Species Boehmeria virgata
Pictures from Observations
There aren’t any identifications of Boehmeria virgata.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Boehmeria:
For Georg(e) Rudolf Boehmer (Böhmer) (1723–1803), German physician and botanist, who studied at the University of Leipzig before becoming professor of botany and anatomy at the University of Wittenberg in 1752. Later he became professor of therapy. While working at the university he had part-time duties as city physician for Wittenberg and later at Kemberg. He authored many works, systematically recording the history of botany including his five-volume Library of Natural History (1785–1789), Lexicon of Things in Herbarium, Technical History of Plants, Systematic and Literary Handbook of Natural History, and Economics and Related Sciences and Arts.
Etymology of virgata:
From the Latin virgatus meaning 'striped' or more typically a ‘twig / switch’; typically referring to slender branches with few or no leaves
Scientific name:
Boehmeria virgata (G. Forst.) Guill.
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. Ser. 2, 7: 182 (1837)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1837
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Boehmeria virgata.