词汇 | funkia |
词源 | funkia. This widely cultivated plantain lily or hosta is named after a real person, the German botanist C. H. Funkia. Funkia is one of the few plants that is doubly eponymous, for its alter- nate name, hosta, honors Austrian botanists Nicholaus and Joseph Host. The plant, valued in the garden for its shade toler- ance, is also known as the “niobe.” Its genus name is Hosta, and there are at least 14 species. |
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