Lists of Homonyms

[Jan Bosselaers]

Charles,

I am not aware of an online source, but in November 1999 Scott Federhen
sent the following list to the list:

Abrionia        - lizard and angiosperm
Adenophora      - flowering plant & humpbacked fly
Agathis         - conifer & wasp
Alsophila       - moth & tree-fern
Ammophila       - wasp & grass
Aphrodite       - archaeon & polychaete (Aphrodite aculeata - sea mouse)
Arenaria        - plant & bird
Articulata      - echinoderm [-] & brachiopod [class]
Ascoidea        - ticks [superfamily] & yeast
Atyidae         - shrimps [family] & mollusc [family]
Autonoe         - angiosperm & amphipod
Bacillus        - bacterium & insect
Bdelloidea      - rotifer [class] & mite [superfamily]
Branchiura      - crustacean [order] & oligochaete
Buchnera        - plant & bacteria
Bursaria        - angiosperm & ciliate
Centipeda       - firmicute & sunflower
Charybdis       - crab & angiosperm [note siblings: Scylla & Scilla]
Crambe          - plant & sponge
Cryptococcus    - jelly fungus & scale insect
Culcita         - echinoderm & plant
Cystophora      - seal & brown algae
Decapoda        - mollusc & crustacean [both higher taxa]
Discina         - brachiopod & yeast
Donax           - angiosperm & bivalve
Drepanidae      - moth & fish (Drepaneidae?) [family]
Dryas           - butterfly & plant
Echinacea       - echinoderm [superorder] & plant
Echinops        - plant & mammal
Gambelia        - angiosperm & lizard
Glaucidium      - plant & bird
Gnathostomata   - echinoderm [superorder] & vertebrate [superclass]
Gordonia        - plant & bacteria
Graphium        - pyrenomycete & butterfly
Hoffmania       - diptera [subgenus] & plant [synonym, Hoffmannia]
Hymenolepis     - tapeworm & angiosperm
Kingella        - bacterium & plant
Leptonema       - spirochaete & plant
Limonia         - crane fly & plant
Liriope         - plant & hydrozoan
Lucilia         - blowfly & angiosperm
Macroglossinae  - bats [subfamily] & moths [subfamily]
Macrolenes      - leaf beetles & angiosperm
Mallotus        - fish & plant
Metidae         - spiders [family] & copepods [family]
Microsphaera    - actinomycete & ascomycete
Morganella      - proteobacterium & fungus
Morus           - bird & plant
Myrmecia        - green alga & insect
Nais            - pyrenomycete & oligochaete
Nelsonia        - rodent & plant
Oligochaeta     - annelid worm [class] & plant
Operculina      - angiosperm & foraminifer
Oxyporus        - basidiomycete & beetle
Palaeococcus    - euryarchaeote & scale insect
Palmeria        - bird & angiosperm
Pedinomonas     - green alga & chlorarachniophyte
Pholidota       - pangolin [order] & orchid [genus]
Pieris          - butterfly & plant
Philyra         - plant & crab (& sea spider?)
Planococcus     - insect & bacterium
Polyodontidae   - polychaete [family] & fish [family]
Polyphaga       - insect [genus, Blattaria] & [suborder, Coleoptera]
Polypodium      - hydrozoan & plant [subfamily?]
Poria           - fungus & beetle
Prionodon       - moss & civet
Proboscidea     - plant & mammal [order]
Proteomonas     - trypanosome & cryptomonad
Pycnoporus      - hymenomycete & flatworm
Raphia          - moth & palm
Rhynchophorus   - beetle & fungus [synonym, Ceratopycnis]
Rondeletia      - plant & whalefish
Rupicola        - bird & angiosperm
Salvadora       - mustard & snake
Sarcodon        - fungus & paleoryctid mammals [extinct]
Schlechtendalia - insect & plant
Schultesia      - cockroach & gentian
Setaria         - nematode & plant
Stenella        - dolphin & fungus
Thalia          - angiosperm & urochordate
Thelia          - moss & leafhopper
Tribolium       - beetle & grass
Uronema         - ciliate & green alga
Urostyla        - ciliate & insect
Urostylidae     - ciliate [family] & insect [family]
Valvatacea      - mollusc [superfamily] & echinoderm [superorder]
Venturia        - ascomycete & ichneumonid wasp

I can add Bougainvillea (flowering plant and hydroid polyp) to this. There even are seven triple homonyms (received from John McNeill):

Generic name      Homonym in botany                  NCU        Homonym in zoology
 (bacteria)
Catenococcus    Algae: Chlorophyceae; Radiococcaceae    C       Coccoidea
Kingella        Plantae: Phanerogamae; Loranthaceae     C       Fossil Miscellanea
Microcyclus     Fungi: Ascomycota; Mycosphaerellaceae   C       Rugosa

Moorella        Fungi: Mitosporic fungi; Hyphomycetes   C       Encyrtidae
Morganella      Fungi: Basidiomycetes; Lycoperdaceae    C       Brachiopoda
Rhodococcus     Algae: Chlorophyceae; Palmellaceae      C       Coccoidea
Rothia          Plantae: Phanerogamae; Fabaceae         C       Agaristidae

I hope this helps.

Regards,

Jan

>Can anyone suggest a good online source listing taxonomic homonyms?
>
>I am mainly concerned with genera - i.e. Morus - gannet and mulberry;
>Trichia - snail and slime mould
>
>many thanks,
>
>Charles Hussey,
>
>Science Data Co-ordinator,
>Library and Information Services,
>The Natural History Museum,
>Cromwell Road,
>London SW7 5BD
>United Kingdom
>
>Tel. +44 (0)207 942 5213
>Fax. +44 (0)207 942 5559
>e-mail c.hussey at nhm.ac.uk
>URL http://www.nhm.ac.uk
>
>
>

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