Species Thesium capitatum
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Etymology of Thesium:
Derivation uncertain. Gk. thes = a hired labourer. An ancient name for a species of Linaria, toad flax, used by Pliny the Elder. Georg Christian Wittstein traces this to the legendary hero Theseus, who slew the Minotaur and to whom Ariadne gave a wreath in which this plant was woven.
Etymology of capitatum:
From the Latin capitatus meaning ‘equipped with a head’, tyically referring to the arrangement of the flowers in a head-like inflorescence.
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Observations of Taxon
Thesium capitatum
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Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
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Thesium capitatum
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Amida Johns (David)
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Thesium capitatum
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David Gwynne-Evans (David)
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10/08/2005 - 3:07pm
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Thesium capitatum
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Maarten Groos (David)
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19/05/2008 - 4:57pm
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Thesium capitatum
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Nick Helme (David)
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21/10/2017 - 12:04pm
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