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Barbourisia Parr 1945 -ia (L. suffix), belonging to: American zoologist and “distinguished naturalist” Thomas Barbour (1884–1946), Director of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology

Barbourisia rufa Parr 1945 Latin for red or reddish, referring to its “bright geranium red” color in life