Lists of Homonyms

[Mark Egger]

Here's one more not on the list below:

Ophiocephalus, fish genus and angiosperm genus (the latter a
monotypic genus endemic to N. Baja Calif.)

Mark


>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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