Species Smilax kraussiana

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There aren’t any identifications of Smilax kraussiana.

Range:

Location unknown

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Etymology of Smilax:

Gk. smilax, from smilakos = twining. This genus, related to the bindweed and prickly ivy, is a vigorously climbing evergreen with hooked thorns allowing it to hang on to and over branches of its host tree and overwhelm it.

Etymology of kraussiana:

For Christian Ferdinand Friedrich von Krauss (1812–90), German naturalist, explorer and collector. In 1838, Krauss, an apothecary with a PhD in mineralogy, zoology and chemistry from Tübingen and Heidelberg (1836), sailed for the Cape. Here, he collected many specimens, especially molluscs and crustaceans, but also made a study of the geology, flora and fauna. From 1838–1839 he explored the areas between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth and in 1840 the bush and seashore around the Congella River, Pietermaritzburg. He left to join the Natural History Museum, Stuttgart, in 1940, becoming its director in 1956. He wrote Die Südafrikanischen Crusaceen (1843) and Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken (1848).

Scientific name:

Smilax kraussiana Meisn.

Etymology applies to:

Synonym of:

Smilax anceps

Long etymology:

Authors:

Meisn.

Protologue:

Flora 28: 312 (1845)

Synonym status:

Heterotypic synonym