Acaena lucida | |
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Plate XCIV | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Acaena |
Species: | A. lucida
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Binomial name | |
Acaena lucida | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Acaena lucida is a small plant in the Rosaceae family, which is native to southern Chile, southern Argentina and the Falkland Islands. [2]
Acaena lucida was first formally described in 1789 by William Aiton, as Ancistrum lucidum, [2] [3] but was assigned to the genus, Acaena, by Martin Vahl in 1804. [2] [1]
The genus name (Acaena) is derived from the Ancient Greek word akaina meaning "thorn" or "spine", [4] and refers to the spiny hypanthium of many species of Acaena. The specific epithet, lucida, is Latin (lucidus, -a, -um) which means "shining", "clear" or "transparent", [5] [6] and in this instance was used by Aiton to mean "shining". [3]