Etymologie : D'après J. Thiede (Taxon, 66(4):
985[-986]
. 08/2017): "It was first mentioned as a mere name (“
A. Franzosinii
”) by della Valle di Casanova (
in
Garden (London, 1871–1927) 11: 63. 27 Jan 1877), in a report on plants cultivated at the eponymous Villa Franzosini at Intra, Lago Maggiore (Italy), where its name was apparently coined and the plant may have originated."
D'après Baker (Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, 1892:
3
. 1892): "Mr. Hanbury tells me it was introduced to La Mortola in 1878, and probably named in honour of Francesco Franzosini, proprietor of the Villa Franzosini and a rich garden at Intra on the Lago Maggiore, which was rented for some years by the late Sir G. Macleay."
Type : Origine inconnue, cultivé au jardin de
La Mortola
(Vintimille, Ligurie, Italie) par T. Hanbury, 22/07/1909?, fleurs, A. Berger (NT:
pl. 8317
in
A. Berger, Bot. Mag., 136. 06/1910 [néotype désigné par J. Thiede
in
Taxon, 66(4):
985[-986]. 08/2017]).