Species Anthospermum galpinii
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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 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
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
J. Bot. 35: 342 (1897)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1897
Observations of Taxon
Anthospermum galpinii
Name of observer:
Richard Boon (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
