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January 16

A list of all species

Is there a database of binomial names where I can see all species with a particular specific epithet? For example, I type in "nigra" and it gives me Populus nigra, Sambucus nigra, Comatricha nigra, Actia nigra, etc. Surtsicna (talk) 22:07, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well, that should certainly do the trick. Thank you! Surtsicna (talk) 22:57, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If there is another website where I could order the species alphabetically by generic name, I would appreciate a link :) Surtsicna (talk) 22:59, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You can use POWO for plants. gracilis is the most common epithet for plants, with 599 accepted species (and 2,146 names listed). User:Jts1882 put together this program for me that arranges POWO data taxonomically and even checks if a Wikipedia article exists. Abductive (reasoning) 07:06, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]