Linnaeosicyos

<i>Linnaeosicyos</i>

Linnaeosicyos

Species of flowering plant

Linnaeosicyos is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.[1] The only species is Linnaeosicyos amara (L.) H.Schaef. & Kocyan.[2]

Quick Facts Linnaeosicyos, Scientific classification ...

It is native to the Dominican Republic.[2]

The genus name of Linnaeosicyos is in honour of Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778).[3] The Latin specific epithet of amara is derived from amarus meaning bitter.[4] Both genus and species were first described in Syst. Bot. Vol.33 on page 350 in 2008.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Linnaeosicyos H.Schaef. & Kocyan | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Linnaeosicyos amara (L.) H.Schaef. & Kocyan | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  3. [3]
    Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. [4]
    Lewis, Charlton (1891). An Elementary Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199102051.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Linnaeosicyos, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.