Species Polygala pearsonii
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There aren’t any identifications of Polygala pearsonii.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Polygala:
Gk. poly = much; gala = milk; so-called from the belief that cattle grazing in fields with this plant produced more milk. (San Marcos growers in the United States claim that Polygala virgata ‘Portola’ has this property but the authors could find no scientific evidence).
Etymology of pearsonii:
Named after Professor Henry Harold Welch Pearson (1870-1916), the first director of Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden in South Africa.
Scientific name:
Polygala pearsonii Exell
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:
J. Bot. 65: 343 (1927)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1927
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Polygala pearsonii.
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