Species Metalasia galpinii
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Location unknown
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Etymology of Metalasia:
Gk. meta- = meaning reverse; lasios = shaggy, woolly. The leaves are twisted, rolled upward, to present the woolly side of the leaf from the top to the bottom.
Etymology of galpinii:
Named after Ernest Edward Galpin (1858-1941), a South African botanist and banker. He left some 16,000 sheets to the National Herbarium in Pretoria and was dubbed "the Prince of Collectors" by General Smuts. Galpin discovered half a dozen genera and many hundreds of new species.
Scientific name:
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Protologue:
Ann. Bolus Herb. 4: 109 (1927)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1927
Observations of Taxon
Metalasia galpinii
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Name of observer:
Pauline Bohnen (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown