Nomenclature

[Gary Prentice]

Can anybody name a zoological genus identical to a botanical genus?

 

Apart from Pieris, both the genus of a shrub and the cabbage white butterfly:biggrin:

[Gary Prentice]

Bump,

 

I've got prizes:laugh1::lol:

[daltontrees]

Davidia. Where's my prize?

[martwizz]

Anura = frogs and plants

Aotus = monkeys and peas

Oenanthe = Wheats and dropworts

Proboscidea = elephants and devil's claws

[Gary Prentice]

Davidia. Where's my prize?

 

Don't think that its a valid genus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davidia_magnidens:confused1:

 

I'm trying to get to grips with the ICN and getting stuck for some examples, oh and trying to explain the use of latin grammar:thumbdown: Which I didn't study at school

[Gary Prentice]

Anura = frogs and plants

Aotus = monkeys and peas

Oenanthe = Wheats and dropworts

Proboscidea = elephants and devil's claws

 

You're a star. I could either spend the rest of my day cross-referencing botanical and zoological genera or ask.

 

Prizes:001_rolleyes: Take your pick from a knackered 14" MS200t bar or a worn out chain to suit - or both:lol:

 

Seriously, though PM me if you studying and need reference material etc

[martwizz]

PM sent requesting study help

[daltontrees]

Don't think that its a valid genus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davidia_magnidens:confused1:

 

I'm trying to get to grips with the ICN and getting stuck for some examples, oh and trying to explain the use of latin grammar:thumbdown: Which I didn't study at school

 

Think it is! I have been robbed of a 200T bar and/or chain. Just because you didn't specify that the names had to be of living genus's's'. OK so all the Davidia molluscs are fossils. Within the taxonomy system that means they are still registered ICZN.

 

You've probably already looked at Wikipedia, but see Necatia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia anyway for interesting implications of identical genus names. Davidia has been jumping spiders, bivalves and trees. I deserve at least an empty 100ml Stihl oil bottle or prize of equal value for getting a genus that has 3 examples.

 

And if you allow fossils (I did a couple fo years of geology, they're in my brain) you could have Drimys and Chrysolepis.

[daltontrees]

Further comment from Addendum anorachum (Morris 2014). Anura in frogs is taxonomically an Order, which is 2 levels up from Genus.

Ditto for Proboscidea (Order for elephants, genus for devil's claws)

Edited April 21, 2014 by daltontrees

[nepia]

btggaz, if you want to improve your Latin vs plants knowledge may I suggest the RHS book Latin for Gardeners - ISBN 978-1-84533-731-5? It contains also brief biogs of the major plant hunters.

The poorly erased price on mine is £14.99.