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2 unusual facts about Biological classification


Aureliano Brandolini

His classification of the germplasm of the 562 accessions of Italian traditional maize varieties resulted in the description and classification of 10 race complexes, 37 races, and 77 agro-ecotypes.

Hildegardia

In older systems of classification, it was placed in Sterculiaceae, but all members of that family are now in an expanded Malvaceae.


Hiromichi Kono

He performed taxonomic work in Coleoptera as well, describing a new genus of Lycid beetle, Benibotarus (ITIS).

Skyphos

The word skyphos has been adopted for the purposes of biological classification with regard to jellyfish, which are included in the class Scyphozoa (literally cup-shaped animal), and Sarcoscypha, the scarlet cup fungus.

Soyauxia

Soyauxia was long considered an anomaly and it has been variously classified by different authors, usually in Passifloraceae or in the defunct plant family Flacourtiaceae.


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