Species Hippocratea rubiginosa
Pictures from Observations
There aren’t any identifications of Hippocratea rubiginosa.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Hippocratea:
For Hippocrates of Kos (Cos) (c. 460–370 BCE), Greek physician, contemporary of Herodotus, Thucydides, Socrates and Plato, father of Western medicine, pharmaceutical botanist and founder of the Hippocratic School of Medicine and the Hippocratic Oath, although evidence suggests this was written after his death. Hippocrates is credited with being the first person to believe that diseases were caused naturally, the product of environmental factors, diet and living habits.
Etymology of rubiginosa:
From the Latin rubiginosus = ‘reddish-brown’ or 'rust-coloured'
Scientific name:
Hippocratea rubiginosa H. Perrier
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille, sér. 5 10: 28 (1942)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1942
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Hippocratea rubiginosa.