1] | Gardner 1847 | Joseph Gottfried Mikan (1743 - 1814) | [4] |
Myginda | Jacq. 1760 | Gyminda [lower-alpha 1] | Sarg. 1891 | Franz von Mygind (1710 - 1789) | [4] |
Oedera | L. 1771 | Eroeda [lower-alpha 1] | Levyns 1948 | Georg Christian Oeder (1728 - 1791) | [4] |
Siebera | C.Presl 1828 | Beriesa | Steud. 1840 | Franz Wilhelm Sieber (1789 - 1844) | [4] |
Tragia | L. 1753 | Agirta [lower-alpha 1] | Baill. 1858 | Hieronymus Bock, named Tragus (1498 - 1554) | [4] |
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jozwiak, Piotr; Rewicz, Tomasz; Pabis, Krzysztof (2015-07-16). "Taxonomic etymology – in search of inspiration". ZooKeys (513): 143–160. doi:10.3897/zookeys.513.9873. ISSN 1313-2970. PMID 26257573. PMC 4524282. http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=5695.
- ↑ Mortenson, Philip B. (2004) (in en). This is not a weasel: a close look at nature's most confusing terms. John Wiley & Sons. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-471-27396-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=VZnuAAAAMAAJ.
- ↑ McNeill, J., ed (2012). International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code), Adopted by the Eighteenth International Botanical Congress Melbourne, Australia, July 2011 (electronic ed.). Bratislava: International Association for Plant Taxonomy. http://www.iapt-taxon.org/nomen/main.php.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 4.26 4.27 4.28 4.29 4.30 4.31 4.32 4.33 4.34 Burkhardt, Lotte (2018-06-06) (in de). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5.
- ↑ Hyam, R.; Pankhurst, R.J. (1995). Plants and their names : a concise dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-866189-4.
- ↑ Robinson, George L.; Wunderlin, Richard P. (2005). "Revision of Siolmatra (Cucurbitaceae: Zanonieae)". SIDA, Contributions to Botany 21 (4): 1961–1969. ISSN 0036-1488. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9311892#page/2001/mode/1up.
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