Linnaeosicyos

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Linnaeosicyos
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Linnaeosicyos
H.Schaef. & Kocyan
Species:
L. amara
Binomial name
Linnaeosicyos amara
(L.) H.Schaef. & Kocyan
Synonyms

Trichosanthes amaraL.

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]

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]

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References

  1. "Linnaeosicyos H.Schaef. & Kocyan | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Linnaeosicyos amara (L.) H.Schaef. & Kocyan | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  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. Lewis, Charlton (1891). An Elementary Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN   9780199102051.