Does anyone know where I can get a list of ALL scientific genus & species names?

Question

For instance, a list that contains every scientific genus & species name such as....Genus names--Drosophila, Homo, Pisum, etc........and Species names--H. sapiens, E. coli, etc.

I was just naming a few names above just for example so that you would know what I meant by it.

Answer 1

Do you want a place that has every species known to man? You wont find one. It doesn't exist, and if it did it would be out of date.

If your curious of full taxonomic namings wikipedia is usually good for satisfying curiosity. Wikipedia usually has the 8 most common taxonomic levels and possibly more if needed.

If your looking for a specific -and more likely correct- do a search on yahoo or google under "species X taxonomic naming".

One problem with taxonomic namings is they are always being changed and redefined. An example is domestic dogs were shifted from being their own species to being a subspecies of the grey wolf after genetic testing a few years ago. But not all scientists agree with this. Many species have different taxonomic names depending on who you ask.

Answer 2

You can search at answers.com. Just like this.

Phylum: Proteobacteria

Class: Gamma Proteobacteria

Order: Enterobacteriales

Family: Enterobacteriaceae

Genus: Escherichia

Species: E. coli


Binomial name
Escherichia coli
T. Escherich, 1885

Answer 3

The one I use for plants is http://www.ipni.org/index.html - the International Plant Names Index. The Index Kewensis is the official source in hard copy. This site is good for seed plants but remaining groups of life will have different databases - anyone else know what these are?