Species Thesium dinteri
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There aren’t any identifications of Thesium dinteri.
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Location unknown
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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 dinteri:
Moritz Kurt Dinter (1868 -1945) was a German botanist and explorer in South West Africa (Namibia). Dinter collected many new species, covered an estimated 40,000 km on foot, by wagon and motor vehicle during the course of his collecting trips, which spanned 38 years. His collection of pressed specimens numbered in excess of 8400.
Scientific name:
Thesium dinteri A. W. Hill
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Long etymology:
Dinter's biography can be seen at Wikipedia here
Protologue:
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 341 (1910)
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Year published:
1910
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Thesium dinteri.