Species Gnidia burmannii
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There aren’t any identifications of Gnidia burmannii.
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Location unknown
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Etymology of Gnidia:
Derivation uncertain. Linnaeus only states ‘habitat in Aethiopa’, Africa, where it is widely distributed. Possibly Gnidia was named after a Greek city, Knidos, where a kind of laurel grew, or Cnidus in Caria (modern Turkey) (Hugh Glen). Another possibility is that it could be a Greek word for Daphne or laurel; in Greek mythology, Daphne was a pretty nymph who was turned into a laurel bush (WPU Jackson). It might also have been named after Knossos in Crete (spelled Knidiossos in one version), with the G being substituted for K.
Etymology of burmannii:
This honours either Johannes Burman (1707-1779), Professor of botany at Leiden University who wrote Rariorum Africanarum Plantarum (1738), or his son Nicolaas Laurens Burman (1733-1793).
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Protologue:
Prodr. (DC.) 14(2): 583 (1857)
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Year published:
1857
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Gnidia burmannii.
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