Species Urostigma thunbergii

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There aren’t any identifications of Urostigma thunbergii.

Range:

Location unknown

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Etymology of Urostigma:

Gk. oura, ur = tail; stigma = stigma. Meaning obscure. One of his main works was Arboretum Biblicum (1699), which describes the plants in the Bible (trees, fruits, herbs and spices). In 1664, he took a stance against Justinian Von Weltz (1621–1668) and Johann Georg Gichtel (1638–1710), who opposed the leadership of the Lutheran Church. They criticised it for failing to share the gospel with heathens and wrongfully spending money on amusement, food and dress. Ursinus (1608–1667) responded to Von Weltz’s vehement attacks by calling him ‘a heretic and fanatic’, and published A Sincere, Faithful and Earnest Admonition to Justinian anonymously.

Etymology of thunbergii:

For Carl Pehr (Peter) Thunberg (1743–1828), Swedish botanist, physician, student of Linnaeus, professor of botany and medicine at Uppsala University (1784–1828) who visited the Cape from 1772–1775 to study the Cape’s flora.

Scientific name:

Urostigma thunbergii Miq.

Synonym of:

Unknown

Long etymology:

Thunberg did extensive botanical exploration in the southern Cape where no botanical collecting had been done, amassing some 3 100 species. In 1775 he went to Japan, Java and Sri Lanka for 15 months. Thunberg published Flora Japonica (1784), his travel diaries (1788–1796), and Flora Capensis (in parts between 1807–1820). He presented his herbarium of 23 510 specimens and 25 000 insects to Uppsala University. He was made a knight of the Royal Order and received many honours.

Authors:

Miq.

Synonym status:

Rejected