Species Brunia virgata
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Brunia:
For Alexander Brown (f 1692–1698), a naval surgeon and plant collector who worked for the East India Company around 1690 and collected in India, the Cape, Spain and Arabia, etc. sending specimens to Plukenet (1641–1706), an English botanist, royal professor of botany and gardener to Queen Mary; James Petiver (c 1665–1718) a London apothecary; Jacob Bobart (c 1665–1718) in Oxford and to Charles du Bois (1656–1740), an English merchant and botanist, treasurer of the East India Company. He amassed a vast herbarium of East Indian plants. No further details are known.
Etymology of virgata:
From the Latin virgatus meaning 'striped' or more typically a ‘twig / switch’; typically referring to slender branches with few or no leaves
Scientific name:
Brunia virgata Brongn.
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 8: 376 (1826)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1826
Observations of Taxon
Brunia virgata
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
29/11/2016 - 9:52am
Collection:
Brunia virgata
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
15/02/2017 - 1:56pm
Collection: