# Foliaceus

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The word ***foliaceus*** is a [specific epithet](/source/Specific_epithet) used in the name of several species. *Foliaceus* is Latin and is used to describe something that is leafy or looks like a leaf.[1] It is applied to plants with large or showy foliage, and to animals with features that resemble leaves (such as the wings of the fly *[Exilibittacus foliaceus](/source/Exilibittacus_foliaceus)*).[2]

## Plants

The following list consists of [flowering plant](/source/Flowering_plant) species names that include *foliaceus*. Species are included based on the [Royal Botanic Garden Kew's](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Kew) [Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online).[3]

Name Family Description Status Scientific Common Author Source Year Aster foliaceus Leafy aster Asteraceae John Lindley Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis[4] 1836 Synonym of Symphyotrichum foliaceum[5]

## Marine animals

The following list consists of [marine animal](/source/Marine_animal) species names that include *foliaceus*. Species are included based on the [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species).[6]

Name Classification Description Status Scientific Common Type Family Author Source Year Argulus foliaceus Common fish louse Arthropod Argulidae Carl Linnaeus 1758 Accepted[7]

## Other animals

The following list consists of animal species names that include *foliaceus*. Species are included based on the [Global Biodiversity Information Facility](/source/Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility) database.

Name Classification Description Status Scientific Common Type Family Author Source Year Exilibittacus foliaceus Arthropod Bittacidae Sulin Liu, Chungkun Chih, Ren Dong ZooKeys[2] 2014 Accepted

## See also

- *[Foliosa](/source/Foliosa)*
- *[Foliosum](/source/Foliosum)*
- *[Foliosus](/source/Foliosus)*
- *[Foliatus](/source/Foliatus_(disambiguation))*

## References

1. ["Foliage Words and Leaf Names in Latin and Greek Etymology"](https://www.thoughtco.com/foliage-words-meaning-of-leaf-names-117905). *ThoughtCo*. Retrieved 2024-03-22.

1. Liu, Sulin; Shih, Chungkun; Ren, Dong (2014). "Four new species of hangingflies (Insecta, Mecoptera, Bittacidae) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China". *ZooKeys*. '***(466): 87. [Bibcode:2014ZooK..466...77L](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ZooK..466...77L). [doi:10.3897/zookeys.466.8047](https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.466.8047). [PMC 4296484](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4296484). [PMID 25610337](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25610337)***

1. ["*foliosum*"](https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=foliosum). *Plants of the World Online*. Kew Science. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. de Candolle, Augustin (1836). [*Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis*](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/7154#page/233/mode/1up). Vol. 5. Paris: Sumptibus Sociorum Treuttel et Würtz. p. 228.

1. "*Aster foliaceus*". 181235-1. Retrieved 22 March 2024.

1. ["Taxon List: foliaceus"](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxlist&searchpar=0&tComp=contains&tName=foliaceus&action=search&rSkips=0&adv=0). *World Register of Marine Species*. Retrieved 20 March 2024.

1. Linnaeus (1758). "*Argulus foliaceus*". 234067. Retrieved 22 March 2024.

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