Species Bonamia capensis
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There aren’t any identifications of Bonamia capensis.
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Etymology of Bonamia:
For François Bonamy (1710–1786), French physician and botanist, from a long line of apothecaries. He received a doctorate in medicine in 1735 from the Royal University of Nantes and became professor of botany where he taught for over 40 years, during which time he became university president (rector) and dean of the faculty. He was also a member of the Royal Society of Medicine. He established a garden of apothecaries (medicinal plants) at Nantes and taught botany for free or next to nothing to those who visited the garden. He was author of Florae Nannetensis prodromus (Flora around Nantes) (1782) and founded the first society of agriculture in France.
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:
Bonamia capensis (E. Mey. ex Choisy) Burtt Davy
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Protologue:
Ann. Transvaal Mus. 3: 121 (1912)
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Year published:
1912
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Bonamia capensis.
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