Species Othonna subumbellata
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There aren’t any identifications of Othonna subumbellata.
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Location unknown
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Etymology of Othonna:
Name derived from the Greek othone, a linen cloth or napkin, in allusion to the downy covering of some of the earlier known species. Doria Less. is not regarded as separable.
Etymology of subumbellata:
From the Latin sub- = 'somewhat' and umbellatus meaning ‘equipped with parasols’. This typically refers to an umbellate arrangement of flowers.
Scientific name:
Othonna subumbellata DC.
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Long etymology:
Named in honour of Swedish botanist Georg (Goran) Wahlenberg (1780 – 1851). Wahlenberg succeeded Carl Peter Thunberg as chair of Medicine and Botany, the same chair held in the previous century by Carl Linnaeus. Professor of Medicine and Botany at Uppsala University, he studied homeopathy and becoming convinced of its truth, became the first person to introduce homeopathy into Sweden.
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Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Othonna subumbellata.