Acaena lucida

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Acaena lucida
Plate XCIV
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Acaena
Species:
A. lucida
Binomial name
Acaena lucida
Synonyms[2]
  • Acaena lucida var. abbreviata Bitter
  • Acaena lucida var. glabratula Bitter
  • Acaena lucida var. intermedia Bitter
  • Acaena lucida var. villosula Bitter
  • Acaena parvifolia
    Phil.
  • Ancistrum lucidum Aiton
  • Ancistrum lucidum Lam.

Acaena lucida is a small plant in the Rosaceae family, which is native to southern Chile, southern Argentina and the Falkland Islands.[2]

Taxonomy and naming

Acaena lucida was first formally described in 1789 by William Aiton, as Ancistrum lucidum,[2][3] but was assigned to the genus, Acaena, by Martin Vahl in 1804.[2][1]

The genus name (Acaena) is derived from the Ancient Greek word akaina meaning "thorn" or "spine",[4] and refers to the spiny hypanthium of many species of Acaena. The specific epithet, lucida, is Latin (lucidus, -a, -um) which means "shining", "clear" or "transparent",[5][6] and in this instance was used by Aiton to mean "shining".[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Vahl, M. (1804) Enumeratio plantarum 1:296.
  2. ^ a b c d "Acaena lucida (Aiton) Vahl | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b Aiton, W. (1789) Hortus Kewensis 1: 15
  4. ^ Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 796.
  5. ^ "lucidus,-a,-um". www.plantillustrations.org. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  6. ISBN 9780881926279
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