Which species of flowering plant is named after a Greek philosopher, Mutisia or Aristotelia?
Mutisia Mutisia is a genus of flowering plant in the mutisia tribe within the sunflower family. "Mutisia" has been named after José Celestino Mutis. It comprises about sixty species which can be found along the entire length of the Andes and in southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina.
Adiantum Adiantum , the walking fern or maidenhair fern, is a genus of about 250 species of ferns in the Vittarioideae subfamily of the family Pteridaceae, though some researchers place it in its own family, "Adiantaceae". The genus name comes from Greek, meaning "not wetting", referring to the fronds' ability to shed water without becoming wet.