Linnaeosicyos Explained

Linnaeosicyos is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.[1] The only species is Linnaeosicyos amara .[2]

It is native to the Dominican Republic.

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]

Notes and References

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

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