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Canby's mountain lover
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Canby's mountain-lover
English
Paxistima canbyi
Alternative forms
en Canby's mountain-lover
Etymology
Named after William Marriott Canby (1831–1904), who discovered the species in 1858.
Noun
Canby's mountain lover -
Paxistima canbyi species, a small broadleaf evergreen shrub.
en Canby paxistima cliff green
en 1940 May Flora and Fauna workers of the Writers’ Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Virginia Virginia: A Guide to the Old Dominion American Guide Series New York, N.Y. w:Oxford University Press October 1941 (2nd printing) 20 https://archive.org/details/virginia0000vari/page/20/mode/1up 1125884 Peculiar to the Alleghenies are the Canby’s mountain lover, an evergreen;
en 28 April 2013 Bob Downing Look over The Edge of Appalachia16,000 acre preserve in Southern Ohio is rugged landscape of natural beauty w:Akron Beacon Journal Akron, Oh. E7 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/170406797/ 1 9666962 The rarest plant in the preserve may be Canby’s mountain lover or cliff green, a plant found in only one other Ohio location.
en 8 March 2021 12 grants awarded for conservation, research efforts in Pa. w:Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 94 228 Pittsburgh, Pa. B-1 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/874656052/ 3 1068-624X 36667166 Rachel Goad, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Allegheny County, for implementing a recovery plan for an endangered plant, the Canby’s mountain lover, $9,468.
en eponyms
en Staff vine family plants