The word foliaceus is a specific epithet used in the name of several species. Foliaceus is Latin and is used to describe something that is leafy or looks like a leaf.[1] It is applied to plants with large or showy foliage, and to animals with features that resemble leaves (such as the wings of the fly Exilibittacus foliaceus).[2]
Plants
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The following list consists of flowering plant species names that include foliaceus. Species are included based on the Royal Botanic Garden Kew's Plants of the World Online.[3]
| Name | Family | Description | Status | |||
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| Scientific | Common | Author | Source | Year | ||
| Aster foliaceus | Leafy aster | Asteraceae | John Lindley | Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis[4] | 1836 | Synonym of Symphyotrichum foliaceum[5] |
Marine animals
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The following list consists of marine animal species names that include foliaceus. Species are included based on the World Register of Marine Species.[6]
| Name | Classification | Description | Status | ||||
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| Scientific | Common | Type | Family | Author | Source | Year | |
| Argulus foliaceus | Common fish louse | Arthropod | Argulidae | Carl Linnaeus | 1758 | Accepted[7] | |
Other animals
editThe following list consists of animal species names that include foliaceus. Species are included based on the Global Biodiversity Information Facility database.
| Name | Classification | Description | Status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific | Common | Type | Family | Author | Source | Year | |
| Exilibittacus foliaceus | Arthropod | Bittacidae | Sulin Liu, Chungkun Chih, Ren Dong | ZooKeys[2] | 2014 | Accepted | |
See also
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edit- ^ "Foliage Words and Leaf Names in Latin and Greek Etymology". ThoughtCo. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
- ^ a b Liu, Sulin; Shih, Chungkun; Ren, Dong (2014). "Four new species of hangingflies (Insecta, Mecoptera, Bittacidae) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China". ZooKeys (466): 87. Bibcode:2014ZooK..466...77L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.466.8047. PMC 4296484. PMID 25610337.
- ^ "foliosum". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ^ de Candolle, Augustin (1836). Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis. Vol. 5. Paris: Sumptibus Sociorum Treuttel et Würtz. p. 228.
- ^ "Aster foliaceus". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ "Taxon List: foliaceus". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ Linnaeus (1758). "Argulus foliaceus". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
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