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Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: Maggi Young on June 25, 2015, 11:35:51 AM
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Alan Meerow is the distinguished American botanist and author of many scientific papers who specializes in the taxonomy of the family Amaryllidaceae and the horticulture of palms and tropical ornamental plants.
He has received various honours for his work from august bodies, but now he has received a unique tribute. a new species of weevil has been named for him.
Rhopalotria meerowi is species of cycad (Zamia) pollinating Coleoptera from Jamaica.
This link is to the publication http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3970.1.1 (http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3970.1.1) :
Revision of the New World cycad weevils of the subtribe Allocorynina, with description of two new genera and three new subgenera (Coleoptera: Belidae: Oxycoryninae) - CHARLES W. O’BRIEN, WILLIAM TANG
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Rhopalotria meerowi
Congratulations!