Editing Alcide d'Orbigny (section)

==Taxa==
Several zoological and [[Botany|botanical]] [[taxa]] were named in his honor, including the following [[Genus|genera]] and [[species]].
*''[[Alcidedorbignya]]'' {{small|[[species:Christian de Muizon|Muizon]] & [[Larry G. Marshall|Marshall]], 1992}} – an extinct genus of [[pantodont]] mammal
*''Alcidia'' <small>[[Jules René Bourguignat|Bourguignat]], 1889</small> – a genus of [[sea snail]]s
*''[[Ampullariidae|Ampullaria dorbignyana]]'' <small>[[Rodolfo Amando Philippi|Philippi]], 1851</small> – a species of [[freshwater snail]]
*''[[Apostolepis dorbignyi]]'' <small>[[Hermann Schlegel|Schlegel]], 1837</small> – a species of burrowing snake<ref name=Bo>Beolens et al.</ref>
*''[[Asthenes dorbignyi]]'' <small>[[Ludwig Reichenbach|Reichenbach]], 1853</small> - a species of [[Ovenbird (family)|furnariid bird]]
*''[[Bachia dorbignyi]]'' <small>[[André Marie Constant Duméril|A.M.C. Duméril]] & [[Gabriel Bibron|Bibron]], 1839</small> – a species of [[lizard]]<ref name=Bo/>
*''[[Cadomites orbignyi]]'' <small>[[species:Albert de Grossouvre|de Grossouvre]], 1930</small>  – a species of  [[ammonite]]s from the [[Bathonian]]<ref>{{in lang|fr}} de Grossouvre (A.), 1930. ''Note sur le Bathonien moyen''. Livre jubilaire. Centenaire de la Société Géologique de France, t. 2, pp. 361–387 {{,}}[https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/f/item/a04820?listIndex=6&listCount=19]</ref>
*''[[Chaunus dorbignyi]]'' <small>(A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1841)</small> – a species of [[toad]]
*''[[Haminoea|Haminoea orbignyana]]'' <small>[[André Étienne d'Audebert de Férussac|A. de Férussac]], 1822</small> – a species of sea snail
*''[[Hecticoceras (Orbignyceras)]]'' <small>C. Gérard & H. Contaut, 1936</small> – a [[subgenus]] of ammonite from the [[Callovian]]<ref>{{in lang|fr}} Gérard C. & Contaut H., « Les ammonites de la zone à ''Peltoceras athleta'' du Centre-Ouest de la France », ''Mémoires de la Société géologique de France'', Paris, vol. 29, 1936, {{p.|100}}</ref>
*''[[Liolaemus dorbignyi]]'' <small>[[species:Julio Germán Koslowsky|Koslowsky]], 1898</small> – a species of lizard<ref name=Bo/>
*''[[Lystrophis|Lystrophis dorbignyi]]'' <small>A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & [[Auguste Duméril|A.H.A. Duméril]], 1854</small> – a species of snake<ref name=Bo/>
*''Nerocila orbignyi'' <small>([[Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville|Guérin]], 1832)</small> – a species of [[Parasitism|ectoparasitic]] [[Isopoda|isopod]]
*''[[Attalea (plant)|Orbignya]]'' <small>[[Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius|Mart.]] ex [[Stephan Endlicher|Endl.]]</small> – a genus of [[Arecaceae|palm trees]], which includes the species ''Orbignya speciosa'' <small>(Mart. ex [[Curt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel|Spreng.]])</small>, commonly known as the Brazilian palm tree or ''babaçu'' in Portuguese
*''[[Pinna (genus)|Pinna dorbignyi]]'' <small>[[Sylvanus Charles Thorp Hanley|Hanley]], 1858</small> – a species of [[bivalve]] [[mollusc]]
[[File:Potamotrygon orbignyi.jpg|thumb|right|Illustration of ''Potamotrygon orbignyi'' by Castelnau.]]
*''[[Potamotrygon orbignyi]]'' <small>([[Francis de Laporte de Castelnau|Castelnau]], 1855)</small> – a species of freshwater [[stingray]]
*''[[Quadracythere orbignyana]]'' <small>([[Bosquet (surname)|Bosquet]], 1852)</small> – a species of marine [[ostracod]]
*''[[Rhinodoras dorbignyi]]'' <small>([[Rudolf Kner|Kner]], 1855)</small> –  a species of [[thorny catfish]]
*''[[Sepia (genus)|Sepia (Rhombosepion) orbignyana]]'' <small>[[André Étienne d'Audebert de Férussac|A. de Férussac]] in d'Orbigny, 1826</small> – a species of [[cuttlefish]], commonly known as the pink cuttlefish
*''[[Subdiscosphinctes orbignyi]]'' <small>Hantzpergue, 1987</small> – a species of ammonites from the [[Kimmeridgian]]<ref>{{in lang|fr}} Pierre Hantzpergue, ''Les ammonites kimméridgiennes du haut-fond d'Europe occidentale. Biochronologie, systématique, évolution, paléogéographie'', Cahiers de paléontologie, éditions du CNRS, 1989, {{p.|428}}</ref>
*''[[Trachemys dorbigni]]'' {{small|(A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835)}} – a species of freshwater [[turtle]]

In the above list, a [[Author citation (zoology)|taxon author]] or [[Binomial nomenclature|binomial authority]] in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than the genus to which the species is currently assigned.