List of taxa named by anagrams

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An animation illustrating the anagram between the Euphorbiaceae genus names Joannesia and Annesijoa
Illustration from Adam White's A Popular History of British Crustacea, 1857, showing the crustacean genera Conilera and Rocinela named by Leach using taxonomic 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 binominal 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' : , , Nerocila, , and .[1]

List in botany[]

Initial taxon name Initial authority Taxonomic anagram Anagram authority Etymology or namesake Reference
Agirta Baill. 1858 Tragia [a] L. 1753 Hieronymus Bock, named Tragus (1498 - 1554) [4]
Albidella Pichon 1946 Baldellia Parl. 1854 (1804 - 1868) [4]
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]
Algrizea Proença & NicLugh. 2006 Grazielia [b] R.M.King & H.Rob. 1972 Graziela Maciel Barroso (1912 - 2003) [4]
Alibertia A.Rich. ex DC. 1830 Bremek. 1934 Jean-Louis-Marc Alibert (1768 - 1837) [4]
Allium L. 1753 Muilla [c] S.Watson ex Benth. 1833 Latin word for garlic [5]
Alsomitra (Blume) M.Roem., 1846 Siolmatra Baill., 1885 [6]
Annesijoa Pax & K.Hoffm. 1919 Joannesia Vell. 1798 John VI of Portugal (1767 - 1826) [4]
Baldellia Parl. 1854 Albidella Pichon 1946 (1804 - 1868) [4]
Balizia Barneby & J.W.Grimes 1996 Albizia Durazz. 1772 Filippo degli Albizzi (1724 - 1789) [4]
Bartsia L. 1753 Starbia Thouars 1806 Johann Bartsch (1709 - 1738) [4]
Cham. 1834 Huberia DC. 1828 François Huber (1750 - 1831) [4]
Beilschmiedia Nees 1831 Pancher & Sebert 1874 Carl Traugott Beilschmied (1793 - 1848) [4]
Berardia Brongn. 1826 Baill. 1881 Jacques Étienne Bérard (1789 - 1869) [4]
Beriesa Steud. 1840 Siebera C.Presl 1828 Franz Wilhelm Sieber (1789 - 1844) [4]
Berteroa DC. 1821 Terobera Steud. 1855 Carlo Luigi Giuseppe Bertero (1789 - 1831) [4]
Pancher & Sebert 1874 Beilschmiedia Nees 1831 Carl Traugott Beilschmied (1793 - 1848) [4]
Bobea A.Rich. 1830 Obbea [a] Hook.f. 1870 (1761 - 1849) [4]
Bolelia Raf. 1832 Lobelia [a] L. 1753 Matthias de l'Obel (1538 - 1616) [4]
Bouchea Cham. 1832 Baill. 1891 Peter Friedrich Bouché (1785 - 1856) [4]
Buckollia Venter & R.L.Verh. 1994 Bullockia (Bridson) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer 2009 Arthur Allman Bullock (1906 - 1980) [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][b] Thouars 1806 Johannes Burman (1706 - 1779) [4]
Capelio B.Nord. 2002 Alciope [a] DC. 1836 Alciope, a nymph [4]
Danthonia DC. 1805 Thonandia H.P.Linder 1996 (1739 - 1794) [4]
Dargeria Decne. 1844 Gerardia L. 1753 John Gerard (1545 - 1612) [4]
Dargeria Decne. 1844 Graderia Benth. 1846 John Gerard (1545 - 1612) [4]
Despeleza Nieuwl. 1914 Lespedeza [a] Michx. 1803 Vicente Manuel de Céspedes (1721 ? - 1794) [4]
Baill. 1881 Berardia Brongn. 1826 Jacques Étienne Bérard (1789 - 1869) [4]
Diflugossa Bremek. 1944 Goldfussia [a] Nees 1832 Georg August Goldfuss (1782 - 1848) [4]
Ekmania Gleason 1919 Manekia Trel. 1927 Erik Leonard Ekman (1883 - 1931) [4]
Eroeda Levyns 1948 Oedera [a] L. 1771 Georg Christian Oeder (1728 - 1791) [4]
Fuchsia Plum. ex L. Schufia 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]
Graderia Benth. 1846 Dargeria Decne. 1844 John Gerard (1545 - 1612) [4]
Graderia Benth. 1846 Gerardia L. 1753 John Gerard (1545 - 1612) [4]
Grazielia R.M.King & H.Rob. 1972 Algrizea [b] Proença & NicLugh. 2006 Graziela Maciel Barroso (1912 - 2003) [4]
Gyminda Sarg. 1891 Myginda [a] Jacq. 1760 (1710 - 1789) [4]
Hariota DC. 1834 Hatiora [a] Britton & Rose 1915 Thomas Harriot (ca. 1560 - 1621) [4]
Hatiora Britton & Rose 1915 Hariota [a] DC. 1834 Thomas Harriot (ca. 1560 - 1621) [4]
Hermannia L. 1753 Mahernia [a][b] L. 1767 Paul Hermann (1646 - 1695) [4]
Rchb. 1828 Hottonia L. 1753 (1648 - 1709) [4]
Hottonia L. 1753 Rchb. 1828 (1648 - 1709) [4]
Huberia DC. 1828 Cham. 1834 François Huber (1750 - 1831) [4]
Bremek. 1934 Alibertia A.Rich. ex DC. 1830 Jean-Louis-Marc Alibert (1768 - 1837) [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]
Kanimia Gardner 1847 Mikania [a] F.W.Schmidt 1795 Joseph Gottfried Mikan (1743 - 1814) [4]
Larsenaikia Tirveng. 1993 Kailarsenia Tirveng. 1983 Kai Larsen (1926 - 2012) [4]
Lawrencia Hook. 1840 Wrenciala A.Gray 1854 Robert William Lawrence (1807 - 1833) [4]
Lechlera Griseb. 1857 Relchela Steud. 1854 (1814 - 1856) [4]
Lespedeza Michx. 1803 Despeleza [a] Nieuwl. 1914 Vicente Manuel de Céspedes (1721 ? - 1794) [4]
Letestua Lecomte 1920 Tulestea Aubrév. & Pellegr. 1961 (1877 - 1967) [4]
Lobelia L. 1753 Bolelia [a] Raf. 1832 Matthias de l'Obel (1538 - 1616) [4]

Notes[]

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

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 aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc 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.
  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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