Species Hippocratea schlechteri
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There aren’t any identifications of Hippocratea schlechteri.
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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 schlechteri:
Named in honour of the German Rudolf Schlecter (1872-1925) and his brother Max (1874-1960), renowned plant collectors from South Africa.
Scientific name:
Hippocratea schlechteri Loes.
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Long etymology:
Rudolf made more than 12 000 collections. His brother Max settled in Port Nolloth where he earned his living collecting and trading
Protologue:
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 114 (1905)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1905
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Hippocratea schlechteri.