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2 unusual facts about Constantine Samuel Rafinesque


Constantine Samuel Rafinesque

(California Plumeseed or California Chicory) and Rafinesquia neomexicana A. Gray (Desert Chicory or Plumeseed).

Mesoptera

A name created in 1833 by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque for an Orchidaceae genus, a rejected name now considered synonymous with Liparis


Bletilla

The genera Jimensia Raf. and Polytoma Lour. ex Gomes are generally included into Bletilla.

Cave salamander

Another early scientific description of a cave salamander was undertaken by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1822 while he was a professor of botany and natural history at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky.


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