Thingia Hershk.
, Phytoneuron 2020-42: 1 (2020).
External links to taxonomic opinions:
- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77210608-1
- Publication
- Phytoneuron. Digital Publications in Plant Biology
- Collation
- 2020-42: 1
- Date of Publication
- 15 Jul 2020
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Portulacaceae
Type Information
- Type Name
- T. ambigua (S.Watson) Hershk. (Claytonia ambigua S.Watson)
Nomenclatural Notes
(epublished)
Remarks
Etymology: The generic name metaphorically refersto one of thecolloquial namesfor the type species, “dead man’s fingers” (SEINet2018). Thus, the genus is named for the literary figure, Thing, of the Addams Family cartoon, television series, and movie. “Thing”is an animated but (at least in the movie) disembodied human hand. This suggests that the hand derives from a deceased human, hence possesses “dead man ́s fingers.”The generic combination also suggests an appropriate vernacular name, “ambiguous thing,” reflecting the ambiguity of the status of this species following cladistic classification of Montiaceae (vide Phytoneuron 2019-27: 61-62. 2019). (english)