lunatus

Updated: May 18, 2025

Six different kinds of woodpeckers and four kingfishers were found here, the fine hornbill, Buceros lunatus, more than four feet long, and the pretty little lorikeet, Loriculus pusillus, scarcely more than as many inches.

Alfred Russel Wallace - The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1

A dwarf variety of a bean, Phaseolus lunatus, was observed to spring from the ordinary type by a sudden leap about 1895 by W.W. Tracy, and many similar cases could be given. The annual habit is not very favorable for the discovery of new forms in the wild state. New varieties may appear, but may be crowded out the first year.

Hugo de Vries - Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation