This is a list of common affixes used when scientifically naming species, particularly extinct species for whom only their scientific names are used, along with their derivations.

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Examples: Afrovenator (African hunter); Afropithecus (African ape); Afrotheria (African beasts)

  • -ales: Pronunciation: /ˈa.lis/. Origin: Latin:-ālis. Meaning: Used to form taxonomic names of orders for plants and fungi.

Examples: Enterobacterales ('Intestinal bacteria order'); Nitrosomonadales ('Nitrogen fixing bacteria order'); Fabales ('legume order'); Caryophyllales ('carnation plant order'); Myrtales ('myrtle order'); Malvales ('mallow order'); Agaricales ('agaric order'); Ranunculales ('buttercup order'); Lactobacillales ('lactic acid bacteria order'); Brassicales ('cabbage order'); Ophioglossales ('snake-tongue order'); Asterales ('aster order'); Apiales ('celery order'); Cucurbitales ('gourd order'); Celastrales ('staff-vine order'); Ginkgoales ('Ginkgo order'); Nymphaeales ('water lily order'); Fagales ('beech order'); Geastrales ('earthstar order'); Phallales ('stinkhorn order'); Rosales ('rose order'); Boletales ('porcino order'); Poales ('grass order'); Picramniales ('bitterbush order')

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