Passionflower Species Named in Honor of Late Biology Professor
July 03, 2024
July 03, 2024
MOBILE, Alabama, July 3 -- The University of South Alabama issued the following news release:
University of South Alabama biology professor Dr. Brian Axsmith discovered a previously undescribed species of passionflower. Now it has been named for him posthumously.
The fossil, now known in the Latin form as passiflora axsmithii, was uncovered in south Mississippi and is approximately 25 million years old, making it the oldest example ever found of that genus.
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University of South Alabama biology professor Dr. Brian Axsmith discovered a previously undescribed species of passionflower. Now it has been named for him posthumously.
The fossil, now known in the Latin form as passiflora axsmithii, was uncovered in south Mississippi and is approximately 25 million years old, making it the oldest example ever found of that genus.
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