| 词汇 | zaluzania |
| 词源 | Zaluzania; Zaluzianskya. Polish physician Adam Zaluzian- sky von Zaluzian probably never dreamed that his long tongue twister of a name would be given to anything, yet it became the scientific designation for not one but two plant genera. Zaluz- ianskya (often spelled with an “ie” ending) is the beautifully fragrant night-blooming phlox, the genus embracing about 40 South African species. While all such nocturnal flowers may bloom in the daytime, on overcast days, or toward evening, their finest flowering and greatest fragrance comes long after sunset. The Prague doctor, who published an important herbal, Methodus Herbariae (1602) has his last name honored by the genus Zaluzania, comprising about seven species of small shrubs with white or yellow flowers that are mainly grown in the greenhouse outside their native Mexico. Strangely enough, despite their long, scientific designations, neither genus seems to be known by any popular common name. |
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