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    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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    Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, French polymath Constantin Andreas von Regel Constantin Sandu, Moldovan footballer Constantin Sandu-Aldea Constantine-Silvanus...
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    scientific description of a cave salamander was undertaken by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1822 while he was a professor of botany and natural history...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Freshwater drum (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
    Laute und Lauterzeugung beim Süßwassertrommler Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque (Sciaenidae, Pisces). In: Zeitschrift für vergleichende Physiologie. Volume...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Tradescantia ohiensis (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
    Tradescantia ohiensis, commonly known as bluejacket or Ohio spiderwort, is an herbaceous plant species in the genus Tradescantia native to eastern and...
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    the Ludlow epoch. The genus was named in honor of polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz. Rafinesquina's members were epifaunal, meaning they...
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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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    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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    Viburnum rufidulum (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
    Viburnum rufidulum, also known as the rusty blackhaw, blue haw, rusty nanny-berry, or southern black haw, is a flowering species of shrub or small tree...
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    Whale louse (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
    Division of Sea Fisheries Investigational Report. 72: 1–20. Cited in: Amy Samuels & Peter L. Tyack (2000). "Flukeprints: a history of studying cetacean societies"...
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    Tree pangolin (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
    tricuspis (tree pangolin)". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 26 November 2022. Rafinesque CS (1821). Ann. Sci. Phys. Brux. 7: 215. (Obsolete synonyms: M. multiscutata...
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    Common mudpuppy (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
    louisianensis Viosca, 1937 (Red River mudpuppy) Necturus maculosus maculosus (Rafinesque, 1818) (common mudpuppy) Necturus maculosus stictus Bishop, 1941 (Lake...
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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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    Trillium cuneatum (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
    distributed populations. Trillium cuneatum was first described by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1840. The specific epithet cuneatum, which means "narrow...
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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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