Species Gnidia thesioides
Pictures from Observations
There aren’t any identifications of Gnidia thesioides.
Range:
Location unknown
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Etymology of Gnidia:
Derivation uncertain. Linnaeus only states ‘habitat in Aethiopa’, Africa, where it is widely distributed. Possibly Gnidia was named after a Greek city, Knidos, where a kind of laurel grew, or Cnidus in Caria (modern Turkey) (Hugh Glen). Another possibility is that it could be a Greek word for Daphne or laurel; in Greek mythology, Daphne was a pretty nymph who was turned into a laurel bush (WPU Jackson). It might also have been named after Knossos in Crete (spelled Knidiossos in one version), with the G being substituted for K.
Etymology of thesioides:
From the Latin -oides = 'resembling', or 'like'; i.e. resembling the semi-parasitic genus Thesium (Santalaceae)
Scientific name:
Gnidia thesioides Meisn.
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Linnaea 14: 457 (1841)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1841
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Gnidia thesioides.
Nodes
