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The hunt for Scabiosa trenta Hacq: how the pursuit of a phantom ignited a passion for botany and mountaineering

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Scabiosa trenta Hacq. was first described in 1782 by Balthasar Hacquet, with its specific epithet referring to the Trenta Valley in Slovenia. Since then, S. trenta has been the focus of numerous mountaineering and botanical expeditions, particularly by the alpinist Julius Kugy during the Golden Age of Alpinism, a period in the second half of 19th ...
Valentina Boscariol   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Taxonomic novelties in subgenus Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) from South India

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Extensive floristic explorations throughout southern India have uncovered some noteworthy taxonomic additions within the subgenus Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae). Three distinct taxa of Euphorbia are described and illustrated herein as E. sankarensis, E. bahalita and E. tortilis var. mysorensis.
Sarojini Devi Naidu   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vitex oreadica and V. umbellata (Lamiaceae): two new species from Cerrado and Atlantic forest of Brazil

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Vitex L. is a pantropical genus of Lamiaceae comprising 209 taxa. Brazil harbors 35 species, representing nearly 50% of the genus richness in the Neotropics, with the Amazon showing the highest richness, followed by the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado domains. Nevertheless, most taxonomic studies of the genus have been conducted in Africa and Asia.
Thaís Teixeira Conegiro   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LINGUISTIC AND STYLISTIC PECUARITIES OF THE EPITHET IN THE ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN FAIRY TALES (BASED ON THE TALES OF O. WILDE AND M.E. SALTYKOV-SHCHEDRIN)

open access: yesSovremennye Issledovaniâ Socialʹnyh Problem
Background. Studying and understanding stylistic devices, and, in particular, the epithet, is an integral part of the world linguistic picture. The epithet is inextricably linked with all literary works and is therefore a key part of any language.
Elena R. Borovkova, Irina P. Zyryanova
doaj   +1 more source

Amanita theophili sp. nov. (Amanitaceae) from central Mexico

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Amanita theophili sp. nov., a member of Amanita sect. Amidella (Amanitaceae), is described from temperate pine‐oak forests in Morelos, central Mexico. Morphological features and phylogenetic analyses based on ITS and 28S rDNA sequences confirm its distinct taxonomic status. The new species is morphologically similar to A. peckiana and A.
Evangelina Pérez‐Silva   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Additions to the Acanthaceae of the Flora of Tropical East Africa: two new species from northern Kenya

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
The new species Barleria kulalensis I.Darbysh. & Q.Luke and Dicliptera huriensis I.Darbysh. & Q.Luke are described and illustrated and their extinction risk is assessed provisionally. The former is based on Barleria sp. G of the Flora of Tropical East Africa (FTEA), with recent field observation and collection of this species from the foothills of ...
Iain Darbyshire, Quentin Luke
wiley   +1 more source

Author’s Epithet in A. Casona’s Dramas: Features of Functioning and Problem of Translation

open access: yesНаучный диалог, 2018
The article is devoted to art techniques most typical to A. Casona’s idiostyle - the author’s epithet - in the aspect of translation into Russian. The term “ author’s epithet ” means an unexpected, non-reproducible combination enriching the writer’s ...
V. V. Shchepalina
doaj   +1 more source

Reestablishment and a new name for Actinostemon grandifolius (Müll.Arg.) Pax

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
The genus Actinostemon has undergone several changes in its circumscription due to persistent difficulties in its taxonomic placement. The taxonomic history of the genus is controversial and marked by nomenclatural issues, particularly involving its type species, Actinostemon grandifolius Klotzsch, including incorrect synonymizations and the ...
Amanda O. Souza   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Linguistic Means of Image Development of Gerhard Chroeder in the Run up to and After First Year in Office

open access: yesVestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2015
This article is dedicated to the analysis of the linguistic means that influenced image development of the German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in the run-up and during the first year in office.
Elizaveta S. Goncharova
doaj   +2 more sources

Classification of Semantic Relations of the Two-Step Epithet’s Components in Paradigmatic and Syntagmatic Aspects

open access: yesВестник Волгоградского государственного университета: Серия 2. Языкознание, 2018
The paper reveals structural and semantic peculiarities of the two-step epithet. Within the frames of studying the linguistic nature of the two-step epithet, we give its definition, distinguish four morphological-syntactic models, reveal the affective ...
Olga L. Lyubovskaya
doaj   +1 more source

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