John In Ireland
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Flower ID Portugal (1 Viewer)
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Simon Wates
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Agree. Maybe worth noting that its a native in Portugal and its name has nothing to do with Peru....something to do with a ship IIRC
John In Ireland
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Thanks a lot for that. :t:
Nutcracker
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Agree. Maybe worth noting that its a native in Portugal and its name has nothing to do with Peru....something to do with a ship IIRC
Yep, the specimens that Linnaeus described as a new species were sent on board the good ship Peru. Linnaeus did know that it was from Portugal (Lusitania), though it seems Clusius had been misled earlier.
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Simon Wates
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Thanks, I've bookmarked that link, didn't know of this resource, that's great :t:
On the subject of resources, if one is interested in Portuguese flora then the Portuguese Botanical Society's website "Flora-On" is the first port of call, it is super - here's the relevant page to this thread: http://flora-on.pt/index.php?q=Scilla+peruviana
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Nutcracker
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BHL have got a huge library of old texts scanned, well worth keeping handy!
Main search page: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/
Just to say it was lower Case Nutcracker ..Small correction: Scilla peruviana (lower case 'p', as always for the species name
Simon Wates
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Small correction: Scilla peruviana (lower case 'p', as always for the species name
That's strange, I could have sworn....never mind probably my screen. :t:
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