Species Aitonia capensis
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There aren’t any identifications of Aitonia capensis.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Aitonia:
For William Aiton (1731–1793), English gardener at the botanical garden in Chelsea in 1754 and responsible for the management of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew from 1759. He substantially increased the Kew Gardens flower collections and was mainly instrumental in sending Francis Masson to the Cape in 1772; one of the earliest collectors. In 1783 he was given responsibility for the royal forcing and pleasure gardens at Kew and Richmond serving King George III. He published Hortus Kewensis (1789), a catalogue of plants at Kew, which describes 5 600 species in three volumes, with 13 plates. His son, William Townsend Aiton (1766–1849), who succeeded his father at Kew, edited the second edition, published in 1810–1813 in five volumes.
Etymology of capensis:
From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. -ensis is a Latin adjectival suffix meaning “pertaining to or “originating in,” Thus these organisms were first discovered in the Cape. In the early days of exploration this epithet was frequently applied to anywhere in South Africa or even Southern Africa
Scientific name:
Aitonia capensis Thunb.
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Protologue:
Physiogr. Salsk. Handl. 1(3): 166 (1776 [1780])
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Year published:
1780
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Aitonia capensis.