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The genus name ( Eryngium ) is probably derived from the Greek " erungion ", a word that recalls the hedgehog.
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The subfamily name is derived from the generic name of the type genus, Allium.
The Latin name ' Asteraceae ' is derived from the type genus Aster, which is a Greek term, meaning " star ".
The name is derived from the type genus Apium, which was originally used by Pliny the Elder circa 50 AD for a celery-like plant.
Alder is the common name of a genus of flowering plants ( Alnus ) belonging to the birch family Betulaceae ).
For many years there was confusion amongst botanists over the generic names Amaryllis and Hippeastrum, one result of which is that the common name " amaryllis " is mainly used for cultivars of the genus Hippeastrum, widely sold in the winter months for their ability to bloom indoors.
In 1753 Carl Linnaeus created the name Amaryllis belladonna, the type species of the genus Amaryllis.
If the latter, Amaryllis would be the correct name for the genus Hippeastrum, and a different name would have to be used for the genus discussed here.
Although the 1987 decision settled the question of the scientific name of the genus, the common name " amaryllis " continues to be used differently.
Hybrids said to be between Amaryllis belladonna and Brunsvigia josephinae have been called × Amarygia, Neither hybrid genus name is accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.
Many individual names are formed by adding the suffix " ine " to the species or genus name.
The name Brassicaceae is derived from the included genus Brassica.
He used a two-part naming scheme where the first name represented the genus and the second the species.
The scientific name of an organism is generated from its genus and species, resulting in a single world-wide name for each organism.
When writing the scientific name of an organism, it is proper to capitalize the first letter in the genus and put all of the specific epithet in lowercase.
The subgenus Rhinella is increasingly considered to constitute a distinct genus of its own, thus changing the scientific name of the cane toad.
The genus name Aquilegia is derived from the Latin word for eagle ( aquila ), because the shape of the flower petals, which are said to resemble an eagle's claw.
" Chipmunks have also been referred to as " striped squirrels ," " chippers ," " munks ," " timber tigers ," or " ground squirrels ," although the name " ground squirrel " usually refers to other squirrels, such as those of the genus Spermophilus.
Confusion between the two pathogens ' life-cycles led him to briefly recognize his genus Schizotrypanum, but following the description of Pneumocystis by others as an independent genus, Chagas returned to the use of the name Trypanosoma cruzi.
genus and Eryngium
Eryngium is a genus in the family Apiaceae of about 230 species of annuals and perennials with hairless and usually spiny leaves, and dome-shaped umbels of flowers resembling those of thistles.
Eryngium alpinum ( Alpine Sea Holly or Queen of the Alps ) is a herbaceous perennial plant of Eryngium genus, belonging to the Apiaceae family.
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The aardvark is not closely related to the pig ; rather, it is the sole recent representative of the obscure mammalian order Tubulidentata, in which it is usually considered to form one variable species of the genus Orycteropus, the sole surviving genus in the family Orycteropodidae.
Thelymitra is an example of a genus where the lower petal is similar in appearance to the other petals.
Blandfordia is the only genus in the family Blandfordiaceae, with four species distributed in eastern Australia.
The genus Cyanastrum is sometimes placed in its own family Cyanastraceae.
The most conspicuous genus in the family is Aloe.
Agapanthus, native to South Africa, is the sole genus of the subfamily.
For example, Pyrethrum ( refers to several Old World plants of the genus Chrysanthemum ) is a natural insecticide with minimal environmental impact.
Wormwood, a genus that includes the sagebrush, is used as a source of flavoring for absinthe, a bitter classical liquor of European origin.
Allieae contains only one genus Allium ( Milula is merged with Allium in the latest systems ).
Within the genus Prunus, it is classified with the peach in the subgenus Amygdalus, distinguished from the other subgenera by the corrugated shell ( endocarp ) surrounding the seed.
Ardipithecus is a fossil hominoid, described by its discoverers as a very early hominin genus.
Albertosaurus (; meaning " Alberta lizard ") is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in western North America during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 70 million years ago.
The type species, A. sarcophagus, was apparently restricted in range to the modern-day Canadian province of Alberta, after which the genus is named.
In Central and South America, the alligator family is represented by five species of the genus Caiman, which differs from the alligator by the absence of a bony septum between the nostrils, and the ventral armour is composed of overlapping bony scutes, each of which is formed of two parts united by a suture.
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Ailanthus (; derived from ailanto, an Ambonese word probably meaning " tree of the gods " or " tree of heaven ") is a genus of trees belonging to the family Simaroubaceae, in the order Sapindales ( formerly Rutales or Geraniales ).
*** Canis ( Eucyon ) cipio ( 8. 2 Ma †, probably first species of Canis genus )
From these early species the Australopithecines arose around diverged into robust ( also called Paranthropus ) and gracile branches, one of which ( possibly A. garhi ) probably went on to become ancestors of the genus Homo.
The robust australopithecines, members of the extinct hominin genus Paranthropus ( from Greek παρα, para " beside "; άνθρωπος, ánthropos " human "), were bipedal hominids that probably descended from the gracile australopithecine hominids ( Australopithecus ).
The genus species already had many advanced turtle traits, and thus probably had many millions of years of preceding turtle evolution and species in its ancestry.
The English botanist William Sherard, who studied botany in Paris under Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, a pupil of Magnol, was most probably the first after Plumier to adopt the genus name Magnolia.
At the base of the genus is probably the extinct felid Viretailurus schaubi, which is also regarded as an early member of the genus Puma.
The fossil record of the genus Cygnus is quite impressive, although allocation to the subgenera is often tentative ; as indicated above, at least the early forms probably belong to the C. olor-Southern Hemisphere lineage, whereas the Pleistocene taxa from North America would be placed in Olor.
The genus Trichophilopterus is also found on mammals ( lemurs ) but probably belongs to the " avian Ischnocera " and represents a host switch from birds to mammals.
Video of rotifer feeding, probably of the genus Cephalodella
It was probably Abbe Antonio Jose Cavanilles, Director of the Royal Gardens of Madrid, who should be credited with the attempt to scientifically define the genus, since he not only received the first specimens from Mexico in 1789, but named the first three species that flowered from the cuttings.
The genus name is from Ancient Greek clématis, a climbing plant, most probably a periwinkle.
Though the overall effect of the entire genus on humans is probably detrimental, this is merely due to the considerable damage done by a handful of species when these are allowed to spread uncontrolled.
The species Chipmunk parvovirus currently placed in the Erythovirus genus probably belongs in a separate genus.
The Green Iguana is a large lizard and is probably the largest species in the iguana family, though a few in the Cyclura genus may match or exceed it in weight.
The verb to caper means to leap in a frolicsome way, and probably derives from capriole, which derives from the Latin for goat ( note: Capra ( genus )).
In 1995, P. Naskrecki and R. K. Colwell gave the name Xanthippe to a new genus of flower mite that inhabits flowers of palms of the genus Socratea and is probably phoretic on the beetles that pollinate the palm.
Molecular research in the 1990s, however, showed that they, along with the rest of the Corymbia section, are more closely related to Angophora than to Eucalyptus, and are probably best regarded as a separate genus.
Recent molecular phylogenies have shown that this large pantropical genus is polyphyletic and some believe it should be divided again into several genera, though these would probably not correspond with the previously recognized genera.
Little reliable data exists on its evolution ; certainly ( even though the supposed ancestral shrike " Lanius " miocaenus might not belong in the Laniidae, and probably does not belong in the same genus as L. excubitor ) the genus dates back to Miocene times.
These two seem to have originated in a west-or southwestward expansion from the genus ' origin, which ( considering the biogeography of living Lanius lineages ) was probably somewhere between Asia Minor and Central Asia.
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