Species Priestleya guthriei
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Etymology of Priestleya:
For Joseph Priestley (1733–1804), English chemist, clergyman, philosopher, political theorist, and scientist, best known for his discovery of oxygen, possibly the inventor of soda-water, and he had an interest in electricity which he shared with Benjamin Franklin. A multi-talented man, he studied French, Italian, and German and published over 150 works ranging from political philosophy, education, theology, natural philosophy, history and a seminal work on English grammar. He was a member of almost every major scientific society, including being a Fellow of the Royal Society. An advocate of religious toleration and equal rights, he helped found Unitarianism in England. His views were controversial and he was forced to live his final 10 years in the United States.
Etymology of guthriei:
For Francis Guthrie (1831–1899), English lawyer, mathematician and botanist. He studied at London University, getting a BA degree (1850) and an LLB (1852) before coming to South Africa in 1861 to teach mathematics at Graaff-Reinet College. His extensive collections of flora from the Cape Peninsula are honoured by the Guthrie Herbarium within the Bolus Herbarium at UCT.
Scientific name:
Priestleya guthriei L. Bolus
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Long etymology:
Francis Guthrie attended lectures by the botanist John Lindley. Guthrie's subsequent lectures inspired Harry Bolus who would later become a celebrated botanist. Bolus named the monotypic genus Guthriea after him after Bolus discovered the plant in the Nardousberg mountains near Graaff-Reinet in 1873. Guthrie and Bolus worked together on the genus Erica, the work being incorporated into Flora Capensis. By his death, Guthrie had accumulated a significant collection of specimens from the Cape Peninsula, and these were bequeathed by his widow to the South African College herbarium.
Protologue:
Ann. Bolus Herb. 4: 126 (1928)
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Year published:
1928
Observations of Taxon
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