Allisonia
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Translingual
Etymology
Named for Kenneth Willway Allison (1894–1976), New Zealand botanist, by T. K. G. Herzog.
Proper noun
Allisonia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Allisoniaceae – a monotypic taxon, containing only the species Allisonia cockaynei, a liverwort.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Charophyta – superphylum; Marchantiophyta – phylum; Jungermanniopsida - class; Metzgeriales - order; Allisoniaceae - family
References
- Herzog, T. K. J. (1941). "Allisonia Herzog, eine neue Gattung der Haplolaenaceae." Hedwigia 80: 77-83