Species Dombeya dinteri
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Etymology of Dombeya:
For Joseph Dombey (1742–1794), French botanist, physician, naturalist and traveller with Spanish botanists Hipólito Ruiz and José Pavón in Chile and Peru. He gathered much valuable information relating to the cinchona plant from which quinine was derived. His special interest was spermatophytes. He authored Flore Péruvienne, L’Herbier de Dombey explique, and Observations de Dombey faites au Chili et au Pérou, all of which were published posthumously. His career was sullied by misfortune such as his collections being captured by the British (specimens sent to the British Museum) or confiscated by zealous officials. In 1793 he undertook a mission to the United States but never arrived there as a result of a storm. Eventually, he was captured by British privateers and imprisoned for ransom at the British colony in Montserrat, West Indies, where he died. His main work and collection is housed in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris.
Etymology of dinteri:
Moritz Kurt Dinter (1868 -1945) was a German botanist and explorer in South West Africa (Namibia). Dinter collected many new species, covered an estimated 40,000 km on foot, by wagon and motor vehicle during the course of his collecting trips, which spanned 38 years. His collection of pressed specimens numbered in excess of 8400.
Scientific name:
Dombeya dinteri Schinz
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Long etymology:
Dinter's biography can be seen at Wikipedia here
Protologue:
Bull. Herb. Boissier Ser. II. 2: 1005 (1902)
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Year published:
1902
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Dombeya dinteri.