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
ANTHOSPERMUM (G)

Family: RUBIACEAE
anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower;
sperma, = that which is sown, seed.
(male flowers may carry a small ovary capable of carrying a seed)
(LS, Le)
Anthospermum bergianum

Location: (K, P)
For (1) Peter Jonas Bergius (1730-1790),** Swedish physician and botanist, plant collector, pupil of Linnaeus, and was appointed professor of natural history and pharmacy at the Collegium Medicum in Stockholm in 1761;
or
(2) Carl (Karl) Heinrich Bergius (1790-1818),** Prussian botanist, naturalist, cavalryman and pharmacist from Kustrin. He served in the Napoleonic Wars and was awarded the Iron Cross, and is notable for his natural history collecting in southern Africa.
(Ch)