: Derivation of the botanical name
Bongardia, named in honor of August G.H.Bongard (1786 - 1839), a German botanist
chrysogonum, chrysos, gold; gone, origin, birth, conception; golden start.
olivieri, named in honor of Guillaume Antoine (1756 - 1814), a French naturalist.
rauwolfia, named in honor of Leonhard Rauwolf (1535 – 1596), a German physician, botanist and traveller.
Leontice, leon, a lion; Lion's footprint (the shape of the leaf).
The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and
zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
The standard author abbreviation Griseb. is used to indicate August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach (1814 –1879), a German
botanist and phytogeographer.
The standard author abbreviation C.A.Mey. is used to indicate Carl Anton von Meyer (1795 – 1855), a Russian botanist and
explorer.
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Bongardia chrysogonum (Linn.) Spach, Hist. des Veg. Phan. 8:65. 1839. Jaub. & Spach, Illustr. 4: t. 396. 1853; Griseb., Spicil. Fl. Rumel. 294. 1843; Hook. f. & Thoms., Fl. Ind. 1: 230. 1855; Boiss., l.c. 99; Kom., l.c. 552; Davis, l.c. 212; R.R. Stewart, l.c. 281; Tutin et al, l.c.