Genus Hippocratea
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Short etymology:
For Hippocrates of Kos (Cos) (c. 460–370 BCE), Greek physician, contemporary of Herodotus, Thucydides, Socrates and Plato, father of Western medicine, pharmaceutical botanist and founder of the Hippocratic School of Medicine and the Hippocratic Oath, although evidence suggests this was written after his death. Hippocrates is credited with being the first person to believe that diseases were caused naturally, the product of environmental factors, diet and living habits.
Scientific name:
Hippocratea L.
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Global vulnerability:
NE
Synonym of:
Unknown
Protologue:
Sp. Pl. 2: 1191 (1753)
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Year published:
1753
Observations of Taxon
Hippocratea africana
Name of observer:
Richard Boon (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown