Species Eichhornia crassipes
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Etymology of Eichhornia:
For Johann Albrecht Friedrich von Eichorn (1779–1856), Prussian lawyer and politician. In his early career he studied law at the University of Göttingen and for a short while was involved with the military during the Napoleonic wars. After the war he resumed his judicial service before becoming a diplomat in Paris where he was a privy counsellor in the ministry of Foreign Affairs, and later became second director of the Foreign Affairs Office. He became a minister of Education and Public Welfare, a court advisor, and although he had a number of setbacks where he disagreed with the king, he became a member of the Prussian State Council (1817–1848) and a member of the State House at the Erfurt Union Parliament, including being interim President.
Etymology of crassipes:
From Latin crassus = "thick" and pes = "foot". In plants the foot often alludes to the base of a leaf or flower.
Scientific name:
Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms
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Protologue:
Monogr. Phan. 4: 527 (1883)
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Year published:
1883
Observations of Taxon
Eichhornia crassipes
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Name of observer:
CE van Ginkel or CJ Cilliers (David)
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Date observed unknown
Eichhornia crassipes
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
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Date observed unknown
Eichhornia crassipes
Name of observer:
Elsa Pooley (David)
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Date observed unknown