Species Allium dregeanum
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Allium:
La. garlic, used by Pliny the Elder. All was also Celtic for hot, pungent or burning, referring to the taste or the effect upon the eyes. The genus also includes various edible onions, chives, and leeks.
Etymology of dregeanum:
Commemorates the brothers Carl Friedrich Drege (1791-1867) and Johann Franz Drege (1794-1881) of Huguenot ancestry. Prodigious botanists and plant collectors in the Cape.’
Scientific name:
Unknown
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Enum. Pl. (Kunth) 4: 382 (1843)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1843
Observations of Taxon
Allium dregeanum
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
04/06/2020 - 1:02pm
Collection:
Allium dregeanum
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
04/06/2020 - 1:22pm
Collection:
Allium dregeanum
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
21/11/2013 - 2:59pm
Collection:
