[Taxacom] minimal length ot genus names[Scanned]

[Paul Kirk]

ZOO RECORD
 
Generic Name	 Expr1	
Pseudopalaeospiroplectammina	 28	
Archaeohystrichosphaeridium	 27	
Opisthogonoporantesophagus	 26	
Palaeohystrichosphaeridium	 26	
Gnorismoschema operculella	 26	
Yamagutiplectognathotrema	 25	
Pseudodegeletticyathellus	 25	
Rectoseptaglomospiranella	 25	
Spectrobates bistriatella	 25	
Heterocongeridopsischnium	 25	
Acanthocephalorhynchoides	 25	

ING (excluding fossil spores/pollen)
 
Genus name	 Expr1	
Pseudochaetosphaeronema	 23	
Archaeosphaerodiniopsis	 23	
Hueber-Pestalozziamonas	 23	
Schombolaeliocattleya	 21	
Scrophulari-Verbascum	 21	
Schomburgkio-Cattleya	 21	
Pseudotremellodendron	 21	
Pseudodictyosphaerium	 21	
Pseudoblepharispermum	 21	
Pseudodichotomosiphon	 21	
Funariophyscomitrella	 21	
Anacampti-Platanthera	 21	
Chaetendophragmiopsis	 21	
Arthotheliopsidomyces	 21	
Bolleo-chondrorhyncha	 21	
Chrysostephanosphaera	 21	
Coeloglossogymnadenia	 21	
Ascohansfordiellopsis	 21	
Helminthocarponomyces	 21	
Microtheliopsidomyces	 21	
Phaeostagonosporopsis	 21	
 
Paul
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From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu on behalf of Maarten Christenhusz
Sent: Tue 30/01/2007 18:06
To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] minimal length ot genus names[Scanned]




So two letters is the shortest generic name, but what would be the maximum?

By the way, a while ago someone posted a question about the what would be the pollinators of Amborella. Does anyone know the answer?

Maarten Christenhusz

----- Original Message -----
From: Anders Warén <anders.waren at nrm.se>
Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 7:28 pm
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] minimal length ot genus names

> There is nothing shorter than Io Lea, 1831, a freshwater gastropod.
>
> Anders Warén
>
> On Jan 30, 2007, at 6:11 PM, Pekka T. Lehtinen wrote:
>
> > Donat Agosti wrote:
> >
> >> We are building a tool to extract taxonomic names from texts,
> and 
> >> would like
> >> to know how long the shortest genus names are. Clearly, there
> is 
> >> no A, AU?
> >> or at which length do they begin?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks for any comments
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Donat
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >>
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> > Hi,
> >     I don´t remember now the exact names of the combination, but
> I 
> > have
> > long ago read about an Oriental bat having only two
> > letters both in the generic and in the specific name. Sorry that
> I was
> > then enough interested about such records. This would anyway be
> a 
> > record
> > for a binomen !
> >
> >     Pekka T. Lehtinen
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