Talk:Type genus

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We need a better example than Faba, which is now deprecated and refers to Vicia. ENeville (talk) 01:04, 20 November 2010 (UTC)Reply

There are several plant families whose names don't match their type genera's:

Fabaceae: as mentioned above, the type genus is Vicia.
Theaceae: Camellia
Onagraceae: Oenothera
Cactaceae: the genus Cactus was split in three, none of which is currently called Cactus
Caprifoliaceae: Lonicera; named for the species L. caprifolium
Aquifoliaceae: Ilex; named for I. aquifolium.

I also know of an example among animals:

Elapidae: originally named for Elaps, but that was moved to another family and renamed Homoroselaps. phma (talk) 01:01, 28 September 2015 (UTC)Reply