Species Nerine filamentosa
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Nerine:
For Nerine, in Greek mythology a sea-nymph or nereid, daughter of Doris and Nereus, and granddaughter of Oceanus and Tethys. The Nereids were meant to protect sailors and their ships. Common name ‘Guernsey lily’. In 1820, William Herbert named this indigenous South African plant Nerine (previously Imhofia), when a ship carrying boxes of the bulbs of this species was shipwrecked on Guernsey. The boxes were washed ashore, and flowers grew around the coast, hence the common name.
Etymology of filamentosa:
From the Latin filament = a 'thread' and -osum = denoting an abundance
Scientific name:
Unknown
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Fl. Pl. South Africa 15: xv. t. 569 (1935)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1935
Observations of Taxon
Nerine filamentosa
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
21/03/2002 - 9:49am
Collection: