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Abílio Fernandes

Some of her work was published in Flora Zambesiaca and she did a taxonomic revision of the families Avicenniaceae, Verbenaceae and Lamiaceae.

Aegirosaurus

Originally described by Wagner (1853) as Ichthyosaurus leptospondylus, it has had an unstable taxonomic history.

Apomuria

It was described by Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp in 1963 and since then no taxonomic changes have been made.

Black-eared Miner

It is closely related to the much more widely distributed Yellow-throated Miner M. flavigula and the taxonomic status of the Black-eared Miner is the subject of some controversy, with some researchers considering it a subspecies of M. flavigula.

Blue danio

The taxonomic name honors A.F.G. Kerr, who collected the first specimen on Ko Yao Yai in 1929.

Bohart Museum of Entomology

Areas of taxonomic specialization include the worldwide insect order Hymenoptera, freshwater non-insect arthropods, and California insect fauna.

Brachodes albina

The taxonomic status of this species is unclear, it is possibly a synonym of Brachodes lucida.

Bruno Hofer

One of his most significant publications was the taxonomic description of the myxosporean parasite, Myxobolus cerebralis.

Christ Church Lausanne

The Church garden is organised following a taxonomic approach, featuring only plants belonging to the Rosaceae family.

Cophenetic correlation

Although it has been most widely applied in the field of biostatistics (typically to assess cluster-based models of DNA sequences, or other taxonomic models), it can also be used in other fields of inquiry where raw data tend to occur in clumps, or clusters.

Cronobacter sakazakii

The taxonomic relationship between E. sakazakii strains has been studied using full-length 16S rRNA gene sequencing, DNA-DNA hybridization, multilocus sequence typing (MLST), f-AFLP, automated ribotyping.

Diplomorpha

, a taxonomic synonym of Wikstroemia, a genus of flowering shrubs in the Thymelaeaceae

nom. illeg., a taxonomic synonym of Sauropus, a genus of herbs, shrubs and subshrubs in the Phyllanthaceae, and a later homonym of Diplomorpha Meisn.

Duck family

Anatidae, the scientific taxonomic family that ducks are classified under

Eogastropoda

Eogastropoda was a previously used taxonomic category of snails or gastropods, a subclass which was erected by Ponder and Lindberg in 1997.

Eugène Simon

His many taxonomic contributions include categorizing and naming many spiders, as well as creating genera such as Anelosimus, Psellocoptus and Phlogius.

Felis chaus furax

In 1898, the British zoologist William Edward de Winton examined the collection of jungle cat skins in the Natural History Museum and revised taxonomic assessments of the jungle cat group.

Fiji Whistler

It is variably considered a subspecies of a widespread P. pectoralis, a subspecies of P. vitiensis or treated as a separate species, but strong published evidence in favour of either treatment is limited, and further study is warranted to resolve the complex taxonomic situation.

Gilbert Morgan Smith

Smith system, his taxonomic system (published in Cryptogamic Botany)

Gordon Waterman Chaplin

Chaplin grew up in Nassau, Bahamas, where his father, Charles C. G. Chaplin, worked as an ichthyologist and co-authored the taxonomic textbook Fishes of the Bahamas and Adjacent Tropical Waters (Livingston Press 1968:, University of Texas Press 1992).

Gracilaria confectella

The present taxonomic status of this species is unknown, it is known to be misplaced in the Gracilaria genus, but has not been assigned to another genus yet.

Hiromichi Kono

He performed taxonomic work in Coleoptera as well, describing a new genus of Lycid beetle, Benibotarus (ITIS).

Lophosoria quadripinnata

Genetic analysis has placed the species unequivocally in the Dicksoniaceae family, but the story of its taxonomic placement is long.

Luer

Carlyle A. Luer, botanist specializing in orchids, abbreviated Luer as a taxonomic authority

Margaret Elizabeth Barr-Bigelow

In 1956, Barr married mycologist Howard E. Bigelow and was awarded a Ph.D. for her work The taxonomic position of the genus Mycosphaerella as shown by comparative developmental studies one week later.

Marginellidae

Marginellidae, or the margin shells, are a taxonomic family of small, often colorful, sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Neogastropoda.

Marginellinae

Marginellinae is a taxonomic subfamily within the larger family of Marginellidae, a group of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Muricoidea.

Mario Crocco

Crocca is internationally known for having proposed, in 2006, a new Nomen nudum taxonomic system that would include the hypothetical bacterium thought to have been detected on Mars by the Viking lander in 1976.

Miles M.35 Libellula

The Miles M.35 or Miles Libellula (from Libellulidae, the taxonomic name for a family of dragonflies) was a tandem wing research aircraft built by Miles Aircraft as a precursor to a proposed naval carrier fighter.

Mitridae

Mitridae, known as mitre shells, are a taxonomic family of sea snails, widely distributed marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Neogastropoda.

Nassariidae

Nassariidae, common name nassa mud snails (USA), or dog whelks (UK), are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.

Petalonema alatum

Petalonema alatum is a cyanobacterium (cyanophyte, cyanoprokaryote) described and drawn first time by the Scottish author Dugald Carmichael under the taxonomic name Oscillatoria allata in the book of Scottish cryptogamic flora edited by Greville in 1826 and later published under the still valid name Petalonema alatum by Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1833.

Pilophorus

Note that Pilophorus is a homonym for another taxonomic genus: Pilophorus Hahn, 1826 is namely a genus of the family Miridae in the order of the Hemiptera.

Pogona minor

This taxonomic name includes the widespread type known as western bearded dragon, Pogona minor minor, and the subspecies, Pogona minor minima, confined to the Wallabi Group of islands.

Ridgway's Rough-winged Swallow

Most taxonomic authorities consider it to be a subspecies of the Northern Rough-winged Swallow.

Rustem Devletovich Zhantiev

In 1966 he wrote his thesis "The taxonomic and ecological analysis of Sem. Dermestidae (Coleoptera)" and in 1980 his PhD on insect bioacoustics.

Ryukyu Kingfisher

Its taxonomic status is doubtful; it is most likely a subspecies of the Micronesian Kingfisher, which would make its scientific name Todiramphus cinnamomina miyakoensis.

Tanna Ground Dove

Its taxonomic affiliation is uncertain but at its first scientific discussion by Johann Georg Wagler in 1829 it was classified into the genus Gallicolumba (which includes Ground Doves and Bleeding-hearts); its closest relative is possibly the Santa Cruz Ground Dove.

The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph

In a foreword, Kew Gardens Director Ghillean Prance notes that here we have the unusual complete taxonomic study (nowadays) of a large and complex genus, but also a genus which is global in extent.

Thelymitra

Jeffrey A Jeanes of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne has recently (2004) done a taxonomic revision, resolved several species complexes and described a considerable number of new species (see Muelleria 19; 2004)

Tokiharu Abe

Abe became notable for his taxonomic studies on the pufferfish (Tetraodontidae, Teleostei) from East Asia, in particalur the genus Takifugu which he first described in 1949.

Truman G. Yuncker

Truman George Yuncker(March 20, 1891 - January 8, 1964) was a taxonomic botanist and was best known for his work in the Piperaceae field.

Uhehe Fiscal

Many taxonomic authorities consider it to be a subspecies of the Southern Fiscal.

Vespoidea

The Vespoidea are a superfamily of order Hymenoptera of class Insecta, although older taxonomic schemes may vary in this categorization, particularly in their recognition of a now-obsolete superfamily Scolioidea.

William Henry Miskin

He published numerous taxonomic papers on Lepidoptera from 1874 to 1892, including a description of Coscinocera hercules.


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