Species Phylica montana
Pictures from Observations
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Phylica:
Gk. phyllikos = leafy; referring to the plentiful foliage.
Etymology of montana:
From the Latin montanus = ‘relating to mountains’
Scientific name:
Unknown
Synonym of:
Unknown
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.
Protologue:
Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 1: 492 (1860)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1860
Observations of Taxon
Phylica montana
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
07/07/2013 - 6:28pm
Collection: