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Epithets of species or subspecies can be formed from latinized personal names in the adjective form or in the genitive noun form [Rule 63]. Epithets of species or subspecies can be formed from geographic locations using the endings -ensis (feminine or masculine) or -ense (neuter). However, localities can also have classical Greek, classical Latin or medieval Latin adjectives such as africanus. Epithets can also be nouns [Rule 12c, Rule 13b]. The species and subspecies names found in LPSN whose epithets are unambiguously derived from an entity, but neither derived in the genitive noun form from a personal name nor derived from a location using -ensis or -ense, are listed below, arranged by the name of the entity to which they are referring. See also the LPSN introductory page on forming names.
In the case of a ☞ new combination these epithets must be adapted to the gender of the genus name: -anus (masculine), -ana (feminine) or -anum (neuter). This is a special case of Group A adjectives ending in -us (masculine), -a (feminine) and -um (neuter).
Faecalicatena absiana — Hallella absiana — Kribbibacterium absianum — Lacticaseibacillus absianus — Olsenella absiana — Veillonella absiana
Leptolyngbya boryana — Lyngbya boryana — Oscillatoria boryana — Phormidium boryanum — Plectonema boryanum
Anabaena cavanillesiana — Dermocarpa cavanillesiana — Jaaginema cavanillesianum — Myxohyella cavanillesiana — Oscillatoria cavanillesiana — Rhabdoderma cavanillesianum — Rivularia cavanillesiana — Spirulina cavanillesiana — Tolypothrix cavanillesiana
Flavobacterium franklandianum — "Candidatus Nitrosocosmicus franklandianus" corrig. — "Candidatus Nitrosocosmicus franklandus"
Dermocarpa gardneriana — Leptolyngbya gardneriana — Oscillatoria gardneriana — Phormidium gardnerianum
Coleospermum goeppertianum — "Coleospermum goeppertianum" — Gloeothece goeppertiana — Microchaete goeppertiana
Oscillatoria grunowiana — Phormidium grunowianum — Schizothrix grunowiana — Symplocastrum grunovianum — Symplocastrum grunowianum corrig.
Leptolyngbya hansgirgiana — Microcystis hansgirgiana — Plectonema terebrans var. hansgirgianum — Pleurocapsa hansgirgiana — Scopulonema hansgirgianum — Scytonema hofmannii var. hansgirgianum
Leptolyngbya hollerbachiana — Lyngbya pseudoramosa f. hollerbachiana — Plectonema boryanum f. hollerbachianum — Pseudophormidium hollerbachianum
Aerococcus kribbianus — Fusibacillus kribbianus — Lacticaseibacillus kribbianus — Lentilactobacillus kribbianus — Limosilactobacillus kribbianus
Bichatia kuetzingiana — Cagniardia kuetzingiana — Calothrix kuetzingiana — Coelocystis kuetzingiana — Coelosphaerium kuetzingianum — Gloeocapsa kuetzingiana — Gloeocapsa kuetzingiana — "Jaaginema kuetzingianum" — Lyngbya kuetzingiana — Lyngbya kuetzingiana — "Oscillatoria kuetzingiana" — Phormidium kuetzingianum
Arthrospira meneghiniana — Calothrix meneghiniana — Dichothrix meneghiniana — Lyngbya meneghiniana — Spirulina meneghiniana — Symploca meneghiniana
Acetobacter pasteurianus subsp. pasteurianus — Acetobacter pasteurianus — Clostridium pasteurianum — "Mycoderma pasteurianum" — Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus — Streptococcus pasteurianus