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straightener
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straightener asked in Science & MathematicsBiology · 1 decade ago

Same genus names in Plant & Animal Kingdom?

Mallotus is a a tree genus and is also a fish, other examples please.

Update:

Thanks Kathy, but I would like a few more names of genera common to both.

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  • spiderman
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    1 decade ago
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    An interesting question. I have come across a few over the years but none come to mind at the moment. Biologists try to avoid this happening although it is accepted in nomenclatural code.

    Problems arise of course when two animals (or two plants) are given the same generic name. The chimpanzees were originally given the name Troglodytes, then it was realised that this name had been given to the European Wren; chimps were then renamed Pan.

    Just thought of one: Pavonia. It is a moth (the Emperor Moth) and a genus of plants in the Mallow family.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I have come across a few while looking up plants. They always seem to be insects or sea creatures actually?

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