Species within a genus

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ALBERTA

Family: RUBIACEAE
For Albertus Magnus (c.1200-1280),** sometimes called Albert Graf von Bollstädt, also called Teutonicus, Coloniensis Albert, Albert the Great, St. Albert, the German Albert, and Albert of Lauingen. He was born Albert de Groot, and later the surname Magnus ("the Great"), which was the Latin equivalent of his family name, was applied to him by Roger Bacon and other contemporaries. He was a famous German cleric, philosopher and theologian who wrote De vegetabilus, a botanical work in seven volumes.
(Ch)
Alberta magna (La)
Magnificent-flame, Breekhout (PS)
Location: (K)
After Albertus Magnus (c.1200-1280).** This is one of the rare occurrences where both the genera and the species were named for the same person. . (See Genus ‘ALBERTA’)
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