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Alsophila Apoensis
''Alsophila apoensis'', Synonym (taxonomy), synonym ''Cyathea apoensis'', is a species of Cyatheales, tree fern native to Mindanao, Negros Island, Negros and southern Luzon in the Philippines, where it grows in dense forest at an altitude of approximately 1800 m. The trunk is erect and 2–5 m tall. The rachis is dark and warty. The Stipe (botany), stipe is covered with scattered scale (zoology), scales, which are either large, dark and glossy, or small and dull brown. sorus, Sori are round and occur near the fertile pinnule midvein. They are covered by thin, brown, cup-like indusium, indusia. The specific epithet ''apoensis'' refers to Mount Apo, an active volcano on Mindanao and the highest mountain in the Philippines. References Alsophila (plant), apoensis Flora of Mindanao Flora of the Visayas Flora of Luzon {{alsophila-plant-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synonym (taxonomy)
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnaeus was the first to give a scientific name (under the currently used system of scientific nomenclature) to the Norway spruce, which he called ''Pinus abies''. This name is no longer in use, so it is now a synonym of the current scientific name, ''Picea abies''. * In zoology, moving a species from one genus to another results in a different binomen, but the name is considered an alternative combination rather than a synonym. The concept of synonymy in zoology is reserved for two names at the same rank that refers to a taxon at that rank - for example, the name ''Papilio prorsa'' Linnaeus, 1758 is a junior synonym of ''Papilio levana'' Linnaeus, 1758, being names for different seasonal forms of the species now referred to as ''Araschnia le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |