Editing Juba II (section)

===Patron of arts and sciences===
Juba II was a noted patron of the arts and sciences and sponsored several expeditions and biological research. According to [[Pliny the Younger]], Juba II sent an expedition to the [[Canary Islands]] and [[Madeira]].<ref>O'Brien, Sally and Sarah Andrews. (2004) ''Lonely Planet Canary Islands'' "Lonely Planet". p. 59. {{ISBN|1-74059-374-X}}.</ref> He named them the Canary Islands for the particularly ferocious dogs (''canarius'' – from ''canis'' – meaning ''of the dogs'' in Latin) the expedition found there.

[[Philostratus|Flavius Philostratus]] recalled one of his anecdotes: "And I have read in the discourse of Juba that elephants assist one another when they are being hunted, and that they will defend one that is exhausted, and if they can remove him out of danger, they anoint his wounds with the tears of the aloe tree, standing round him like physicians."<ref>Flavius Philostratus, ''Life of Apollonius of Tyana'', Loeb Classical Library, Book II, Chapter XVI, translated by F.C. Conybeare</ref>

Juba's Greek physician [[Euphorbus (physician)|Euphorbus]] wrote that a [[Succulent plant|succulent]] [[Euphorbia|spurge]] found in the High Atlas was a powerful [[laxative]].<ref name="FPSMM">Flowering Plants of the Santa Monica Mountains, p 107, 1985, CNPS</ref> In 12 BC, Juba named this plant ''[[Euphorbia]]'' after Euphorbus, in response to [[Augustus]] dedicating a statue to [[Antonius Musa]], Augustus's own personal physician and Euphorbus's brother.<ref name="FPSMM" /> Botanist and taxonomist [[Carl Linnaeus]] assigned the name ''Euphorbia'' to the entire genus in the physician's honour.<ref>Linnaeus (1753): p.450</ref> ''Euphorbia'' was later called ''[[Euphorbia regis-jubae]]'' ("King Juba's euphorbia") to honour the king's contributions to natural history and his role in bringing the genus to notice.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Briones |first=Julià Molero |last2=Pereira |first2=Trinidad Arcos |last3=Carrasco |first3=María Dolores García de Paso |last4=Reyes-Betancort |first4=Jorge Alfredo |last5=Santos‐Guerra |first5=Arnoldo |last6=Jestrow |first6=Brett |last7=Francisco‐Ortega |first7=Javier |date=2025-04-30 |title=On the Macaronesian endemic woody spurge Euphorbia regis‐jubae Webb & Berthel. and eponyms honouring the Numidian King Juba II (48 BCE –23/24 CE) |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134297198 |journal=Curtis's Botanical Magazine |doi=10.1111/CURT.12623}}</ref> The [[Arecaceae|palm tree]] genus ''[[Jubaea]]'' is also named after Juba.<ref name="Kew">{{cite web |title=Chilean wine palm |url=https://temperate.house/plant/chilean-wine-palm/ |website=Temperate House, Kew Gardens |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=2 October 2022 |archive-date=23 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023224353/https://temperate.house/plant/chilean-wine-palm/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The following plant genera, species and varieties have been named after Juba:<ref name=":0" />

* ''[[Callitriche regis-jubae]]'' - an aquatic plant from the western Mediterranean.
* ''[[Euphorbia jubaeaphylla|Euphorbia ×jubaeaphylla]] -'' a named hybrid between two ''Euphorbia'' species on Tenerife, Canary Islands.
* ''[[Euphorbia regis-jubae]] -'' another spurge from the Canary Islands and Western Sahara
* ''[[Jubaea]] -'' a native palm from Chile, with one species.
* ''[[Jubaeopsis]]'' - a native palm from South Africa, with one species.
* ''[[Jubautia|×Jubautia]] -'' a hybrid reported in cultivation between ''Jubaea chilensis'' and ''[[Butia capitata]].''
* ''[[Parajubaea]] -'' a genus of palm trees from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
* ''[[Phoenix dactylifera]]'' var. ''jubae -'' a variety of palm from the Canary Islands, now known as ''[[Phoenix canariensis|P. canariensis]].''
* ''[[Sonchus regis-jubae]]'' - a sow thistle from La Gomera, Canary Islands.