Species Geigeria dinteri

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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 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:

Geigeria dinteri Muschl.

Synonym of:

Geigeria plumosa

Long etymology:

Dinter's biography can be seen at Wikipedia here

Authors:

Muschl.

Protologue:

Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 110 (1911)

Synonym status:

Heterotypic synonym