Schweinitzia
Translingual
editEtymology
editNamed after the American botanist Lewis David de Schweinitz (1780-1834).
Proper noun
editSchweinitzia f
- (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – a single species of gamopetalous plant of the Indian pipe subfamily, the sweet pinesap or Carolina beechdrops, now Monotropsis odorata.
References
edit- “Schweinitzia”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- Schweinitzia at The Plant List
- Schweinitzia at Tropicos