Species Sonchus tysonii
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There aren’t any identifications of Sonchus tysonii.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Sonchus:
Gk. sonchos = an ancient name for a kind of thistle. ‘Sow thistle’, sometimes incorrectly called ‘milk thistle’, which belong to the genus Silybum. This genus exudes a milky latex when the plant is cut or damaged. As a result, this thistle was fed to lactating pigs (sows) in the belief that milk production would increase.
Etymology of tysonii:
For William Tyson (1851–1920), Jamaican-born South African botanist, plant collector, schoolteacher. He taught in various South African schools (1874–1887), joined the forestry department as secretary to the superintendent (1888–1892), and became librarian and sub-editor of the Agricultural Journal for the agricultural department (1893–1904).
Scientific name:
Sonchus tysonii E. Phillips
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Long etymology:
He was a main contributor to the Herbarium Normale Austro-Africanum organised by Bolus and MacOwan. On his retirement, he disposed of his phanerogam herbarium to the Cape government, and his personal set of marine algae to the Bolus Herbarium. In 1919, he was contracted to collect 10 sets of phanerogams for the Botanical Society, but took ill on the first collecting expedition to Coffee Bay and died shortly thereafter. He was a Fellow of the Linnaean Society.
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Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Sonchus tysonii.
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