Species Podalyria pearsonii
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Podalyria:
For Podalirius (La.), from Podaleirios (Gk.), son of Asklepios, god of healing. He and his brother, Machaon were physicians to the Greek army during the Trojan wars, as described in the Iliad. The brothers’ great feat was the healing of the festering foot of Philoctetes, who was badly needed for his arrows, but whose fetid stench sorely disturbed the warriors. The flowers of this genus are strongly fragrant but not unpleasantly so, rather sweet-smelling.
Etymology of pearsonii:
Named after Professor Henry Harold Welch Pearson (1870-1916), the first director of Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden in South Africa.
Scientific name:
Unknown
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Pearson was a tremendous influence on South African as well as Namibian botany (then South West Africa). His biography is available on Wikipedia.
Protologue:
Ann. S. African Mus. 9: 119 (1913)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1913
Observations of Taxon
Podalyria pearsonii
Name of observer:
Riaan de Villiers (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Podalyria pearsonii
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
23/10/2009 - 9:31am
Collection: