Species Bobartia umbellata
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There aren’t any identifications of Bobartia umbellata.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Bobartia:
For Jacob Bobart (1599–1680), German botanist and the first horti praefectus (superintendent, head gardener) of the Oxford Physic Garden; which cultivated medical herbs; the first garden of its kind in England. He was the author of Catalogus Plantarum Horti Medici Oxoniensis, sci Latino-Anglicus et Anglico-Latinus (1648); a catalogue of 1600 plants that were in the garden. His son, Jacob Bobart the Younger (1641–1719), succeeded his father as horti praefectus and became acting professor of botany at Oxford.
Etymology of umbellata:
From the Latin umbellatus meaning ‘equipped with parasols’. This typically refers to an umbellate arrangement of flowers.
Scientific name:
Bobartia umbellata (Thunb.) Ker Gawl.
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Long etymology:
From the Latin sub- = 'somewhat' and umbellatus meaning ‘equipped with parasols’. This typically refers to an umbellate arrangement of flowers.
Protologue:
Gen. Irid. 31
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Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Bobartia umbellata.
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