Species Geigeria acaulis
Pictures from Observations
There aren’t any identifications of Geigeria acaulis.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Geigeria:
For Philipp Lorenz Geiger (1785–1836), German chemist, pharmacist and professor of pharmacy at the University of Heidelberg. In 1835 he discovered the poisonous alkaloid coniine in hemlock (Conium). He also isolated atropine, an alkaloid found in nightshade (Atropa belladona), jimsonweed (Datura stramonium) and mandrake (Mandragora officinarum), and the related alkaloids aconatine, daturine, hyoscyamine and atropine. From 1824–1836 he edited the Magazin der Pharmazie. His major works were the Pharmaco-poeia Universalis and his Handbuch der Pharmacie.
Etymology of acaulis:
From the Latin a = ‘without’ and caulis = ‘stem' or 'stalk’; i.e. it is without stem
Scientific name:
Unknown
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 368 (1877)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1877
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Geigeria acaulis.