Acaena lucida
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Acaena |
| Species: | A. lucida
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| Acaena lucida | |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b Vahl, M. (1804) Enumeratio plantarum 1:296.
- ^ a b c d "Acaena lucida (Aiton) Vahl | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ a b Aiton, W. (1789) Hortus Kewensis 1: 15
- ^ Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 796.
- ^ "lucidus,-a,-um". www.plantillustrations.org. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ Stearn, W.T. (2004). Botanical Latin (4th ed). Timber Press, Oregon. p. 444. ISBN 9780881926279.
External links
[edit]- Acaena lucida occurrence data from GBIF
Media related to Acaena lucida at Wikimedia Commons
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