Species Cynanchum pearsonii
Pictures from Observations
There aren’t any identifications of Cynanchum pearsonii.
Range:
Location unknown
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Etymology of Cynanchum:
Gk. kynos = a dog; anchein = to strangle or throttle. Some species of this genus are poisonous, and several species have climbers or twiners, hence the common name ‘dogbane’, a dog-strangling vine.
Etymology of pearsonii:
Named after Professor Henry Harold Welch Pearson (1870-1916), the first director of Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden in South Africa.
Scientific name:
Cynanchum pearsonii N.E. Br.
Synonym of:
Long etymology:
Pearson was a tremendous influence on South African as well as Namibian botany (then South West Africa). His biography is available on Wikipedia.
Synonym status:
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Cynanchum pearsonii.
Nodes
