Pringlea antiscorbutica
Translingual
editEtymology
editDiscovered 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
editKerguelen 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