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Topic: Species Plantarum


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  Botanicus.org: Species plantarum
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www.botanicus.org /title.aspx?bibid=b12069590   (915 words)

  
 Order from Chaos: Linnaeus Disposes -> Linnaeus -> The Linnaean system in action   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Linnaeus referred to this longer, descriptive name (diagnosing how this species differs from other species in the same genus) as the legitimate species name, for which the shorter binomial was merely a convenient short-hand reference.
Species Plantarum is the landmark work in which Linnaeus applied his integrated system of classifying, naming and describing plants to account for all plants then known to western science.
Genera Plantarum acts as a complementary volume to Species Plantarum for genera, and they are consulted together in questions of botanical nomenclature.
huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu /HIBD/Exhibitions/OrderFromChaos/pages/02Linnaeus/system.shtml   (1131 words)

  
 Latin Garden Names - Species Plantarum
Carl Linne (Linnaeus is the Latin form of the name) was born in 1707, the son of a country parson in south Sweden, and a love of flowers seems to have been instinctive with him.
It is computed that Linnaeus wrote altogether 180 books, large and small, one of the latest being the "Species Plantarum," which he first planned in 1733 and eventually compiled with immense labor between 1746 and 1753.
In systematic botany "Species Plantarum" is regarded as an epoch-making work, since it has been universally agreed upon as the starting-point for the Latin binomial, or two-word, names of plants.
www.backyardgardener.com /latin.html   (833 words)

  
  Properties of Lactic Acid Bacteria From Fermented Foods
These species had been reported to be widely distributed both in the animal and plant kingdoms'", and this research resulted in the same consequence.
All the said species being viable in the presence of 5% sodium chloride, the decline in the amount of formed acid is presumed to have originated in the decline in the acidogenesis activity of bacteria affected by sodium chloride.
The vegetation of the said species in the skimmed milk mediums is presumed to have had a relation to this result.
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 Magnolia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He gave the species, that was locally known as 'Talauma', the genus name Magnolia, after Pierre Magnol.
Magnolia contains the American evergreen species Magnolia grandiflora, which is of horticultural importance, especially in the United States, and Magnolia virginiana, the type species.
Taxonomically there were three choices; 1: to join Michela and Yulania species in a common genus, not being Magnolia (for which the name Michelia has priority); 2: to raise subgenus Yulania to generic rank, leaving Michelia names and subgenus Magnolia names untouched; and 3: to join Michelia with genus Magnolia into genus Magnolia s.l.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Magnolia   (2350 words)

  
 Aspalathus
The fate of a population of the endangered species, A.
A new species discovered and described by me will be published soon and will increase the number of species to 279.
This species is divided into four subspecies occurring in a variety of habitats from the Cape Peninsula to Bredasdorp and Swellendam in the southeast to Vanrhynsdorp and Calvinia in the north.
www.plantzafrica.com /plantab/aspalathus.htm   (938 words)

  
 PBIO 450 Lecture Notes -- International Code -- Spring 1998: Names: Limitations on Priority
Conservation at the ranks of genus and species are (a) to establish legitimacy to names that would otherwise be illegitimate, (b) to override provisions of the Code establishing priority, or (c) to establish an orthography different from that properly established according to the Code.
This article also permits the conservation of the type of a species which is the type of a conserved genus.
Species are conserved against all listed names in the appendix, and all combination based on the listed but rejected basionym.
www.life.umd.edu /emeritus/reveal/pbio/WWW/ICBNnames-limit.html   (4840 words)

  
 Sealy: Amaryllis and Hippeastrum (1939)
In the first edition of his "Species Plantarum" (1, 292-293: 1753) Linnaeus placed nine species in the genus Amaryllis L., and these nine species belong to as many different genera according to our modern concepts of the genera of Amaryllidaceae.
Only one species is mentioned, however, by Royen in his account of the Leyden garden (1740) and that species was recorded under the Linnaean phrase-name* for Amaryllis Belladonna, with synonyms belonging to the American plant.
In the second edition of the "Species Plantarum" Linnaeus emended his diagnosis of Amaryllis Belladonna by adding "ungue reflexis" to the original "corollis campanulatis aequalibus." This was evidently put in the better to distinguish it from A.
www.geocities.com /RainForest/1978/Amaryllis/sealy.htm   (5491 words)

  
 Naming and Classification of Fungi and Other Organisms
Today, all species names are binomials, and if cited formally, the name of the author who described the species or an abbreviation of the author's name is placed after the binomial, e.g.
Species names published earlier than 1753 and not recorded in Species Plantarum were not recognized as valid names.
Although the contribution of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus was important to biology, its usefulness would have been limited if there was not a means by which unknown plants could be identified without the aide of a teacher.
www.botany.hawaii.edu /faculty/wong/BOT135/Lect04.HTM   (5347 words)

  
 Botanical Electronic News - BEN #291
He then knew about 1,140 species of Swedish plants, 866 of them higher plants, and the descriptions clearly show that he saw them all in nature, studied them carefully in his herbarium, and listened to what the people in the country had to say about the practical and medicinal value of each.
The descriptions are exact and definitive, and the species delimitations and the generic as well as varietal criteria follow the definitions of the different taxa which he regarded as useful, although this could not always be maintained for material from other regions.
It might seem to be unfortunate that the Linnaean species name as retained after the division is the one with the smaller area of distribution and not found in Sweden, but as this change was quite according to the Code of Nomenclature, it has been accepted for a long time all over Europe.
www.ou.edu /cas/botany-micro/ben/ben291.html   (4195 words)

  
 Morning Glories Database : Academic names of the morning glory
Though one variety of Convolvulus hederaceus in the first edition (1753) of Linnaeus's Species Plantarum was assumed to correspond to Ipomoea nil, in the second edition (1763), the academic name of Convolvulus nil L. to Ipomoea nil was first recorded, as was that of Convolvulus purpureus L. to Ipomoea purpurea.
As the Convolvulus of Linnaeus was recognized to have considerably heterogeneous species by later taxonomic studies, the genus Calystegia was newly proposed and some species included in Convolvulus were moved to Ipomoea or to the new Calystegia.
Willdenow (1799) enlarged Linnaeus's Species Plantarum, and cited the Ipomoea triloba of Thunberg under the heading of Convolvulus nil L. This seems to be the first reference to the Japanese morning glory with the academic name of Convolvulus nil L. in the literature.
protist.i.hosei.ac.jp /Asagao/Yoneda_DB/E/Ipomoea/04.html   (1272 words)

  
 History of the Genus
The first species of Syngonium was described by Linnaeus as Arum auritum in his second edition of Species Plantarum in 1763.
The remainder of the species published on or before this revision by Engler have been either placed into synonymy or transferred to other genera.
Most of the new species described in this work are relatively rare species collected in the past decade but a few rare species, such as S.
www.aroid.org /genera/syngonium/history.htm   (392 words)

  
 BOT 300H1S - Systematic Botany - Linnaeus' contributions
Linnaeus revolutionized the way in which scientific names are applied to plants, fungi, and animals in his 1753 publication, Species plantarum.
Note that the genus + species binomial corresponds to the noun + adjective format encountered earlier in our discussion of folk taxonomies.
Although binomials are a valuable shorthand, what probably contributed even more to the success of the Species plantarum was the ease with which it could be used to identify plants.
www.botany.utoronto.ca /courses/bot300/300Linn.html   (1029 words)

  
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Depending on the species, the achenes assume a variety of shapes-flat, quadrangular or nearly circular, triangular, oblong or linear-and have two to six linear and tapering awns or teeth, upwardly or downwardly barbed or bristly (2), making them highly adapted for adhering to passing objects (5).
The species name is from the Latin connatus, meaning joined together (10), in reference to the plant's generally incompletely divided lower leaves.
Globally, bur beggarticks (Bidens tripartita L.) is probably the most familiar species, although it is primarily a weed of the eastern hemisphere: Eurasia from northern Ireland through Norway, Sweden, and Finland, southward to France and Italy; Turkey, Iran, India, south-eastern Siberia to Japan, and the Philippine Islands (15).
www.wssa.net /photo&info/larrymitich_info/beggarticks.html   (1862 words)

  
 Scientific Classification
His two most famous were Genera Plantarum, developing an artificial sexual system, and Species Plantarum, a famous work where he named and classified every plant known to him, and for the first time gave each plant a binomial.
The second part of the binomial represents the species itself and is always printed with all letters in lower case.
Closely related species are a genus, closely related genera (plural form of genus) are grouped together in a family.
freepapers.8m.com /sci/bio/Scientific_Classification.html   (933 words)

  
 The Origin of Scientific Names Linnaeus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
It is used to illustrate comments on the origin of botanical nomenclature designed for my plant taxonomy class.
Freely translated into English, he called this species "The Solanum with an unarmed, herbaceous stem and pinnately compound leaves with entire margins".
pin 167...' This is the part that says Linnaeus is referring to a species described Bauhin on page 167 of his publication Pinax theatri botanici which was published in 1623, and on page 89, table 89, of his Prodromus theatri botanici which was published in 1620.
herbarium.usu.edu /teaching/4420/LinnaeusPub.htm   (316 words)

  
 Wigeongrass: A Literature Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The valid scientific name for wigeongrass is Ruppia maritima L. as assigned by Linnaeus in his Species Plantarum of 1753.
These species are separated by morphology and chromosome number (Reese 1962) and the salinity, depth, and water permanence of the wetlands they inhabit (Verhoeven 1975, Verhoeven and Van Vierssen 1978b).
Other species, varieties and forms of this taxonomically and nomenclaturally confused genus are recognized from similar habitats in other parts of the world (Verhoeven 1979).
www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/literatr/ruppia/class.htm   (1091 words)

  
 Morin - "The International Organization for Plant Information"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
IOPI still has three major components: preparation of a Global Plant Checklist; preparation of Species Plantarum, and compilation of a database of plant databases.
There are three major management units, all working under the guidance of the IOPI Council: the Checklist Committee, the Species Plantarum Steering Committee, and the Information Systems Committee.
Progress is also being made on the Species Plantarum Project, also known as the World Flora.
www.calacademy.org /research/informatics/taf/proceedings/Morin.html   (1064 words)

  
 Microforms Research Collections Access Guide
Species filicum: being descriptions of the known ferns, particularly of such as exist in the author's herbarium, or are with sufficient accuracy described in works to which he has had access ; accompanied with numerous figures...
Special schedules of the eleventh census (1890) enumerating Union veterans and widows of Union veterans of the Civil War, Oregon (Manuscript Census).
Special schedules of the eleventh census (1890) enumerating Union veterans and widows of Union veterans of the Civil War, Utah (Manuscript Census).
library.nevada.edu /collections/micro/microres/microsearch.php?search=1&schcat=3   (7941 words)

  
 Differentiation of Lactobacillus plantarum, L. pentosus, and L. paraplantarum by recA Gene Sequence Analysis and ...
Differentiation of Lactobacillus plantarum, L. pentosus, and L. paraplantarum by recA Gene Sequence Analysis and Multiplex PCR Assay with recA Gene-Derived Primers -- Torriani et al.
Rapid species identification within two groups of closely related lactobacilli using PCR primers that target the 16S/23S rRNA spacer region.
Evaluation of using a short region of the recA gene for the rapid and sensitive speciation of dominant bifidobacteria in the human large intestine.
aem.asm.org /cgi/content/full/67/8/3450   (3136 words)

  
 BioEd Online: 250 years of Linnaeus' plant names celebrated
In Species Plantarum, Linnaeus proposed that plants be christened first by the general group in which they fall, called a genus - such as pine or Pinus - followed by a unique species name, such as lambertiana.
Although Linnaeus' naming system in Species Plantarum was robust, his plant catalogue was not.
Up to 420,000 different plant species may be growing on Earth, of which perhaps 80% have been found and named.
www.bioedonline.org /news/news-print.cfm?art=445   (589 words)

  
 7 Interesting Herbarium Specimens and other historical records
Linnaeus identified it as a questionable Amaryllis zeylanica Beta in his Species plantarum editions I and II, and referenced it from 'Ehret Pict.
Note the drip-tips on the tepal apices as cited by Linnaeus in Species plantarum I: 292, 1753.
Linnaeus often broad interpretation of a species commonly resulted in lumping remotely related or distinct plants.
www.doofus.org /crinum/crinpics/ch_9.html   (446 words)

  
 Plant Family Solanaceae: Species of the month
Basionym is Hyoscyamus physaloides L. Species Plantarum 1: 180.
Decaisne in describing an Indian species perceived the difference of its habit from that of Hyoscyamus, and adopted it as the type of' a new genus, under the name of Belenia, but, this suggestion has in like manner been disregarded.
The phytochemistry of Physochlaina is peculiar, because in one of its species has been detected an exclusive alkaloid: "physochlaine": 3 a-[p-methoxyphenilacetoxy]-tropan-6 (3-ol (Mirzamatov et al.
www.hvanbalken.com /month.htm   (1734 words)

  
 Classification, Laboratory Notes for BIO 1003
The same species name may be used in other genera, but the combinations of genus and species names must be unique.
The system of binomial nomenclature was introduced by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) in Species plantarum (1753) and Systema naturae, 10th edition (1758), and these two works are used as the stating points for botanical and zoological nomenclature.
For example all members of the animal phylum Cnidaria share special stinging cells called cnidoblasts on their tentacles; they have two tissue layers, and a middle mostly non-cellular layer called mesoglea; they are radially symmetrical.
www.baruch.cuny.edu /wsas/departments/natural_science/biology/bio1003/classification.html   (374 words)

  
 linneaus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
His love of flowers developed at an early age; when only eight years old he was nicknamed "the little botanist." He studied at the universities of Lund and Uppsala and received his degree in medicine from the latter.
His reputation was firmly established by this work and, even more, by the appearance in 1735 of his Systema Naturae and of the Genera Plantarum two years later (the Species Plantarum was not published until 1753).
For purposes of nomenclature of flowering plants and ferns, the first edition of the Species Plantarum has been internationally agreed upon as the starting point, together with the fifth edition of the Genera Plantarum, published in 1754.
www.fuchsias-in-focus.co.uk /linnuspage.htm   (1007 words)

  
 International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
The group to which a name is assigned for the purposes of this Article is determined by the accepted taxonomic position of the type of the name.
The genus Porella and its single species, P. pinnata, were referred by Linnaeus (1753) to the Musci; since the type specimen of P. pinnata is now accepted as belonging to the Hepaticae, the names were validly published in 1753.
Accordingly, although the genus is listed by Linnaeus among the Musci, the generic name and the names of the pteridophyte species included by Linnaeus under it were validly published in 1753.
www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de /iapt/nomenclature/code/SaintLouis/0017Ch2Sec4a013.htm   (596 words)

  
 Extent of Genetic Lesions of the Arginine and Pyrimidine Biosynthetic Pathways in Lactobacillus plantarum, L. ...
plantarum: CPS-A, the arginine-regulated CPS, and CPS-P, the pyrimidine-regulated CPS (28).
Arginine biosynthesis and regulation in Lactobacillus plantarum: the carA gene and the argCJBDF cluster are divergently transcribed.
In Lactobacillus plantarum, carbamoyl phosphate is synthesized by two carbamoyl-phosphate synthetases (CPS): carbon dioxide differentiates the arginine-repressed from the pyrimidine-regulated CPS.
aem.asm.org /cgi/content/full/69/5/2674   (4661 words)

  
 BIOL 109 (Montvilo): Nomenclature
The second part of the name is the species name B. The Genus Part 1.
If the species is unknown or unspecified then the abbreviation "sp." is used to denote a species within the genus named.
If more than one species within a genus is unspecified then the abbreviation "spp." is used.
www.ric.edu /jmontvilo/109files/109(14)nomenclature.htm   (416 words)

  
 Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Patron Plant Scientists
One of the first to distinguish the species from the genus.
His On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (1859) provided the rationale for a natural system of classification.
German physiologist who reported that specialized organs arose out of unspecialized tissue, in contradiction to preformation and homunculi theories.
www.bbg.org /exp/patronplant   (1201 words)

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