species-examples

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Examples of common and scientific names of living things, which could be marked up with a "species" (or similar) microformat. Note use of matching pairs of examples, where possible.

Binomials

Birds

Black-tailed Godwit on West Midland Bird Club's Ladywalk reserve latest news page

Limosa limosa on West Midland Bird Club's county lists'

Mammal

Wolf on International Wolf Center

Canis lupus on NPS.gov

Fish

Northern pike on Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Esox lucius on Pike & Zander

Insect

Death’s Head Hawkmoth on Animal Teachers

Acherontia atropos on UK Moths

Plant

Bog Pimpernel on Map Reading's Wildflower Images

Anagallis tenella on BioImages

Funghi

Amanita muscaria on California Funghi

Fly Agaric on Trees for Life

More than binomials

Authority

Pica pica Linnaeus, (1758) on Wikpedia

(i.e. named by Linnaeus in 1758)

Unsepcifeid species

Podiceps sp. on Bird Life

Sub-species

Animal

Larus glaucoides kumlieni on BirdGuides

Kumlien's Gull on Birds Ireland

Plant

Pisum sativum subsp. sativum on [1] (also has other examples)

Cultivars (plant)

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Aureomarginata' on Wikipedia

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Golden Wonder' on plantago.nl

Cultivar groups (plant)

Brassica oleracea Botrytis Group on Wikipedia

Trade names (plant)

Rosa Peace on Wikipedia

("Peace" is a trade designation or "selling name" for the cultivar R. 'Madame A. Meilland' and should therefore be printed in a different typeface from the rest of the name, without any quote marks)

Sunflower 'Giant Single' on Johnsons Seeds

Sunflower 'Infrared' F1 on Johnsons Seeds

(Note "F1" cross designation)

Variety (plant)

Pisum sativum var. macrocarpon on Dave's Garden

Sub-variety (plant)

Betula ermani var. genuina subvar. brevidentata on National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens, Gloucestershire Group (plus many other examples)

Form (plant)

Acanthocalycium spiniflorum f. klimpelianum aka Acanthocalycium spiniflorum forma klimpelianum on Wikipedia

Strain (bacteria)

Escherichia coli O157:H7 on FDA.gov

E.Coli on BBC news

Misc

Superseded names

Tringa bartramia superseded by Bartramia longicauda on West Midland Bird Club's Upland Sandpiper article

References