Species Cavacoa aurea
Pictures from Observations
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Cavacoa:
For Alberto Judice Leote Cavaco (1916–?), Portuguese botany professor and plant collector who made botanical expeditions to France, Mozambique, and possibly Madagascar, as well as conducting research in Portugal. He taught for many years at the Agricultural Institute in the Ecole Polytechnique (Switzerland) and at the University of Lisbon. He ended his academic career by studying phanerogams at the National Museum of Natural History of France. He published a number of books, in French, on the flora of different countries, focusing on a few families. These include The Flora of Madagascar and the Comoros (1959), Flora of Gabon (1963) and Flora of Cameroon (1974).
Etymology of aurea:
From the Latin aureus = 'golden', typically referring to the flower colour.
Scientific name:
Unknown
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Bull. Jard. Bot. État 25: 323 (1955)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1955
Observations of Taxon
Cavacoa aurea
Name of observer:
Richard Boon (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown