Species Grewia occidentalis
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Etymology of Grewia:
For Nehemiah Grew (1641–1712), British botanist and physiologist, physician, microscopist, known as ‘the father of plant physiology’. He graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1661 and read for a medical degree from Leiden University in 1671. From 1672 he practised as a physician. Grew published a number of works, including Idea of a Phytological History (1673), and his major work, Anatomy of Plants (1682). Much of Grew’s pioneering physiological work was done with the microscope, as was the research by his Italian contemporary Marcello Malpighi, who sent botanical and zoological works to the Royal Society in 1675 and 1679, so there was a likely exchange of information. Grew was a Fellow of the Royal Society and at one time its secretary.
Etymology of occidentalis:
From the Latin occidentalis = 'of / pertaining to the West'; generally referring to the Western Hemisphere
Scientific name:
Grewia occidentalis L.
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Protologue:
Sp. Pl. 2: 964 (1753)
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Year published:
1753
Shrub or small tree to 3 m. Leaves glabrescent, lanceolate, toothed. Flowers usually solitary opposite the leaves, purple and pink or white. Fruits 4-lobed, reddish. Oct.--Nov. Forest margins and bush, SW, LB, SE (Cape Peninsula to Zimbabwe).
Observations of Taxon
Grewia occidentalis
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
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Collection:
Grewia occidentalis
Name of observer:
Sasa Malan (David)
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Grewia occidentalis
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Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
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Grewia occidentalis
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Auriol Batten (David)
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Collection:
Grewia occidentalis
Name of observer:
Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan (David)
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Date observed unknown