Species Aizoon dinteri

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There aren’t any identifications of Aizoon dinteri.

Range:

Location unknown

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Etymology of Aizoon:

Gk. aei = ever, always; zoos, zoon = alive, a living thing; alluding to the ability of the plant to live under difficult circumstances.

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:

Aizoon dinteri Schinz

Synonym of:

Aizoanthemum dinteri

Long etymology:

Dinter's biography can be seen at Wikipedia here

Authors:

Schinz

Protologue:

Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 523 (1898)

Synonym status:

Homotypic synonym