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Stetsonia coryne (102)
Name
Stetsonia coryne
Origin
The low northwest desert of Argentina.
Nomenclature
The genus is dedicated to the botanist Francis Lynde Stetson (1846-1920), chief lawyer for J.P. Morgan and U.S. Steel, and a patron of botanical expeditions. . His country estate at Skylands, N. J. is now the core of Ringwood State Park. The species name comes from the Latin for ‘club’ or ‘staff”.
Discussion
This is a single species genus. It grows into very large tree-shaped specimens, and has solitary, ivory-colored flowers.
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