Comptonia peregrina is a species of flowering plant in the family Myricaceae native to eastern North America. It is the only extant species in the genus Comptonia, although some extinct species are pl
Species Plantarum is a book by Carl Linnaeus, originally published in 1753, which lists every species of plant known at the time, classified into genera. It is the first work to consistently apply bin
Cover page of first edition
Before Species Plantarum, this plant was referred to as "Plantago foliis ovato-lanceolatis pubescentibus, spica cylindrica, scapo tereti"; Linnaeus renamed it Plantago media.
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