Species Gnidia calocephala
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Range:
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.
Scientific name:
Unknown
Synonym of:
Unknown
Protologue:
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 265 (1894)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1894
Observations of Taxon
Gnidia calocephala
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
18/11/2010 - 3:28pm
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