Sandersonia

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Translingual

Sandersonia aurantiaca (the yellow flowers)

Etymology

Named after John Sanderson (1820–1891) by botanist William Jackson Hooker (1785–1865) [1][2] +‎ -ia.

Proper noun

Sandersonia f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Colchicaceae – one species, Sandersonia aurantiaca - the sandersonias or Christmas bells.

Hypernyms

References

  1. ^ Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
  2. ^ Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.
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