Pringlea antiscorbutica
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Discovered in 1776, by Cook's expedition's surgeon William Anderson, and found to taste like antiscorbics. Later characterized in 1840 by Joseph Hooker, who named it for its use as antiscurvy treatment, and Thomas Anderson, naming after Sir John Pringle, president of the Royal Society.
Proper noun edit
- A taxonomic species within the family Brassicaceae – Kerguelen cabbage the sole species in the monotypic genus Pringlea.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Brassicales - order; Brassicaceaenbsp;- family; Thelypodieae - tribe; Pringleanbsp;- genus
Translations edit
Kerguelen cabbage — see Kerguelen cabbage
References edit
- Pringlea antiscorbutica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pringlea antiscorbutica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Pringlea antiscorbutica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Pringlea antiscorbutica at Brassibase