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Specific epithet honors Swedish botanist Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828) who reportedly identified this species in Japan in 1784. 'Helmond Pillar' is an upright, columnar form which typically grows somewhat slowly to 4-5' tall and only 1-2' wide.
Carl Peter Thunberg (født 11. november 1743 i Jönköping, død 8. august 1828 i Thunaberg) var en svensk botaniker, som blev Linnés mest betydningsfulde elev. Han læste naturhistorie og medicin, rejste til Paris og Nederlandene for til sidst fra 1775 - 76) at rejse til Japan.
Carl Peter Thunberg: Swedish pioneer of Occidental medicine in Japan. Carl Peter Thunberg: Swedish pioneer of Occidental medicine in Japan. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 1982 Jul;22 (7):577-81. doi: 10.2176/nmc.22.577.
Carl Peter Thunberg est un naturaliste suédois, né le 11 novembre 1743 à Jönköping et mort le 8 août 1828 à Thunaberg près d'Uppsala. Il a été surnommé le « Père de la botanique sud-africaine » et le « Linné japonais » et considéré comme l'un des apôtres de Linné les plus productifs [ 1 ] .
The stuffed birds were a gift from Carl Peter Thunberg (1743–1828) to the master of the castle Magnus Fredrik Brahe (1756–1826). Thunberg probably presented the gift sometime around 1820 when he was a professor at Uppsala University at the same time as Brahe was chancellor of the university.
Apr 13, 2010 · Carl Peter Thunberg was one of these apostles, indeed, the most successful. He undertook a nine-year journey to distant countries, and survived to hold the Linnaean Chair of Medicine and Botany at the University of Uppsala for 44 years.
The nomenclature story: In August 1784 the Swedish botanist, Carl Peter Thunberg, published Flora Japonica which contained a description of a plant which he named Acer pictum. The description, however, was apparently based on a limited herberium specimen which did not contain leaves or fruit.
