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 [a] 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 [b] 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 [a] 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 [a] [c] 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 [a] 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 [a] Bremek. 1944 Georg August Goldfuss (1782 - 1848) [4]
Grazielia R.M.King & H.Rob. 1972 Algrizea [c] Proença & NicLugh. 2006 Graziela Maciel Barroso (1912 - 2003) [4]
Hariota DC. 1834 Hatiora [a] Britton & Rose 1915 Thomas Harriot (ca. 1560 - 1621) [4]
Hermannia L. 1753 Mahernia [a][c] 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 [a] 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 [a] Raf. 1832 Matthias de l'Obel (1538 - 1616) [4]
Mikania F.W.Schmidt 1795 Kanimia [a] Gardner 1847 Joseph Gottfried Mikan (1743 - 1814) [4]
Myginda Jacq. 1760 Gyminda [a] Sarg. 1891 Franz von Mygind (1710 - 1789) [4]
Oedera L. 1771 Eroeda [a] Levyns 1948 Georg Christian Oeder (1728 - 1791) [4]
Planogyra Morse, 1864 Plagyrona E. Gittenberger, 1977 Latin planus (flat) + gyra (circle) "flatwhorl"
Siebera C.Presl 1828 Beriesa Steud. 1840 Franz Wilhelm Sieber (1789 - 1844) [4]
Tragia L. 1753 Agirta [a] Baill. 1858 Hieronymus Bock, named Tragus (1498 - 1554) [4]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m The two genus names are synonyms.
  2. ^ It is also an anadrome (reverse spelling).
  3. ^ a b c This anagram is imperfect.

References

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  2. ^ Mortenson, Philip B. (2004). 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.
  3. ^ McNeill, J.; et al., eds. (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.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai Burkhardt, Lotte (2018-06-06). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée (in German). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901.
  5. ^ Hyam, R.; Pankhurst, R.J. (1995). Plants and their names : a concise dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-866189-4.
  6. ^ Robinson, George L.; Wunderlin, Richard P. (2005). "Revision of Siolmatra (Cucurbitaceae: Zanonieae)". SIDA, Contributions to Botany. 21 (4): 1961–1969. ISSN 0036-1488.
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