Species Gnidia carinata
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There aren’t any identifications of Gnidia carinata.
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.
Etymology of carinata:
From the Latin carina = 'keel' in reference to the midvvein like a keel on the leaf blade.
Scientific name:
Gnidia carinata Thunb.
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 76 (1794)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1794
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Gnidia carinata.
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