Talk:Type genus

Example
We need a better example than Faba, which is now deprecated and refers to Vicia. ENeville (talk) 01:04, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

There are several plant families whose names don't match their type genera's: I also know of an example among animals:
 * Fabaceae: as mentioned above, the type genus is Vicia.
 * Theaceae: Camellia
 * Onagraceae: Oenothera
 * Cactaceae: the genus Cactus was split in three, none of which is currently called Cactus
 * Caprifoliaceae: Lonicera; named for the species L. caprifolium
 * Aquifoliaceae: Ilex; named for I. aquifolium.
 * Elapidae: originally named for Elaps, but that was moved to another family and renamed Homoroselaps. phma (talk) 01:01, 28 September 2015 (UTC)