- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326633-2
- Publication
- Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts, The
- Collation
- 208
- Date of Publication
- 10 Mar 1756
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Rutaceae
Remarks
Etymology: Greek a = intensive, and myron = perfume; Amyris: in allusion to all parts of the tree being full of aromatic particles and on burning emitting strong agreeable smell. Note: See J.J.Roemer and J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg. 3 (Jul. 1818) 404 where Amyris novae-hollandiae is mentioned in obs. under Botryceras laurinum Willd.