Peter Forsskål, sometimes spelled Pehr Forsskål, Peter Forskaol, Petrus Forskål or Pehr Forsskåhl (11 January 1732 – 11 July 1763) was a Swedish explorer...
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Eremina desertorum (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
Eremina desertorum (formerly Helix desertorum) is a species of land snails in the genus Eremina. It is native to desert regions in Egypt and Israel. A...
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2021. "salp - Definitions from Dictionary.com". Retrieved 2008-09-28.; Peter Forsskål, in introducing the genus Salpa from waters off Yemen (1763, publication...
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Plantago ovata (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
Plantago ovata, known by many common names including blond plantain, desert Indianwheat, blond psyllium, and ispaghol, is native to the Mediterranean region...
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Alternanthera (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
Alternanthera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae. It is a widespread genus with most species occurring in the tropical Americas...
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Argiope trifasciata (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
photographed in northern Texas "ITIS standard report – Argiope trifasciata (Forsskål, 1775)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 December...
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described in the 18th century based on Egyptian specimens by the biologist Peter Forsskål (1732–1763). He named it Culex molestus due to its voracious biting...
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Mangrove red snapper (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
argentimaculata by the Swedish speaking Finnish-born explorer and naturalist Peter Forsskål with the type locality given as the Red Sea. The specific name is a...
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Peter Forsskål systematically cataloged plants and fishes in the Red Sea area. For genera and species that did not already have Latin names, Forsskål...
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Milkfish (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
H. P. (2023). Microplastic ingestion by adult milkfish Chanos chanos (Forsskål, 1775) in aquaculture system: The case of Butuan Bay, Philippines. Marine...
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under cultivation in Egypt since late medieval times. The botanist Peter Forsskål visited Egypt in the early–1760s and noted that it was called ليف lūf...
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aculeatus minor in 1775 by the Swedish explorer, naturalist and orientalist Peter Forsskål but this name was never in common usage and it has been recommended...
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Bluespine unicornfish (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
explorer, orientalist, naturalist, and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus Peter Forsskål with its type locality given as Jeddah. In 1801 the French zoologist...
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Avicennia marina (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
Avicennia marina, commonly known as grey mangrove or white mangrove, is a species of mangrove tree classified in the plant family Acanthaceae (formerly...
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Pelagia noctiluca (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
(2004). "Pelagia noctiluca (Forsskål, 1775)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 September 2022. Petrus Forsskål; Carsten Niebuhr (1775)...
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Capparis decidua (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
Capparis decidua, commonly known as karira, is a useful plant in its marginal habitat. It is a small much-branched tree or shrub. It bears a mass of slender...
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July 1763, on the way to Sanaʽa, the capital of Yemen, its naturalist Peter Forsskål also died. In Sanaʽa the remaining members of the expedition had an...
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Orbicular batfish (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
orbicularis by the Swedish-speaking Finnish explorer, orientalist, naturalist Peter Forsskål with its type locality given as Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. This species...
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Schokari sand racer (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
The Schokari sand racer or Forskal sand snake (Psammophis schokari) is a species of psammophiid snake found in parts of Asia and Africa. Psammophis aegyptius...
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Indo-Pacific to Northern Australia. The species was first described by Peter Forsskål in 1775 and originally given the name Medusa cephea. It inhabits the...
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Torpedo (genus) (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
1806 (often cited in catalogs) is a junior homonym of Forsskål's name and cannot be used. Forsskål included only a single species, Raja torpedo Linnaeus...
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bubbler crab to be described was Cancer sulcatus (now Dotilla sulcata) by Peter Forsskål in 1775. The genus Scopimera was originally described as a subgenus...
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Scylla serrata (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
Decapoda Suborder: Pleocyemata Infraorder: Brachyura Family: Portunidae Genus: Scylla Species: S. serrata Binomial name Scylla serrata (Forsskål, 1775)...
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Adenia comes from "aden", reported as the Arabic name for the plant by Peter Forsskål, the author of the genus. All Adenia are perennial plants, but there...
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Themeda triandra (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
strong perfume. Themeda triandra was first formally described in 1775 by Peter Forsskål who published the description in Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica. There are...
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species. The description was based on notes taken by the naturalist Peter Forsskål when he was on the Danish Arabia expedition (1761–67) and was published...
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Oncoba (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
Oncoba is a genus of African plants in the family Salicaceae. It contains the following species: Oncoba brachyanthera Oliv. Oncoba breteleri Hul Oncoba...
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Portunus segnis (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
explorer, orientalist, naturalist, and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus Peter Forsskål with the type locality given as “Mari Rubro”, the Red Sea. It has been...
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was an unnecessary replacement of Chaetodon unicornis described by Peter Forsskål in 1775 from Jeddah. In 1917 David Starr Jordan designated Naso fronticornis...
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Acanthurus (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
(2014). "Acanthurus Forsskål, 1775 (Osteichthyes, ACANTHURIDAE): proposed conservation by designation of Chaetodon sohal Forsskål, 1775 as the type species"...
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