Linnaeosicyos
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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| genus = Linnaeosicyos
| parent_authority = H.Schaef. & Kocyan
| species = amara
| authority = (L.) H.Schaef. & Kocyan
| synonyms = Trichosanthes amara {{small|L.}}
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Linnaeosicyos is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.{{cite web |title=Linnaeosicyos H.Schaef. & Kocyan {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60448200-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=27 May 2021 |language=en}} The only species is Linnaeosicyos amara {{small|(L.) H.Schaef. & Kocyan}}., which is endemic to the Dominican Republic.{{cite web |title=Linnaeosicyos amara (L.) H.Schaef. & Kocyan {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60448201-2 |access-date=18 October 2021 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}
Taxonomy
The genus name of Linnaeosicyos is in honour of Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778).{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 |access-date=1 January 2021}} The Latin specific epithet of amara is derived from amarus meaning bitter.{{cite book | last=Lewis | first=Charlton | title=An Elementary Latin Dictionary | publisher=Oxford University Press | location=Oxford | year=1891 | isbn=9780199102051}}
Both the genus and species were first described in Syst. Bot. Vol.33 on page 350 in 2008.
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Category:Monotypic Cucurbitaceae genera
Category:Plants described in 2008