Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃stɑ̃tin samɥɛl ʁafinɛsk(ə)ʃmalts]; 22 October 1783 – 18 September 1840) was a French...
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the only genus in the family Sphyraenidae, which was named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1815. It is found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide...
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introduced (as the subfamily Lanidia) in 1815 by the French polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque. The type genus Lanius had been introduced by Carl Linnaeus...
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Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, French polymath Constantin Andreas von Regel Constantin Sandu, Moldovan footballer Constantin Sandu-Aldea Constantine-Silvanus...
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Epilobium ciliatum (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
Epilobium ciliatum, known by the common names fringed willowherb, American willowherb, slender willow herb, and northern willow herb is a species of flowering...
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botanist and antiquarian Constantine Samuel Rafinesque. Ethnographic studies in the 1980s and analysis in the 1990s of Rafinesque's manuscripts have produced...
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Citrus myrtifolia (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
Citrus myrtifolia (chinotto), the myrtle-leaved orange tree, is a species of Citrus with foliage similar to that of the common myrtle. It is a compact...
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Kingfisher (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
the family was introduced (as Alcedia) by the French polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1815. It is divided into three subfamilies, the tree kingfishers...
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and first half of the 20th centuries. The term was coined by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque (1784–1841), a botanist and Transylvania University professor...
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Shortfin mako shark (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
shark which has the tooth so highly prized by the Maoris". In 1809, Constantine Rafinesque gave the short-fin mako the scientific name Isurus oxyrinchus (isurus...
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Thrush (bird) (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
Turdidae was introduced (as Turdinia) by the French polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1815. The taxonomic treatment of this large family has varied...
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Necturus (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
maculosus. "Fossilworks: Necturus". Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Necturus Rafinesque, 1819". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6...
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Trachurus (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
called carapau. The genus Trachurus was defined in 1810 by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz, who called the type species Trachurus saurus. Taxonomists...
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Marsh tern (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
was introduced in 1822 by the French polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque with Sterna melanops Rafinesque = Sterna surinamensis Gmelin, J.F. as the type...
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Cutlassfish (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
Rosenblatt & Wilson, 1987 (Ghost scabbardfish) Subfamily Trichiurinae Rafinesque, 1810 Genus Demissolinea Demissolinea novaeguineensis, Burhanuddin & Iwatsuki...
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Audubon and Constantine Samuel Rafinesque figure in the faunal documentation of North America. They often traveled with one another. Rafinesque wrote Ichthyologic...
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Delonix regia (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
Delonix regia is a species of flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae native to Madagascar. It is noted for its fern-like...
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Delonix (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
Delonix is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It contains trees that are native to Madagascar and East Africa...
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Psittacidae (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
Psittacidae was introduced (as Psittacea) by French polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1815. The recently revised taxonomy of the family Psittacidae...
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Acalypha rhomboidea (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
Acalypha rhomboidea (common three-seeded mercury, rhombic three-seeded-mercury, rhomboid mercury, copperleaf, rhombic copper-leaf, three-seeded-mercury...
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Portunidae (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2008 Vojmirophthalmus Števčić, 2011 Portuninae Rafinesque, 1815 †Acanthoportunus Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2002 Alionectes Koch, Spiridonov...
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Old World sparrow (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
Passeridae was introduced (as Passernia) by the French polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1815. Under the classification used in the Handbook of the...
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Dactylopteridae (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
The flying gurnards are a family, Dactylopteridae, of marine fish notable for their greatly enlarged pectoral fins. As they cannot literally fly or glide...
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Isurus (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
mackerel sharks. The genus contains these species: Isurus oxyrinchus (Rafinesque, 1810) (shortfin mako shark) Isurus paucus (Guitart-Manday, 1966) (longfin...
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Hornbill (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
Bucerotidae was introduced (as Buceronia) by the French polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1815; it comes from the genus name Buceros given by Carl...
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Clintonia (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
deciduous or coniferous forests. The genus, first described by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1818, was named for DeWitt Clinton (1769–1828), a naturalist...
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Ictiobus (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
measures are needed. Five species are placed in the genus: Ictiobus bubalus (Rafinesque, 1818) (smallmouth buffalo) Ictiobus cyprinellus (Valenciennes, 1844)...
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Sand tiger shark (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
captivity. The sand tiger shark's description as Carcharias taurus by Constantine Rafinesque came from a specimen caught off the coast of Sicily. Carcharias...
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Rubus pubescens (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
Rubus pubescens (dwarf red blackberry, dwarf red raspberry, dewberry) is a herbaceous perennial widespread across much of Canada and the northern United...
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Percidae (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
and Fishbase recognises 239 species in 11 genera. Subfamily Percinae Rafinesque, 1815 Genus Perca Linnaeus, 1758 Subfamily Acerinae Bleeker, 1858 Genus...
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