Species Alchemilla galpinii
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There aren’t any identifications of Alchemilla galpinii.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Alchemilla:
Arabic al-khimia = alchemy. Alchemists in the Middle Ages attributed miraculous properties to water exuded by these plants by the process of guttation (the exudation of water from leaves as a result of root pressure).
Etymology of galpinii:
Named after Ernest Edward Galpin (1858-1941), a South African botanist and banker. He left some 16,000 sheets to the National Herbarium in Pretoria and was dubbed "the Prince of Collectors" by General Smuts. Galpin discovered half a dozen genera and many hundreds of new species.
Scientific name:
Unknown
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Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Mem. Acad. Belg. 8vo. Ser. II. xvi. Fasc. 3, 20 (1936)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1936
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Alchemilla galpinii.