Linnaeosicyos
Linnaeosicyos is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae. The only species is Linnaeosicyos amara (L.) H.Schaef. & Kocyan.
| Linnaeosicyos | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Genus: | Linnaeosicyos H.Schaef. & Kocyan |
| Species: | L. amara |
| Binomial name | |
| Linnaeosicyos amara (L.) H.Schaef. & Kocyan | |
| Synonyms | |
| Trichosanthes amara L. | |
It is native to the Dominican Republic.
The genus name of Linnaeosicyos is in honour of Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778). The Latin specific epithet of amara is derived from amarus meaning bitter. Both genus and species were first described in Syst. Bot. Vol.33 on page 350 in 2008.
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