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  • adjective Gardner (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Gardner's ..."

Etymologies

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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Gardner.

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Examples

  • A healthy stand of rockweed (Fucus gardneri) growing on a boulder in Prince William Sound.

    Exxon Valdez oil spill 2008

  • Dramatic initial loss of cover by the most important biogenic habitat provider, the rockweed Fucus gardneri, triggered a cascade of indirect impacts.

    Exxon Valdez oil spill 2008

  • The former is dominated by Dipterocarpus zeylanicus and D. hispidus, with Vitex altissima, Chaetocarpus castanocarpus, Dillenia retusa, D. triquetra, Myristica dactyloides, and Semecarpus gardneri.

    Sri Lanka lowland rain forests 2008

  • Patches of evergreen forests extend into these moist deciduous forests, with rain forest species such as Cinnamomum malabaricum, Syzygium gardneri, Mrystica dactyloides, Kneema attenuata, and Diospyros sylvatica.

    North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests 2008

  • The submontane forests in the central massif are dominated by a Shorea-Calophyllum-Syzygium community with a canopy of Shorea gardneri, S. trapezifolia, Palaquium spp.,

    Sri Lanka montane rain forests 2008

  • Important species are Luehea grandiflora, Cariniana estrellensis, Virola gardneri, Nectandra reticulata, Joanesia princeps, and the highly threatened "Brazilian rosewood" (Dalbergia nigra).

    Bahia interior forests 2008

  • The upper story of the forests is characterized by Pygeum gardneri, Schefflera racemosa, Linnociera ramiflora, Syzigium spp.,

    South Western Ghats montane rain forests 2008

  • The killifish I keep are all top spawners that hatch within 14 days such as Aphyosemion australe gold form, A. australe "Chocolate", Aphyosemion bitaeniatum, Fundulopanchax gardneri makurdi, F. gardneri "Gold misage" and A. hera.

    Practical Fishkeeping news (RSS) 2009

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