Derivation of the botanical name:
Alkanna, Middle English alknet, from Medieval Latin alcannetta, from Arabic al-ḥanna, al-ḥinnā' the henna (Lawsonia inermis lythraceae).
strigosa, striga, a straight rigid close-pressed rather short bristle-like hair; strigosa - covered with strigae, bristled.
The Hebrew word: אלקנה, Alkanna, transliteration from Medieval Latin, from Arabic.
- The standard author abbreviation Boiss. is used to indicate Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810 – 1885), a Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician.
- The standard author abbreviation Hohen. is used to indicate Rudolph Friedrich Hohenacker (1798 – 1874), a Swiss-German missionary and botanist.
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