Species named after locations O-S
Numerous adjectives have an ending in -ensis -is (masculine or feminine gender) or in -ense (neuter gender). All these adjectives are declined according to the third declension and their stems are obtained by removing the letters is or e . For example, the stem of the neo-Latin adjective aarhusensis (masculine gender), aarhusensis (feminine gender), aarhusense (neuter gender) is aarhusens- . These adjectives are used to form species or subspecies epithets [Rule 12c (1), Rule 13b] from geographic locations. Some of these "locations" are acronyms of institutions. One part of the species names found in LPSN and unambiguously derived in that manner are listed below, arranged by the location to which they are referring. See also the LPSN introductory page on forming names .
New combinations
In the case of a ☞ new combination these epithets must be adapted to the gender of the genus name: -ensis (masculine), -ensis (feminine) or -ense (neuter). This is a special case of Group B adjectives ending in -is (masculine), -is (feminine) and -e (neuter).
Oahu
Oak Ridge
Obama
Obu
Ochang
Odense
Odisha
Ognon
Oguni
Ohlone
Ohwaku
Oka
Okayama
Okayasu
Okcheon
Oker
Okha
Okhotsk
Okinawa
Oklahoma
Okuhida
Oldenburg
Olomouc
Olomouc
Omachta
Oman
Omiya
Oneida
Onikobe
Onnuri
Ontario
Onuba
Oral
Oranim
Ordu
Oregon
ORI
Orleans
Orsk
Oshima
Oskol
Oslo
Osmania
Oso
Ossonoba
Ostravia
Otaki
Othinia (Odense)
Otsuchi
Ottawa
Oulmene
Owens
Oxford
Oxon
Oxon
Oze
PACA
PACA
Pachmarhi
Pacific
Pagus Vastinensis (Gatinais)
Pahoa
Paiute
Pakistan
Paknam
Palaeochori
Palaeochory
Palamuru
Palau
Paldal
Pallada
Palmas
Pamet
Pamir
Pamplona
Pamukkale
Panama
Panarea
Panipat
Panjin
Pantanal
Pantelleria
Panzhihua
Papago
Papahānaumokuākea
Para
Paracel
Parana
Parana
Parana
Parangueo
Paris
Parjim
Parkway
Parma
Paro
Paroo
Parthenon
Parvati
Pasadena
Pasinler
Patagonia
Pathum Thani
Pattaloong
Pavilion
Pavlovsk
Peking
Penang
Pengcheng
Penghu
Pentele
Pentland
Penzberg
Peoria
Peradeniya
Perdik
Pergamino
Perm
Persepolis
Peru
Peru
Phang Nga
PharmaMar
Phatthalung
Philippines
Philippines
Phitsanulok
Phocaea
Phocaea
Phocaea (Phocée)
Phrae
Phu-Sang
Pichavaram
Piedade
Pilbara
Pima
Pimo
Pinatubo
Pindari
Pindorama
pine
Pineola
Pingfang
Pingtung
Piran
Piscis
Pishan
Pittsburgh
Plata
Pluederhausen
Plum
Pocheon
Pohang
Pohnpei
Pollenca
Polynesia
Polynesia
Pomme d’Or
pond
Pons Aelius
Poole
Poona
Portal
Porto
Porto
Porto Rico (Puerto Rico)
Portucale (Portugal)
Potter
Poyang
Prachuap
Praga
Prahova
Prairie
Pretoria
Primorye
Prony
Provence
Prunarede
Prydz
Psekups
Puerto Rico
puldeung
Pulney
Pune
Punjab
Puno
Puruogangri
Pusa
Pushchino
Puyang
Pyongyang
Pyoseon
Qaidam
Qamdo
Qiandao
Qiangtang
Qianjiadong
Qianjiang
Qi’ao
Qiaohou
Qiaokou
Qijiaojing
Qilian
Qilianshan
Qingdao
Qingfeng
Qinghai
Qinghai
Qinglan
Qinling
Qinzhou
Qinzhou
Qirim
Qitaihe
Qomolangma
Quateira
Quebec
Queensland
Quimbaya
Quzhuomu
Rafael (San Rafael Swell)
Raiganj
Ramapuram
Ramsar
Rangoon
Ranong
Ranwu
Ratisbona
Rattekaai
Ravenspurgum
Rayong
Rayton
Recife
refrigerator
reg
Reichwalde
Reidholz
Reke
Renqiu
Retba
Reynosa
Rhenobacum (Rheinbach)
Ria Formosa
Ribe
Rif
Rifieto
Rifle
Righ
Rimicaris
Řimov
Rinoji
Rio Grande
Rioja
Rishiri
Ritu
Rivus Pollens
Riyadh
Rizhao
Rochester
Rodmos
Roi-Et
Rongcheng
Ronggui
Roodepoort
Roopkund
Roscoff
Roslin
Ross
Rotomagus
Rozalia
Rudong
Ruestringen
Ruidian
Ruilong
Rumoi
Rupa
Rupella (La Rochelle)
Rupi
Russia
Rutgers
Ruwais
Rwanda
Rydalmere
Ryukyu
Saale
Saalfeld
Saana
Saanich
Saaremaa
Sabaudia
Sacheon
Saelices
Saemangeum
Saemankum
SAF
Saga
Saga
Sagami
Sagami
Sagamihara
Sagara
Sahara
Sahara
Sahara
Sahel
Sahel
Saidenbach
Saigon
Sajany (Sayan Mountains)
Sakaerat
Sakai
Salamis
Salavatli
Saleve
Saleyer (Salayar)
Saleyer (Salayar)
Sall
Salmas
Salton
Sambhar
Sambong
Samoa
Sampli
Samsun
Samui
Samyang
Sanaru
Sanctus Bonifatius (Saint Boniface, Winnipeg)
Sanctus Malo (Saint-Malo)
Sanda
San Diego
Sandvic
Sanfeng Chen
San Francisco
Sangju
San Juan
Sannan
Santillana
Santiniketan
Santorini
Sanya
São Paulo
Sapmi
Sapporo
Sapporo
Sardinia
SAREC
Sarikei
Saroma
Sasang
Saskatchewan
Satsuma
Saudi (Saudi Arabia)
Saudi (Saudi Arabia)
Saurashtra
savannah
Savuti
Sayram
Scandinavia
Schirmacher
Schoenbuch
Schwarzwald
Scion
Sdot Yam
Seattle
Sehline
Sejong
Selangor
Semungkis
Sendai
Senegal
Senghenydd
Senri
SENU
Seodo
Seohae
Seohaean
Seoho
Seongsan
Seonyu
Seosin
Seoul
Sequana
Serbia
Sesciacum (Chausey)
Sesnando
sessile
Sete
Setia
Seymenli
Sfax
Shaanxi
Shaban
Shache
Shahu
Shandong
Shanghai
Shangri-La
Shankargarh
Shanxi
Shanxi Eye
Shaoguan
Shaoxing
Sharm
Shaya
Shengli
Shennongjia
Shennongjia
Shensi
Shenyang
Shenzhen
Shewa
Shiga
Shiga
Shilin
Shimane
Shimofusa
Shinano
Shinjuku
Shinshu
Shinui
Shioyasaki
Shira
Shirakami
Shiraz
Shivaji
Shiyin
Shizuoka
Shodo
Shone
Siam
Siberia
Sichang
Sichuan
Sicilia (Sicily)
Signy
Sihui
Sihwa
Sikkim
Silamurun
Silesia
Siliguri
Similan
Sina (China)
Sina (China)
Sinai
Sinaloa
Sinda
Sindirgi
Sinduri
Sine-Saloum
Singapore
SIO
Sioya
Sitia
Sivas
Sivash
Siyang
Skagerrak
Skierniewice
Skive
SKKU
Skye
Slesvicum
Smyrna
Soap Lake
Socompa
Sodom
Sodon
Soesokkak
Sogal
Sokolov
Solikamsk
Solivar
Somalia
Songbei
Songhuajiang
Songkla
Songnen
Songpinggou
Songyuan
Sonora
Soopun
Sossego
Soudan
Soutpansberg
Sovata
Soyang
Sparouine
Spirit
Spirulina
Spiti
Spitsbergen
spring
Starnberg
Stellenbosch
steppe
Stoeckheim
Stordalen Mire
Stuttgart
Styria
Sua
Sudan
Suduntuy
Suecia (Sweden)
Suibin
Suihua
Suiling
Sukawa
Suket
Sumter
Suncheon
Sunchon
Suncor
Sundarbans
Sundsvall
Sungurlu
Suomi
Suqian
Surat Thani
Surat Thani
Surrey
Suruga
Suryakund
Susong
Suwon
Suzhou
Svalbard
Swartberg
SWU
Sylt
Szechwan
Szeged
Szutsao
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