Clintonia Raf.
, Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2: 266 (1818).- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30082121-2
- Publication
- American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review
- Collation
- 2: 266
- Date of Publication
- Feb 1818
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Convallariaceae
Type Information
- Type Name
- C. borealis (Aiton) Rafinesque (Dracaena borealis Aiton)
Remarks
Generic name honors: DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828); served as Governor of New York State (1817-1823); Rafinesque (New Flora of N. America 2: 78. 1837 (1836)) stated: Clintonia ... dedicated to my friend the worthy D. Clinton a worthy Philosopher, Naturalist and Botanist as eminent as Jefferson.