Catophractes alexandri

Catophractes alexandri is a plant of alive Bignoniaceae in Africa. It is the most famous species of the Catophractes .

History of the species

Discovered by the Scottish botanist David Don which dedicated the name of the species to its compatriot Sir James Edward Alexander.

Distribution

Tropical Africa and of the south.

The plant and the man

Philately

This species is represented on a stamp posts South-western African of 1953 (one penny) emitted, with four other values, for the crowning of the Queen Elizabeth II.

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