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Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature
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Mark Isaak
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Diooeae (a tribe of cycads); -----
Aizoaceae (family of African succulents),
Aloeaceae (a family divided from
Liliaceae in some classifications); -----
Aecidiaceae (plant family (synonym?)),
Paeoniaceae (family of flowering plants),
Saurauiaceae (Chinese gooseberry family,
synonym of Actinidiaceae); -----
Fouquieriaceae (family of arid N. American flowering plants)
- Longest with 1, 2, 3, 4 consonants.
Coccaceae (bacteria),
Nioniinae (cicadellid) - Longest with 1 different
consonant.
Omamima (Jurassic beetle) - One consonant
alternating with vowels.
Araucariaceae (southern hemisphere gymnosperm family) - Longest
with 2 different consonants.
Hantzschia (diatom),
Eschscholzia (poppy),
Eleutherodactylus karlschmidti (extinct
tree frog),
Rhododendron camptschaticum,
- 6 consecutive consonants.
Schtschurowskia Regel & Schmalhausen, 1882
(Umbelliferae)
Scilla mischtschenkoana (white squill, a Russian
ornamental plant) - 7 consecutive consonants. The "schtsch"
transliterates a single Russian letter (Щ) which can be
closely approximated with the SH sound.
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