Biology

Monizia

Genus of the Umbelliferae family, dedicated by the English naturalist R. T. Lowe to the distinguished Madeiran botanist João Maria Moniz. It was published in vol. VIII, page 285, of the Botanical Journal by Hooker, and comprises a single species - Monizia edulis - found in June 1855 on Deserta Grande and later in the Selvagens and Curral das Freiras.

Monóculo (0). Nine issues of this journal were published from April 14 to June 13, 1889.

People mentioned in this article

R. T. Lowe
English naturalist who dedicated the genus Monizia to the Madeiran botanist João Maria Moniz.

Years mentioned in this article

1855
Discovery of the species Monizia edulis on Deserta Grande.