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Linnaeosicyos

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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]

References

  1. ^ "Linnaeosicyos H.Schaef. & Kocyan | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "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.
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Linnaeosicyos: Brief Summary

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

It is native to the Dominican Republic.

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

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