neuwiedi

Neuwiedi is not a stand-alone organism or taxon, but a Latinized epithet used in scientific names within taxonomy. As a binomial or trinomial name component, neuwiedi functions as the specific epithet and is often employed to honor a person or a place associated with Wied-Neuwied, a German noble family and the name of the town Neuwied in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

In zoological and botanical nomenclature, epithets that end in -i typically indicate a masculine patronym—often signaling that the species or subspecies was named after a man connected to the name Neuwied or Wied-Neuwied. Variants such as neuwiedii or neuwiedae may occur in other contexts or languages, depending on the grammatical conventions used in the original naming publication. The precise historical reference behind any given neuwiedi epithet can vary by taxon and author.

Because neuwiedi appears as a component of species names rather than as a standalone taxon, it appears across diverse groups without representing a single organism or group. To determine which organisms bear the epithet, one would examine taxonomic databases or the original nomenclatural publication for each species.

Related topics include Wied-Neuwied, the early 19th-century naturalist Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied and his Brazilian expedition; Neuwied, the town in Germany; and the conventions of binomial nomenclature and patronyms in taxonomy.

See also: Wied-Neuwied, Neuwied (Germany), binomial nomenclature, taxonomic patronym.