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  • adjective Schlieben (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Schlieben's ..."

Etymologies

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

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Examples

  • Nevertheless, the list of 200 species (47% of the country's total) includes 12 species not found elsewhere: Allanblackia kimbiliensis, Balthasaria schliebenii, Croton bukobensis, Grewia milbraedii, Guarea mayombensis, Maesobotrya purseglovei, Memecylon spp.,

    Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda 2009

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