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Botanic nomenclature (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by angrystego@lemmy.world to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[+] lvxferre@mander.xyz 21 points 6 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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[–] teft@piefed.social 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Pretty sure that temporaria is related in this case to temporal, not temporary. It'd be like frog of the times or frog of the right season or something like that.

I could be wrong though.

As for little shits I would try something with copro- in it. That's the greek word for shit. Like coprophage is a shiteater or Copromorphidae are a family of moths that have shit like camouflage.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I’m still a huge fan of fruit flies. Drosophila melanogaster= yellow bellied garbage lover

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Black bellied, but yeah!

[–] kaklerbitmap@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

A bunch of species of tarantula in the Thrixopelma genus recently got moved to their own genus Ewok. This genus includes the newly discovered Ewok aycarumba.

https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/18853

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 6 points 6 months ago

They did it for the Luzulz

[–] shane@feddit.nl 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Gorilla gorilla gorilla

[–] teft@piefed.social 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I prefer Boops boops. Pronounced Boh-ops.

[–] DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

I like Upupa epops

[–] the_artic_one@programming.dev 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Also "sub-", at least in mycological names.

The other day, I read that there's a mushroom called "Agaricus subsubensis" and I felt like I was being trolled.

[–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Mamalian nomenclature:

Lynx McLynxface

[–] DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

Fox McFoxface

[–] hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Aside from Amorphophallus holding a big wang in your face there will always be Rollulus rouloul for the lulz.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

While we're at it, let's make an honorable mention of the naughtiest of all Amorphophallus species, A. fornicatus.