Species Moraea acocksii
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There aren’t any identifications of Moraea acocksii.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Moraea:
Linnaeus married Sara Elisabeth Moraea; her father was Dr. Johan Moraeus, the town physician of Falun. The name "Morea" was originally given by Philip Miller after "Robert More of Shropshire", but was taken over by Linnaeus and changed to Moraea.
Etymology of acocksii:
John Phillip Harison Acocks (formerly Acock, 1911-1979), capetonian botanist. Appointed as a pasture ecologist. He devoted most of his life to the study of vegetation types especially regarding climax state and how and why it deteriorated. He amassed over 28 000 specimens from across South Africa with the main set in PRE.
Scientific name:
Moraea acocksii Goldblatt & J.C. Manning
Synonym of:
Unknown
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Protologue:
S. African J. Bot. 91: 80 (2014)
Synonym status:
Year published:
2014
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Moraea acocksii.