sentences.text: Zyzyxia lundellii is a species of tropical shrub in the plant family Asteraceae.
sentences.text: Zyzyxia
sentences.text: lundellii
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: species
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: tropical
sentences.text: shrub
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: plant
sentences.text: family
sentences.text: Asteraceae
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Some Californians, on hearing the name, believe that the name was inspired by Zzyzx Road.
sentences.text: Some
sentences.text: Californians
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: hearing
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: name
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: believe
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: name
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: inspired
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: Zzyzx
sentences.text: Road
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: In fact, the story of this plant's unusual name is much more practical than that.
sentences.text: In
sentences.text: fact
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: story
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: this
sentences.text: plant
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: unusual
sentences.text: name
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: much
sentences.text: more
sentences.text: practical
sentences.text: than
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Around 1990, John L. Strother was revising the six North American genera of the subtribe Ecliptinae in the sunflower family (Asteraceae) for publication in Systematic Botany Monographs.
sentences.text: Around
sentences.text: 1990
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: John
sentences.text: L.
sentences.text: Strother
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: revising
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: six
sentences.text: North
sentences.text: American
sentences.text: genera
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: subtribe
sentences.text: Ecliptinae
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: sunflower
sentences.text: family
sentences.text: (
sentences.text: Asteraceae
sentences.text: )
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: publication
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: Systematic
sentences.text: Botany
sentences.text: Monographs
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: He carefully examined species in the genus Wedelia, and decided that " something was looking odd and different " in some of the specimens.
sentences.text: He
sentences.text: carefully
sentences.text: examined
sentences.text: species
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: genus
sentences.text: Wedelia
sentences.text: ,
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sentences.text: decided
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sentences.text: something
sentences.text: was
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sentences.text: and
sentences.text: different
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: some
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: specimens
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: For one, the achenes (fruits) did not have a thin winged membrane around the edge as other species in the genus were supposed to have.
sentences.text: For
sentences.text: one
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: achenes
sentences.text: (
sentences.text: fruits
sentences.text: )
sentences.text: did
sentences.text: not
sentences.text: have
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: thin
sentences.text: winged
sentences.text: membrane
sentences.text: around
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: edge
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: other
sentences.text: species
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: genus
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: supposed
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sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Strother decided that the plant was actually a new and previously unnamed genus of plant.
sentences.text: Strother
sentences.text: decided
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: plant
sentences.text: was
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sentences.text: and
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sentences.text: of
sentences.text: plant
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: By this time, the lengthy monograph he had written was in the final stages of proofing for publication.
sentences.text: By
sentences.text: this
sentences.text: time
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: lengthy
sentences.text: monograph
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sentences.text: written
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: in
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sentences.text: of
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sentences.text: for
sentences.text: publication
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: His editor insisted that the genera be treated alphabetically, and to insert a new genus in the middle of his 100 page treatment would mean numerous changes to the format and layout of the article.
sentences.text: His
sentences.text: editor
sentences.text: insisted
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sentences.text: the
sentences.text: genera
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sentences.text: page
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sentences.text: would
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sentences.text: changes
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sentences.text: the
sentences.text: format
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: layout
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sentences.text: article
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The only way the editor would accept the new genus was if it were placed alphabetically after the last genus in the article, Zexmenia.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: only
sentences.text: way
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: editor
sentences.text: would
sentences.text: accept
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sentences.text: last
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sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: Zexmenia
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: This would put it nearly at the end of the article, and minimize the changes needed for publication.
sentences.text: This
sentences.text: would
sentences.text: put
sentences.text: it
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sentences.text: of
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sentences.text: and
sentences.text: minimize
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: changes
sentences.text: needed
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: publication
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Knowing this, Strother decided he might as well make the genus the last one likely to ever exist in any list, and named the plant Zyzyxia.
sentences.text: Knowing
sentences.text: this
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: Strother
sentences.text: decided
sentences.text: he
sentences.text: might
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: well
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sentences.text: genus
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sentences.text: list
sentences.text: ,
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sentences.text: named
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: plant
sentences.text: Zyzyxia
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Zyzyxia is a shrub that grows to 3 meters tall.
sentences.text: Zyzyxia
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: shrub
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: grows
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: 3
sentences.text: meters
sentences.text: tall
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Its leaves are covered in very rough hairs.
sentences.text: Its
sentences.text: leaves
sentences.text: are
sentences.text: covered
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: very
sentences.text: rough
sentences.text: hairs
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The ray and disc petals are both yellow, and the fruits are brown.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: ray
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: disc
sentences.text: petals
sentences.text: are
sentences.text: both
sentences.text: yellow
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: fruits
sentences.text: are
sentences.text: brown
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: All known collections of Zyzyxia come from Guatemala and Belize.
sentences.text: All
sentences.text: known
sentences.text: collections
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: Zyzyxia
sentences.text: come
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: Guatemala
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: Belize
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: There, the shrubs grow in dry tropical forests of pine or ericaceous scrub forest.
sentences.text: There
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: shrubs
sentences.text: grow
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: dry
sentences.text: tropical
sentences.text: forests
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: pine
sentences.text: or
sentences.text: ericaceous
sentences.text: scrub
sentences.text: forest
sentences.text: .
text: Zyzyxia lundellii is a species of tropical shrub in the plant family Asteraceae. Some Californians, on hearing the name, believe that the name was inspired by Zzyzx Road. In fact, the story of this plant's unusual name is much more practical than that. Around 1990, John L. Strother was revising the six North American genera of the subtribe Ecliptinae in the sunflower family (Asteraceae) for publication in Systematic Botany Monographs. He carefully examined species in the genus Wedelia, and decided that " something was looking odd and different " in some of the specimens. For one, the achenes (fruits) did not have a thin winged membrane around the edge as other species in the genus were supposed to have. Strother decided that the plant was actually a new and previously unnamed genus of plant. By this time, the lengthy monograph he had written was in the final stages of proofing for publication. His editor insisted that the genera be treated alphabetically, and to insert a new genus in the middle of his 100 page treatment would mean numerous changes to the format and layout of the article. The only way the editor would accept the new genus was if it were placed alphabetically after the last genus in the article, Zexmenia. This would put it nearly at the end of the article, and minimize the changes needed for publication. Knowing this, Strother decided he might as well make the genus the last one likely to ever exist in any list, and named the plant Zyzyxia. Zyzyxia is a shrub that grows to 3 meters tall. Its leaves are covered in very rough hairs. The ray and disc petals are both yellow, and the fruits are brown. All known collections of Zyzyxia come from Guatemala and Belize. There, the shrubs grow in dry tropical forests of pine or ericaceous scrub forest.