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howardi

Howardi is a Latinized patronymic epithet used in biological nomenclature. In zoological and botanical naming, specific epithets such as howardi are commonly employed to honor individuals who contributed to the discovery, collection, or study of a species. The epithet howardi is typically written in lowercase and follows the genus in a binomial name, for example Genus howardi. It is not a standalone taxon.

Formation and usage: The exact form of a patronymic epithet depends on the governing nomenclature code (for

Notes: Because howardi is an epithet rather than a taxon, it does not have a separate biography.

See also: Eponym in taxonomy; List of taxonomic epithets.

animals,
the
ICZN;
for
plants,
algae,
and
fungi,
the
ICN)
and
on
Latin
grammatical
conventions.
Epithets
honoring
a
person
named
Howard
may
appear
as
howardi,
howardii,
or
other
variants,
chosen
to
reflect
gender,
plurality,
or
linguistic
adaptation.
The
goal
is
to
create
a
stable,
unique
name
that
clearly
signals
the
honoring
of
an
individual
associated
with
the
taxon.
Its
meaning
is
tied
to
the
person
named
Howard
and
to
the
original
published
description
of
the
species.
Taxonomic
databases
and
the
original
species
descriptions
provide
the
authoritative
spelling
and
attribution
for
each
occurrence
of
the
epithet.