Species Gomphocarpus meyerianus
Pictures from Observations
There aren’t any identifications of Gomphocarpus meyerianus.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Gomphocarpus:
Gk. gomphos = a peg, nail, club; karpos = fruit; referring to the fruits that are swollen and eggshaped with tapering tips (John Manning).
Etymology of meyerianus:
Likely commemorating the German botanist Ernst Heinrich Friederich Meyer (1791-1858), a professor of botany at the University of Königsberg and curator of the botanical garden there. His major work was the four-volume Geschichte der Botanik (“History of Botany,” 1854–57).
Scientific name:
Gomphocarpus meyerianus Schltr.
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Long etymology:
Protologue:
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: Beibl. n. 51 33 (1895)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1895
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Gomphocarpus meyerianus.