Name game

[Dr.Stein]

Let's study while play

We know that it is hard to remember scientific name (binomial nomenclature), so c'mon let's play with it. Write a real and available scientific name you can remember (can be plants, animals, microbes) and the common name for it, but not that easy, you must start your name after the last character of the previous post... Understood? Confused? Aarrggh, I know I am bad at making sentences Well, see the example:

#1 post: Hippocampus erectus = Lined seahorse; northern seahorse (U.S.A.)

#2 post: Sagittaria latifolia = Broadleaf Arrowhead, Wapato

#3 post: Aspergillus fumigatus =

etc.

Don't forget to write the name in proper way as Carollus Linnaeus told If you have figure for your species, it would be nice



Ok, I start with this one: Panax ginseng = Korean ginseng


(It seems like a sexy hairy man, isn't it? )

[canalon]

I follow with Giardia lamblia.
Not any other name its a Single celled flagellated protozoa causing the famous (in Canada at least) Beaver fever.
More about it here. A rather nasty pathogen that has caused a few epidemics by contaminating public water systems.

[alextemplet]

Ambulocetus natans

[alextemplet]

Sorry, I forgot to explain what it is. It's an early form of amphibious whale, lived about 50 million years ago.

[Dr.Stein]

Saccharomyces cerevisiae = yeast

[MrMistery]

Equus caballus - horse

Made the thread sticky and moved to general discussion.

[x_forensics=life_x]

Synemon sophia

Its just a lovely Orange-Spotted Sun Moth. ok? lol

[Dr.Stein]

Astrosarkus idipi

A new genus and species of Oreasteridae (Valvatida; Asteroidea) from the central Pacific and southern Indian Oceans.

http://www.geology.uiuc.edu/~fossils/Ch ... /Astro.pdf

[baikuza]

Ipomea batatas

hm... i think every one know this.
(i'm in a lazy periode. so i'm sorry)

use this
http://nature.jardin.free.fr/grimpante/ ... tatas.html

[canalon]

Salmonella enterica subsp enterica ser. Emek.

One of the few thousands serovars of the Salmonella genus. Nothing special but it gives a more challenging last letter. Otherwise with Latin we will soon have exhausted species with names starting with S, A, I and E...

[Carolynparsons]

Kochia scoparia ~ Mexican Fireweed

Perhaps the last letter in the common name would be better and therefore not exhausting S, A, I, and E.

[x_forensics=life_x]

Ara Macao

Scarlet Macaw