Linnaea borealis

Translingual

Alternative forms

Etymology

Linnaeus surname + Latin borealis (northern).

The species being a favorite of Linnaeus, his friend and colleague Jan Frederik Gronovius named the genus (Linnæa), and Linnaeus decided on the species epithet (borealis).[1]

Proper noun

Linnaea borealis f

  1. A taxonomic species within the family Caprifoliaceae – twinflower.

Hypernyms

References

  1. ^ Carl, Lindman (1917) “Linnea”, in Bilder ur Nordens flora [Pictures from the Flora of the North]‎[1] (in Swedish), retrieved 16 February 2024
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