Species Drimia montana
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There aren’t any identifications of Drimia montana.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Drimia:
Gk. drimys = acrid, pungent; referring to the sap which is considered irritating or even toxic in many species.
Etymology of montana:
From the Latin montanus = ‘relating to mountains’
Scientific name:
Unknown
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Long etymology:
Named in honour of Swedish botanist Georg (Goran) Wahlenberg (1780 – 1851). Wahlenberg succeeded Carl Peter Thunberg as chair of Medicine and Botany, the same chair held in the previous century by Carl Linnaeus. Professor of Medicine and Botany at Uppsala University, he studied homeopathy and becoming convinced of its truth, became the first person to introduce homeopathy into Sweden.
Protologue:
Bothalia 36[1]: 64-66 (2006)
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Year published:
2006
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Drimia montana.