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Ophiorrhiza jomyi (Rubiaceae) sp. nov. from the Vagamon Hills, southern Western Ghats, India

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
A new species of Ophiorrhiza (Rubiaceae)is identified and described from the Vagamon hills of Kerala, Western Ghats, India. The new species is similar to Ophiorrhiza eriantha Wight and Ophiorrhiza meenachilarensis Robi and Balan, but differs in having densely hirsute hairs on young stem, petiole and peduncle; patent hirsute hairs on, above and beneath ...
Ebin Padiyara Joy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A differenciáló elem az angol településnevekben

open access: yesNévtani Értesítő, 2006
Distinctive additions in English place-names   Distinctive additions are treated in the relevant literature as a specific class of specifying elements joined to the generic constituent to differentiate otherwise identical English settlement names.
Andrea Bölcskei
doaj   +1 more source

„Pal/ palid” ca epitet metaforic în poezia lui Eminescu / „Pale/ pallid” as metaphorical epithet in Eminescu’s poetry

open access: yesSwedish Journal of Romanian Studies, 2020
The epithets pal “pale” and palid “pallid” could have been linked here by a conjunction. Instead, they are placed at the same level (pal/ palid) because of their semantic identity in Eminescu’s lyrics.
Dinu Moscal
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On the botanical history and nomenclature of the New World genus Piscidia (Fabaceae)

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Piscidia L. (Fabaceae) is a New World genus with nine recognized taxa (seven species and two varieties). The previous nomenclatural revisions, made in 1910 and in 1969, are revisited here. The names Derris grandifolia Heyde & Lux ex Donn.Sm. and P. cubensis Urb. required step II lectotypifications, with an epitype for the latter name.
Camila Sánchez‐ Vega   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

Personal Names that Became Ethnic Epithets

open access: yesNames, 1983
The inventory of generic nicknames for ethnic persons and groups, which have been used in American slang, dialects, and other popular speech, reflects the history of ethnic conflict in plural society.
Irving Lewis Allen
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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

Paphlagonia: the Land, Its Rulers and Its Gods in the Time of the Pontic Royal Dynasty and in the Imperial Period

open access: yesGephyra, 2019
After a synthetic reconstruction of the historical and religious development of this region, the aim of this essay is to examine the character of the gods worshiped in the Paphlagonian Poleis and in the countryside during the Hellenistic and Roman times ...
Gian Franco Chiai
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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

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