Linnaea borealis

Translingual

Alternative forms

Linnæa borealis

Etymology

Linnaeus surname + Latin borealis (northern).

The species being a favorite of Linnaeus, his friend and colleague Jan Frederik Gronovius named the genus (Linnæa), and Linnaeus decided on the species epithet (borealis).^[1]

Proper noun

Linnaea borealis f

A taxonomic species within the family Caprifoliaceae – twinflower.

Hypernyms

(genus): Dipsacales - order; Caprifoliaceae - family; Linnaeoideae - subfamily; Linnaea - genus

References

^ Carl, Lindman (1917) “Linnea”, in Bilder ur Nordens flora [Pictures from the Flora of the North]‎^[1] (in Swedish), retrieved 2024-02-16

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[1] Carl, Lindman (1917) “Linnea”, in Bilder ur Nordens flora [Pictures from the Flora of the North]‎^[1] (in Swedish), retrieved 2024-02-16

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