A toponym is a scientific name that refers to a location.

-ensis is an adjective suffix for nouns and indicates a country or place of
origin or habitat
m: -ensis
f: -ensis
n: -ense

-icus is an adjective suffix for nouns and translates to mean "belonging to"
, "from", or "of"
m: -icus
f: -ica
n: icum

According to the ICBN, "An epithet derived from a geographical name is
preferably an
adjective and usually takes the termination -ensis, -(a)nus, -inus,
or -icus."

So there are two other suffixes that may indicate place, but I didn't look
them up.

"Al" wrote in message
-ense, -ensis, -icus, -ica tacked onto the end of the specific name tells
you it comes from whatever place is mentioned in the first part of the
word.
For instance Paraphalaenopsis labukense tells you that this species comes
from someplace called Labuk (The bay of Labuk is in Malaysia).

However, if you have noticed -ense and ensis have to be among the most
misspeeeld parts of the Latin binomial you would have to know which gender
ending of this suffix matches the gender of the word Paraphalaenopsis to
know if I am messing with your mind or if I spelled correctly. A quick
search of the internet will only confirm that lots of people are confused
about gender on your planet. It seems, grammatically speaking anyway, two
genders
is one too many.

"K Barrett" wrote in message
...
Eric, Al is a space alien and is remarking on the paucity of genders on
this
planet. Use of string theory can correct that, as (probably) has been
done
elsewhere in this universe, posibly in the others as well.

K Barrett

"Eric Hunt" wrote in message
...
Al,

Most romance languages, based on Latin, have male, female, and neuter
genders.

-Eric in SF
www.orchidphotos.org

"Al" wrote in message
...
I notice that nobody thought it odd enough to comment on the fact that
there appear to be only three genders in Latin.