William John Burchell, an English naturalist and…

October 1828 CE

William John Burchell, an English naturalist and explorer, collects the only known specimen of Parabouchetia brasiliensis, an exceptionally rare member of the nightshade family Solanaceae, in central Brazil on October 26, 1828.

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