Species within a genus

Genus: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
NYLANDTIA
Tortoise Berry, Skilpadbessie, Bolbessie (Le)
Family: POLYGALACEAE
For Pierre (Petrus - Peter) Nylandt.**
Nylandtia spinosa was first described as Polygala spinosa by Linnaeus in 1751 and 1753. The Belgian botanist Barthelemy Dumortier (1822) recognized that it belonged to a genus different from Polygala and named it Nylandtia for some unknown reason.
(Ch)
Nylandtia spinosa (La)
Spiny Tortoise Berry (Wf) Skilpadbessie (Sw)
Location: (F, K)
Now Muraltia spinosa.
(ga)