Species Anthospermum comptonii
Pictures from Observations
There aren’t any identifications of Anthospermum comptonii.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Anthospermum:
Gk. anthos = flower; spermum = seed. Although the flowers are usually dioecious – unisexual, male and female – ‘male’ flowers sometimes have ovaries capable of ripening seed.
Etymology of comptonii:
Honoring Prof. Robert Harold Compton (1886-1979). Cambridge educated botanist and the second director of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens, he made more than 35 000 collections. In 1914 he parrticipated in a field expedition to New Caledonia and found both new genera and new species. This collecting register is in the British Museum. After war service from 1915-1918 he became a professor of botany at the University of Cape Town. He founded and edited the Journal of South African Botany. Upon his retirement he settled in Swaziland and undertook a survey of the territory.
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Unknown
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Protologue:
Fl. S. Africa 31(1-2): 32 (1986)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1986
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Anthospermum comptonii.