peruviana

Peruviana is a Latin feminine adjective meaning "of Peru" or "Peruvian". In taxonomy, peruviana is used as a specific epithet in the scientific name of a species, indicating a connection with Peru.

In binomial nomenclature, the specific epithet agrees in gender with the genus name; the masculine form is peruvianus, the neuter form peruanum, and the feminine form peruviana.

The epithet appears across many groups of organisms, including plants and animals, where it is chosen when the species was first described from Peru or is strongly associated with Peruvian habitats.

Outside formal taxonomy, peruviana is rarely used as a standalone term. When it appears, it usually functions as part of a longer proper name or title that signals a Peruvian connection.

See also Peru; Peruvian; Latin adjectives in taxonomy; binomial nomenclature.