Mussaenda

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Translingual[edit]

Mussaenda frondosa

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Etymology[edit]

New Latin, from Sinhalese මුස්සැන්ද (mussænda, Mussaenda frondosa).

The first appearance as a scientific name was in Species Plantarum by C. Linnaeus,[1] but it is precedented by a mention by Paul Hermann in his Musaeum Zeylanicum.[2]

Proper noun[edit]

Mussaenda f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – shrubs, climbers and trees, calyx lobes often enlarged and coloured.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Linnæus, Carolus (1753) Species Plantarum[1], [first] edition, volume 1, Holmia: Laurentius Salvius, page 177
  2. ^ Hermannus, Paulus (1726) Musaeum Zeylanicum[2], second edition, Lugdunum Batavorum: Apud Danielem van der Vecht, Bibliopolam, page 36