Species Maytenus capitata
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Maytenus:
From the Chilean vernacular name maitén or mayten, derived from the Mapuche Indian name mantun, the local name for the species. The Mapuche are one of three surviving tribes of the ancient Araucanian linguistic group of Indians who lived in Chile and Argentina before the Incas or the Spaniards arrived.
Etymology of capitata:
From the Latin capitatus meaning ‘equipped with a head’, tyically referring to the arrangement of the flowers in a head-like inflorescence.
Scientific name:
Maytenus capitata (E. Mey. ex Sond.) Marais
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Observations of Taxon
Maytenus capitata
Name of observer:
Pauline Bohnen (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown