Species within a genus
For Jacob Bobart (1599-1680),** German botanist, the first Horti Praefectus (Superintendent, Head Gardener) of the Oxford Physic Garden.
His son, Jacob Bobart the Younger (1641-1719), succeeded his father as Horti Praefectus and became acting Professor of Botany at Oxford.
The genus Bobartia was published in 1753 by Linnaeus.
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His son, Jacob Bobart the Younger (1641-1719), succeeded his father as Horti Praefectus and became acting Professor of Botany at Oxford.
The genus Bobartia was published in 1753 by Linnaeus.
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longus, = long;
cyma, = ancient Latin for anything swollen (an ogee); also the young sprout of a cabbage, in which sense the Latin cyme, whence the botanical use of the term arose in 18th century.
magnus, major, maximus.
magnus, = of physical size or quantity, great, large; of things, vast, extensive, spacious.
major, = the comparative of magnus.
maximus, = the superlative of magnus.
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cyma, = ancient Latin for anything swollen (an ogee); also the young sprout of a cabbage, in which sense the Latin cyme, whence the botanical use of the term arose in 18th century.
magnus, major, maximus.
magnus, = of physical size or quantity, great, large; of things, vast, extensive, spacious.
major, = the comparative of magnus.
maximus, = the superlative of magnus.
(ld, Ox)