Species Crotalaria pechueliana

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There aren’t any identifications of Crotalaria pechueliana.

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Location unknown

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Etymology of Crotalaria:

Gk. krotalos = rattle. The dry seed pods rattle when shaken.

Etymology of pechueliana:

For Moritz Eduard Pechuël-Loesche (1840–1913), German naturalist, geographer and traveller. He collected plants in the Cape, Hereroland and the Congo (Loango expedition 1873–1876), became Henry Morton Stanley’s agent (1882–1883), visiting the Congo again and German South-West Africa (now Namibia) (1884–1885).

Scientific name:

Crotalaria pechueliana Schinz

Etymology applies to:

Synonym of:

Crotalaria argyraea

Long etymology:

After finishing school, he joined the merchant navy and travelled extensively for many years in both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans as well as visiting both poles. He then studied geography and natural history at Leipzig University, obtaining his PhD in 1872. In 1886 he became a lecturer at Leipzig before becoming professor of geography in Jena and Erlangen (1895–1912) and publisher of the third edition of Brehm’s Animal Life (1890–1893).

Authors:

Schinz

Protologue:

Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 30: 157 (1888)

Synonym status:

Heterotypic synonym

Year published:

1888