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.

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]

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]
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. ananym
    (reverse spelling).
  3. ^ a b c This anagram is imperfect.

References

  1. ^
    PMID 26257573
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  2. ISBN 978-0-471-27396-7
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  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. ^
    S2CID 187926901
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  5. ISBN 978-0-19-866189-4
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  6. ISSN 0036-1488
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