Allisonia

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

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