The Key to Scientific Names
- grammicus
L. grammicus lettered, lined < Gr. γραμμικος grammikos linear < γραμμη grammē line < γραφω graphō to write.
- Grammicus
Gr. γραμμικος grammikos engraved, inscribed, lined < γραμμη grammē line < γραφω graphō to write.
● (Bucerotidae; quasi-syn. Lophoceros † Congo Pied Hornbill L. fasciatus) "15. GRAMMICUS, Reich. — 37. fasciatus, Shaw. — 38. nasutus, L. — 39? hastatus, Cuv. (Levaill., t. 237.) — 40. limbatus, Rupp." (Bonaparte 1854); "Grammicus "Reich." Bonaparte, 1854, Conspectus Volucrum Anisodactylorum, p. 3 (not of Reichenbach, 1849). Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds Brit. Mus., p. 149), Buceros fasciatus Shaw, 1812." (JAJ 2021).
● (Bucerotidae; syn. Lophoceros † African Grey Hornbill L. nasutus ) Reichenbach's 1849, plate XLIX, labelled Levirostres: Bucerotinae, shows the white ridges on the lower mandible of what appears to be an adult female of this hornbill; "Grammicus Reichenbach, 1849, Avium Systema Naturale, pl. XLIX (no specific names given). Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds Brit. Mus., p. 84), Buceros poecilorhynchus de La Fresnaye, 1839 = Buceros nasutus Linnaeus, 1766." (JAJ 2021).
Var. Grammisus.- hypogrammica / hypogrammicum / hypogrammicus
Gr. ὑπο hupo beneath; γραμμικος grammikos lined, linear < γραμμη grammē line < γραφω graphō to write.
- leucogrammica / leucogrammicum / leucogrammicus / leucogrammus
Gr. λευκος leukos white; γραμμικος grammikos lined < γραμμη grammē line, mark < γραφω graphō to write.
- monogrammicus
Gr. μονος monos single; γραμμικος grammikos lined < γραμμη grammē line < γραφω graphō to write (cf. μονογραμμος monogrammos drawn with single lines, outlined, sketched).