Species Scilla pearsonii
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There aren’t any identifications of Scilla pearsonii.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Scilla:
Gk. skilla = squill or sea leek. Ancient Gk. and Latin name for Urginea maritima. Gk. skyllo = I injure; referring to the poisonous bulbs. The medicinal ‘squill’, containing active cardiac glycosides, was obtained from another species of Urginea.
Etymology of pearsonii:
Named after Professor Henry Harold Welch Pearson (1870-1916), the first director of Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden in South Africa.
Scientific name:
Scilla pearsonii P.E. Glover
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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. Bolus Herb. 1: 105 (1915)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1915
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Scilla pearsonii.
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