5 scientists tell the stories behind these species names
- Written by Anthea Batsakis, Deputy Editor: Environment + Energy, The Conversation
Left: imdb. Right: Volker Framenau Weaving creative, heartfelt or even risqué words into the formal Latin names for new species has long been common in taxonomy — the science of classifying flora and fauna.
An 18th century botanist, for example, named a genus of flower “Clitoria” after the human clitoris, and some...





