Species Anthospermum dregei
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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 dregei:
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:
Anthospermum dregei Sond.
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Synonym of:
Unknown
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Protologue:
Fl. Cap. 3: 29 (1865)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1865
Dwarf shrub to 40 cm. Leaves decussate, lanceolate. Flowers in axillary clusters, yellowish. Aug.--Oct. Granite or sandstone slopes, NW (Namaqualand to Tulbagh).
Observations of Taxon
Anthospermum dregei subsp. dregei
Locality:
Name of observer:
Mannheimer, Maggs-Kölling, Kolberg or Rügheimer (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Anthospermum dregei subsp. dregei
Locality:
Name of observer:
Mannheimer, Maggs-Kölling, Kolberg or Rügheimer (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown