Species Wachendorfia brevifolia
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There aren’t any identifications of Wachendorfia brevifolia.
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Etymology of Wachendorfia:
For Evert Jacob van Wachendorff (1702–1758), Dutch physician and botanist. He studied medicine in Leiden and Utrecht, becoming a doctor of medicine in 1724, and became municipal physician of Utrecht (1726–1758). During this period, he also became a lecturer in chemistry at Utrecht University (1726–1743), then professor of medicine, chemistry and botany (1743–1758). He also became a director of the Botanical Gardens of Utrecht. Among his publications was Horti Ultraiectini Index (1747) and Oratio Botanico-Medica de Plantis Immensitatis Intellectus Divini Testibus (1743). He was a good friend of Clifford and Linnaeus.
Etymology of brevifolia:
From the Latin brevis = "short" and folius = 'leaf'
Scientific name:
Wachendorfia brevifolia Sol. ex Ker Gawl.
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Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Wachendorfia brevifolia.