List of things named after Charles Darwin

Several places, concepts, institutions, and things are namesakes of the English biologist Charles Darwin:

Places

Things named after Darwin in relation to his Beagle voyage

Scientific names of organisms

Some 250 species and several higher groups bear Darwin's name; most are insects.[1][2]

Darwinilus, a rove beetle
Darwinius, an extinct primate
Darwinopterus, a genus of pterosaur
Darwinula, a genus of seed shrimp
Darwinivelia, a water treader genus
Darwinysius, a seed bug
Darwinomya, a genus of flies
Darwinella, a sponge genus
Darwinsaurus, a dinosaur
Darwinhydrus, a diving beetle
darwini (multiple species)
darwinii (multiple species)
Ingerana charlesdarwini, a frog

Philosophies

Other

Darwin, a unit of evolutionary change
Darwin, an operating system
Darwin (ESA) (a proposed satellite system)
Darwin Awards
Darwin Medal
Darwin fish
Division of Darwin, a former electoral division in Australia
1991 Darwin, a stony Florian asteroid
Darwin (lunar crater) a lunar crater
Darwin (Martian crater) a martian crater

References

Miličić, D., Lučić, L., Pavković-Lučić, S. (2011). "How Many Darwins? – List Of Animal Taxa Named After Charles Darwin" (PDF). Natura Montenegrina. 10 (4): 515–532. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-24.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
Jozwiak, Piotr; Rewicz, Tomasz; Pabis, Krzysztof (2015). "Taxonomic etymology – in search of inspiration". ZooKeys. 513: 143–160. doi:10.3897/zookeys.513.9873. PMC 4524282. PMID 26257573.

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[1] Miličić, D., Lučić, L., Pavković-Lučić, S. (2011). "How Many Darwins? – List Of Animal Taxa Named After Charles Darwin" (PDF). Natura Montenegrina. 10 (4): 515–532. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-24.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

[2] Jozwiak, Piotr; Rewicz, Tomasz; Pabis, Krzysztof (2015). "Taxonomic etymology – in search of inspiration". ZooKeys. 513: 143–160. doi:10.3897/zookeys.513.9873. PMC 4524282. PMID 26257573.

Charles Darwin
Life	Darwin–Wedgwood family Education Voyage on HMS Beagle Inception of theory Development of theory Publication of theory Reactions to On the Origin of Species Orchids to Variation Descent of Man to Emotions Insectivorous Plants to Worms Religious views Health Women Portraits of Darwin (caricatures)
Writings	Extracts from Letters to Henslow The Voyage of the Beagle Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs "On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection" On the Origin of Species Fertilisation of Orchids Geological Observations on South America Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals Insectivorous Plants The Power of Movement in Plants The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms Autobiography Correspondence The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin More Letters of Charles Darwin List of described taxa
Related	Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation History of evolutionary thought Pangenesis Darwin Industry Commemoration Things named for Darwin Darwinism Neural Darwinism Quantum Darwinism Social Darwinism Universal Darwinism Alternatives Eclipse HMS Beagle Darwin Medal Darwin Awards