This list is part of the List of organisms named after famous people, and includes organisms named after famous individuals born on or after the 1st of January 1950. ![]() Similarly, those named for a woman often end in -ae, or -arum for two or more women. Following rules of Latin grammar, species or subspecies names derived from a man's name often end in -i or -ii if named for an individual, and -orum if named for a group of men or mixed-sex group, such as a family. Scientific names are generally formally published in peer-reviewed journal articles or larger monographs along with descriptions of the named taxa and ways to distinguish them from other taxa. species or genus plural: taxa) named in honor of another entity is an eponymous taxon, and names specifically honoring a person or persons are known as patronyms. ![]() ![]() In biological nomenclature, organisms often receive scientific names that honor a person.
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