I was idly wondering what is the longest name for a species… My suggestion is 22 letters https://uk.inaturalist.org/taxa/1131240 [Pandanus longissimipedunculatus] - a member of the Screwpine Family

The longest one I’ve come across in a context where I’ve had to use it is Strongylophthalmyia angustipennis (a fly) at 32 letters. But the longest species name ever is apparently Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis (73 letters), named after Llanfairpwllgwyng…

Welsh is such a beautiful language. There’s definitely a few fungi that clock in at above 25 letters - a few I can think of Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata (26) Rhizomarasmius pyrrhocephalus (28) Candolleomyces candolleanus (26) Tolypocladium ophioglossoides (27) Callistosporium purpureomarginatum …

i don’t know, but taxonomists shouldnt be doing it. There needs to be a 10 character limit on both genus and species names and anyone who feels otherwise should have to write the name 300 times on ‘waterproof’ paper in a 50 degree rain. Yes there are some protocols that make people write out full na…

I tried to query it in the database of begin 2023 but I think Chrisangell already mentioned the winner. scientificName length Leucospermum conocarpodendron viridum ├ù Hypophyllocarpodendron hypophyllocarpodendron 86 Calystegia sepium roseata brummitt ├ù calystegia silvatica disjuncta brum…

I’m pretty sure I wore out some of the keys on my keyboard repeatedly typing ‘desarmillaria caespitosa’ this fall and its not even a super long one. For some of them it kind of makes sense because they’re just describing a feature of the species that separates it from a similar genus/species - ex t…

I think the longest species name that I’ve personally observed is the very fine gecko Cyrtodactylus australotitiwangsaensis (32)

Looks like that’s also the winner for a related topic: Where Do I Start With Pronouncing Scientific Names?

Who would stop them? The alternative is to let them name things after all their friends, which is being opposed now because some of them have had unsavory beliefs and behaviors. (I’m looking at you, Audubon.)

Ophiognomonia clavigignenti-juglandacearum (Butternut canker) is the longest one I’ve encountered while browsing iNat. Still only 40 letters long

Cipangopaludina chinensis is the longest one I’ve personally observed at 25 letters. Unless you count Corbicula fluminea sensu lato at 29. At this point, I just abbreviate the names (like C. fluminea s.l.)

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