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    Peter Forsskål, sometimes spelled Pehr Forsskål, Peter Forskaol, Petrus Forskål or Pehr Forsskåhl (11 January 1732 – 11 July 1763) was a Swedish-speaking...
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    2021. "salp - Definitions from Dictionary.com". Retrieved 2008-09-28.; Peter Forsskål, in introducing the genus Salpa from waters off Yemen (1763, publication...
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    Mangrove red snapper (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
    argentimaculata by the Swedish speaking Finnish born explorer and naturalist Peter Forsskål with the type locality given as the Red Sea. The specific name is a...
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    Capparis decidua (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
    Capparis decidua, commonly known as karira, is a useful plant in its marginal habitat. It is a small much-branched tree or shrub. It bears a mass of slender...
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  • Peter Forsskål systematically cataloged plants and fishes in the Red Sea area. For genera and species that did not already have Latin names, Forsskål...
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    Plantago ovata (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
    Plantago ovata, known by many common names including blond plantain, desert Indianwheat, blond psyllium, and ispaghol, is native to the Mediterranean region...
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    Alternanthera (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
    Alternanthera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae. It is a widespread genus with most species occurring in the tropical Americas...
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    described as a distinct species from Egyptian specimens by the biologist Peter Forsskål (1732–1763). He named this mosquito Culex molestus due to its voracious...
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    Avicennia (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
    Avicennia is a genus of flowering plants currently placed in the bear's breeches family, Acanthaceae. It contains mangrove trees, which occur in the intertidal...
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    Scylla serrata (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
    Decapoda Suborder: Pleocyemata Infraorder: Brachyura Family: Portunidae Genus: Scylla Species: S. serrata Binomial name Scylla serrata (Forsskål, 1775)...
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