Araneus legs, and the inability to catch or consume prey bigger than themselves. In females, the epigyne has a long scape (a tongue-like appendage). Male pedipalps have a hook-like terminal apophysis. Abdominal tubercles are present anterolaterally. "Araneus" was originally called Epeira. The latter name is now considered a junior synonym of "Araneus". It was first coined by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1805, for a range of spiders now considered Araneidae (orb-weavers). Over time, a rather diverse set of spiders was grouped under the genus "Epeira", including species from the modern families Araneidae, Mimetidae ("Mimetus syllepsicus" described by Hentz, 1832), Tetragnathidae, Theridiidae,
Ljubljana Botanical Garden is a member of the international network Botanic Gardens Conservation International and cooperates with more than 270 botanical gardens all across the world. Of over 4,500 plant species and subspecies that grow on , roughly a third is endemic to Slovenia, whereas the rest originate from other European places and other continents. Ljubljana Botanical Garden The Ljubljana Botanical Garden (), officially the University of Ljubljana Botanical Garden (), is the central Slovenian botanical garden, the oldest botanical garden in Southeastern Europe, and one of the oldest cultural, scientific, and educational organisations in Slovenia. Its headquarters are located in the Rudnik