Species Veronica capensis
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There aren’t any identifications of Veronica capensis.
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Location unknown
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Etymology of Veronica:
Probably after St Veronica, the maiden who handed her handkerchief to Jesus on his way to Calvary. He wiped his brow and returned the handkerchief, which now bore his likeness and so was called vera-ikon = true likeness, and the maiden became St Veronica (Brewer). The allusion is obscure.
Etymology of capensis:
From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. -ensis is a Latin adjectival suffix meaning “pertaining to or “originating in,” Thus these organisms were first discovered in the Cape. In the early days of exploration this epithet was frequently applied to anywhere in South Africa or even Southern Africa
Scientific name:
Veronica capensis Fenzl
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Protologue:
Linnaea 17: 332 (1843)
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Year published:
1843
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Veronica capensis.
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