Wiesneria
Encyclopedia
Wiesneria is a genus
in the family
Alismataceae
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It includes two species
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The name commemorates the physiologist Julius Wiesner
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Alismataceae
Alismataceae
The water-plantains are a family of flowering plants, comprising 11 genera and between 85-95 species. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, with the greatest number of species in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...
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It includes two species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
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The name commemorates the physiologist Julius Wiesner
Julius Wiesner
Dr. Julius Ritter von Wiesner was a Professor of Botany at the University of Vienna, a specialist in the physiology and anatomy of plants....
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