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List Of Plant Family Names With Etymologies
Since the first edition of Carl Linnaeus's ''Species Plantarum'' in 1753, plants have been assigned one epithet or name for their species and one name for their genus, a grouping of related species. Related are in turn grouped into Family (biology), families. Each family's formal name ends in the Latin suffix wikt:-aceae, -''aceae'' and is derived from the name of a genus that is or once was part of the family. The table below contains Spermatophyte, seed-bearing families from ''#References, Plants of the World'' by Maarten J. M. Christenhusz (lead author), Michael Francis Fay, Michael F. Fay and Mark Wayne Chase, Mark W. Chase, with two updated families from ''#References, Plants of the World Online''. The second column gives the family's original type genus, unless that name is Synonym (taxonomy), no longer accepted in taxonomic databases. The fourth column gives an associated meaning, derivation or person. __FORCETOC__ Key :LG: derived from a Greek word (G), a Latin wo ... [...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] |
Calceolaria Bilatata Flowers
''Calceolaria'' (), also called lady's purse, slipper flower and pocketbook flower,"Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them", pp. 166-167 Könemann, 2004. or slipperwort, is a genus of plants in the family Calceolariaceae, sometimes classified in Scrophulariaceae by some authors. This genus consists of about 388 species of shrubs, lianas and herbs, and the geographical range extends from Patagonia to central Mexico, with its distribution centre in Andean region. ''Calceolaria'' species have usually yellow or orange flowers, which can have red or purple spots. The ''Calceolaria'' Herbeohybrida group, also called ''C. herbeohybrida'' Voss, is a group of ornamental hybrids known only in cultivation, called florists' slipperwort. Species ''Calceolaria'' contains the following species: *''Calceolaria aconcaguina ''Calceolaria'' (), also called lady's purse, slipper flower and pocketbook flower,"Botanica. The Illustrated AZ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balanops Australiana (13813866135)
''Balanops australiana'', commonly known as pimplebark, is a plant in the family Balanopaceae found only in the coastal regions of northern and central Queensland, Australia. Description ''Balanops australiana'' is a tree that may grow to be tall. The trunk is marked with conspicuous pale lenticels which are relatively large, and the roots of mature trees extend horizontally across the ground for some distance. The leaves are obovate to elliptic, are arranged alternately on the twigs and are held on petioles (stalks) between long. The leaves measure up to long by wide, and are somewhat thickened; the leaf edges are mostly entire (smooth), but small teeth may be present toward the apex. The flowers are very small — the tepals (collectively, petals and sepals that are difficult to tell apart) are just long. Flowers are either male or female, and both are surrounded by densely hairy bracts. The fruit is a drupe which is obloid in shape (i.e. somewhat like a Rugby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aphanopetalum Resinosum, Palm Beach NSW P9110016
''Aphanopetalum'' is a genus of twining shrubs or vines in the family Aphanopetalaceae which are endemic to Australia. The genus is placed alone in family Aphanopetalaceae, which is in turn now placed in order Saxifragales. Until recently this family was placed in Oxalidales, and before that the genus was included in family Cunoniaceae, also within Oxalidales. The type species is ''Aphanopetalum resinosum''. There are two species: *''Aphanopetalum clematideum'' (Harv.) Domin, endemic to limestone cliffs of south western Australia *''Aphanopetalum resinosum ''Aphanopetalum resinosum'', known as the gum vine, is a small plant growing in rainforest or eucalyptus forest in eastern Australia, from north-east Victoria, through New South Wales and north to Queensland. Usually a vine or small shrub growi ...'' Endl. - gum vine, endemic to southern Queensland and New South Wales The Aphanopetalaceae are scrambling shrubs with lenticellate stems, having opposite and serrate l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancistrocladus Heyneanus - Kardal - At Peravoor (2)
''Ancistrocladus'' is a genus of woody lianas in the monotypic family ''Ancistrocladaceae''. The branches climb by twining other stems or by scrambling with hooked tips. They are found in the tropics of the Old World. Classification The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 1998), also recognizes this family and assigns it to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots. Recent molecular and biochemical evidence (see thAP-Website suggests the carnivorous taxa in the order Caryophyllales (the families Droseraceae and Nepenthaceae and the species '' Drosophyllum lusitanicum'' and ''Triphyophyllum peltatum'') all belong to the same clade. This family Ancistrocladaceae would belong to this same clade, although the plants in the family are not carnivorous. A close relationship between this family and the family Dioncophyllaceae (containing the carnivorous species ''T. peltatum'') is supported by similar pollen and petiole structure. The Cronq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaranthus Cruentus L
''Amaranthus'' is a cosmopolitan genus of annual or short-lived perennial plants collectively known as amaranths. Some amaranth species are cultivated as leaf vegetables, pseudocereals, and ornamental plants. Catkin-like cymes of densely packed flowers grow in summer or autumn. Amaranth varies in flower, leaf, and stem color with a range of striking pigments from the spectrum of maroon to crimson and can grow longitudinally from tall with a cylindrical, succulent, fibrous stem that is hollow with grooves and bracteoles when mature. There are approximately 75 species in the genus, 10 of which are dioecious and native to North America with the remaining 65 monoecious species endemic to every continent (except Antarctica) from tropical lowlands to the Himalayas. Members of this genus share many characteristics and uses with members of the closely related genus '' Celosia''. Amaranth grain is collected from the genus. The leaves of some species are also eaten. Descripti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aizoon Canariense Bermeja (3)
''Aizoon'' or ''Aizoön'' is a genus of flowering plants in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae. Distribution Apart from A. canariense (which is native to Macaronesia, North Africa, Southern Africa, Horn of Africa and West Asia) all species are native to southern Africa. It has been introduced to California, Central Chile, Florida, New Jersey, and Spain. Species There are currently 43 accepted species. * ''Aizoon acutifolium'' (Adamson) Klak * ''Aizoon affine'' (Sond.) Klak * ''Aizoon africanum'' (L.) Klak *''Aizoon asbestinum'' Schltr. *'' Aizoon canariense'' L. * ''Aizoon collinum'' (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Klak * ''Aizoon cryptocarpum'' (Fenzl) Klak * ''Aizoon crystallinum'' Eckl. & Zeyh. * ''Aizoon cymosum'' (Adamson) Klak * ''Aizoon dregeanum'' (Fenzl ex Sond.) Klak * ''Aizoon ecklonis'' (Walp.) Klak * ''Aizoon exiguum'' (Adamson) Klak * ''Aizoon filiforme'' (Thunb.) Klak * ''Aizoon fruticosum'' L.f. *''Aizoon giessii'' Friedrich *''Aizoon glabrum'' Ewart * ''Aizoon glanduli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actinidia Chinensis A
''Actinidia'' is a genus of woody and, with a few exceptions, dioecious plants native to temperate eastern Asia, occurring throughout most of China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan, and extending north to southern areas of Russian Far East and south into Indochina. The genus includes shrubs growing to tall, and vigorous, strong-growing vines, growing up to in tree canopies. They mostly tolerate temperatures down to around , and some are much hardier. The leaves are alternate and simple, with a dentated margin and a long petiole. The flowers are solitary or in axillary cymes, usually white, with five small petals. Most of the species are dioecious with separate male and female plants, but some are monoecious. The fruit is a large berry containing numerous small seeds; in most species, the fruit is edible. In particular, this genus is known for the species ''Actinidia deliciosa'', one of the most common cultivated kiwifruits, and for the hardy ornamental '' A. kolomikta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
